Head to head

Phantasy Star Online 2 vs Runescape

Phantasy Star Online 2

Released

~71k daily · 42k – 120k

Last measured Nov 11, 2026

Runescape

Released

~87k daily · 52k – 150k

Last measured Nov 11, 2026

VerdictRunescape has about 23% more daily players than Phantasy Star Online 2 (~87k vs ~71k, as of Nov 11, 2026). Their estimated ranges overlap, so the gap is uncertain.

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

July 2012 · 14 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Est. daily players

~71k42k – 120k5.2% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 11, 2026

~87k52k – 150k3.5% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 11, 2026

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Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Phantasy Star Online 2Runescape

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Phantasy Star Online 2: 782Up 4.0% past week
Runescape: 2.6kUp 15% past week

Runescape currently has about 3.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 2,634 vs 782.

Reddit members

Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.3k
Runescape: 411.1kUp 0.1% past week

Runescape currently has about 5.9× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 411,076 vs 69,333.

YouTube subscribers

Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k
Runescape: 267k

Runescape currently has about 6× as many YouTube subscribers as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 267,000 vs 44,800.

Discord members

Phantasy Star Online 2: —
Runescape: 128.1kUp 0.3% past week

Runescape currently has 128,131 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Twitch viewers

Phantasy Star Online 2: —
Runescape: 910Up 87% past week

Runescape currently has 910 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

How these estimates are made

Phantasy Star Online 2

We estimate that about 71,000 people play Phantasy Star Online 2 on a typical day (most likely between 42,000 and 120,000), based on data from Nov 11, 2026. Around 8,800,000 accounts (between 5,700,000 and 13,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Runescape

We estimate that about 87,000 people play Runescape on a typical day (most likely between 52,000 and 150,000), based on data from Nov 11, 2026. Around 3,800,000 accounts (between 2,500,000 and 5,800,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate