Head to head

Phantasy Star Online 2 vs The Cycle: Frontier

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 8k daily

The Cycle: Frontier

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2012 · 14 years ago

June 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

2k – 8k

3 – 9

Estimated players

14.3k0.6%

35.2k5.2%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Phantasy Star Online 2The Cycle: Frontier

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	—

The Cycle: Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~36.7k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~37k
July 2026	~37k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Phantasy Star Online 2: 894Down 13%
The Cycle: Frontier: 2Down 33%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 447× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Cycle: Frontier — 894 vs 2.

Reddit members

Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.2kUp 0.1%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.7k

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 3.9× as many subreddit members as The Cycle: Frontier — 69,171 vs 17,674.

YouTube subscribers

Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8kUp 0.2%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.3k

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 2.6× as many YouTube subscribers as The Cycle: Frontier — 44,800 vs 17,300.

Discord members

Phantasy Star Online 2: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 106.4kDown 0.6%

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 106,390 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Twitch viewers

Phantasy Star Online 2: —
The Cycle: Frontier: 50Down 82%

The Cycle: Frontier currently has 50 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

How these estimates are made

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.

The Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 720k – 2m 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.