Head to head

4Story Online vs Phantasy Star Online 2

4Story Online

Live

17 – 8k daily

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2008 · 18 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

17 – 8k

2k – 8k

Estimated players

527.6%

14.3k0.4%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

4Story OnlinePhantasy Star Online 2

4Story Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~52
August 2026	~52	Up 11%
July 2026	~47	—

Phantasy Star Online 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~14.4k
August 2026	~14.4k	Up 14%
July 2026	~12.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

4Story Online: 450Up 1.8%
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.2kUp 0.1%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 154× as many subreddit members as 4Story Online — 69,156 vs 450.

Twitch viewers

4Story Online: 2Down 94%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

4Story Online currently has 2 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Steam concurrent players

4Story Online: —
Phantasy Star Online 2: 863Down 21%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has 863 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for 4Story Online.

YouTube subscribers

4Story Online: —
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8kUp 0.2%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has 44,800 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for 4Story Online.

How these estimates are made

4Story Online

4Story Online is estimated to have 17 – 8k players a day. Around 8k – 820k 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.

Phantasy Star Online 2

Phantasy Star Online 2 is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 430k – 1m 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.