Head to head

Path of Exile vs Phantasy Star Universe

Path of Exile

Live

20k – 69k daily

Phantasy Star Universe

Live

34 – 16k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2013 · 13 years ago

August 2006 · 20 years ago

Daily players

20k – 69k

34 – 16k

Estimated players

266.2k1.8%

2760.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Path of ExilePhantasy Star Universe

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~265.5k	Down 0.6%
September 2026	~267.2k	Down 7.5%
August 2026	~288.8k	Down 1.5%
July 2026	~293.3k	—

Phantasy Star Universe

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~271	Up 3.4%
September 2026	~262	Up 5.6%
August 2026	~248	Up 23%
July 2026	~201	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Path of Exile: 3.6kDown 76%
Phantasy Star Universe: —

Path of Exile currently has 3,622 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

Discord members

Path of Exile: 265kUp 0.4%
Phantasy Star Universe: —

Path of Exile currently has 264,959 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

Reddit members

Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.1%
Phantasy Star Universe: 2.7kUp 4.6%

Path of Exile currently has about 408× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Universe — 1,084,412 vs 2,661.

Twitch viewers

Path of Exile: 209Down 85%
Phantasy Star Universe: 0Down 100%

Path of Exile currently has 209 live Twitch viewers, while Phantasy Star Universe has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Path of Exile: 431kUp 0.5%
Phantasy Star Universe: —

Path of Exile currently has 431,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

How these estimates are made

Path of Exile

Path of Exile is estimated to have 20k – 69k players a day. Around 3m – 8m accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Phantasy Star Universe

Phantasy Star Universe is estimated to have 34 – 16k players a day. Around 15k – 2m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.