Head to head

Phantasy Star Online vs Phantasy Star Online 2

Phantasy Star Online

Released

~1.2k daily · 290 – 3.7k

Last measured Nov 13, 2026

Phantasy Star Online 2

Released

~68k daily · 40k – 110k

Last measured Nov 13, 2026

VerdictPhantasy Star Online 2 has ~57× Phantasy Star Online's daily players (~68k vs ~1.2k, as of Nov 13, 2026). Phantasy Star Online's estimate is low confidence: read the gap as an order of magnitude.

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

December 2000 · 26 years ago

July 2012 · 14 years ago

Est. daily players

~1.2k290 – 3.7k0.2% this weekLow confidence · Last measured Nov 13, 2026

~68k40k – 110k8.6% this weekMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 13, 2026

Available on

PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Platforms

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Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Phantasy Star OnlinePhantasy Star Online 2

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.

Reddit members

Phantasy Star Online: 13.8kUp 0.3% past week
Phantasy Star Online 2: 69.3k

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has about 5× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Online — 69,337 vs 13,769.

Steam concurrent players

Phantasy Star Online: —
Phantasy Star Online 2: 783Down 7.3% past week

Phantasy Star Online 2 currently has 783 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Online.

YouTube subscribers

Phantasy Star Online: —
Phantasy Star Online 2: 44.8k

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

How these estimates are made

Phantasy Star Online

We estimate that about 1,200 people play Phantasy Star Online on a typical day (most likely between 290 and 3,700), based on data from Nov 13, 2026. Around 270,000 accounts (between 92,000 and 620,000) have played it at some point. Phantasy Star Online publishes no Steam player data, so the estimate is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. Confidence: low — a community-size model, not a measurement.

Phantasy Star Online 2

We estimate that about 68,000 people play Phantasy Star Online 2 on a typical day (most likely between 40,000 and 110,000), based on data from Nov 13, 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.

How we estimate