Head to head

Phantasy Star Universe vs World of Warcraft

Phantasy Star Universe

Live

14 – 7k daily

World of Warcraft

Live

770 – 360k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2006 · 20 years ago

November 2004 · 22 years ago

Daily players

14 – 7k

770 – 360k

Estimated players

2661.4%

584.3k0.9%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Phantasy Star UniverseWorld of Warcraft

Phantasy Star Universe

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~262	Up 5.6%
August 2026	~248	Up 23%
July 2026	~201	—

World of Warcraft

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~590.7k	Up 3.9%
August 2026	~568.6k	Up 14%
July 2026	~500.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Phantasy Star Universe: 2.7kUp 5.0%
World of Warcraft: 3.2mUp 1.2%

World of Warcraft currently has about 1206× as many subreddit members as Phantasy Star Universe — 3,198,581 vs 2,652.

Twitch viewers

Phantasy Star Universe: 0Down 100%
World of Warcraft: 75.5kDown 22%

Phantasy Star Universe currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while World of Warcraft has 75,510.

Discord members

Phantasy Star Universe: —
World of Warcraft: 176.7kUp 5.4%

World of Warcraft currently has 176,704 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

YouTube subscribers

Phantasy Star Universe: —
World of Warcraft: 2mUp 2.1%

World of Warcraft currently has 1,980,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Phantasy Star Universe.

How these estimates are made

Phantasy Star Universe

Phantasy Star Universe is estimated to have 14 – 7k players a day. Around 11k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft is estimated to have 770 – 360k players a day. Around 130k – 13m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.