Head to head

Heat and Run vs Phantasy Star Online 2

Heat and Run

Live

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 8k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2022 · 4 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

No population data

2k – 8k

Estimated players

5025%

14.3k0.2%

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heat and RunPhantasy Star Online 2

Heat and Run

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~49	Up 11%
August 2026	~44
July 2026	~44	—

Phantasy Star Online 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~14.3k	Down 0.1%
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.

Discord members

Heat and Run: 160Down 0.6%
Phantasy Star Online 2: —

Heat and Run currently has 160 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Reddit members

Heat and Run: 13
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.2kUp 0.1%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 5322× as many subreddit members as Heat and Run — 69,191 vs 13.

Steam concurrent players

Heat and Run: —
Phantasy Star Online 2: 779Down 19%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has 779 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

YouTube subscribers

Heat and Run: —
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has 44,800 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heat and Run.

How these estimates are made

Heat and Run

Heat and Run is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 1k – 4k 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 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.