Head to head

Phantasy Star Online 2 vs The Lord of the Rings Online

Phantasy Star Online 2

Live

2k – 8k daily

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

4k – 14k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2012 · 14 years ago

April 2007 · 19 years ago

Daily players

2k – 8k

4k – 14k

Estimated players

14.3k

21k1.1%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Phantasy Star Online 2The Lord of the Rings Online

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	—

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~21.1k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Phantasy Star Online 2: 809Down 18%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 1.3kDown 23%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has about 1.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 1,335 vs 809.

Reddit members

Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.2kUp 0.1%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 87.5kUp 1.0%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has about 1.3× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Online 2 — 87,548 vs 69,196.

YouTube subscribers

Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k
The Lord of the Rings Online: 25kUp 0.4%

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 1.8× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 44,800 vs 25,000.

Discord members

Phantasy Star Online 2: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 23.9kUp 1.0%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 23,924 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online 2.

Twitch viewers

Phantasy Star Online 2: —
The Lord of the Rings Online: 132Up 15%

The Lord of the Rings Online currently has 132 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 Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is estimated to have 4k – 14k players a day. Around 410k – 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.