LiveDecember 2000 · 26 years ago

Phantasy Star Online

4estimated players

39 – 18k daily players

Pioneer 2 finally completed it's long voyage to the new home world. But as the ship entered orbit, an enormous explosion shook the entire planet, and all contact with the thousands of people already there was lost. Now, in the first worldwide online console RPG, players from around the globe must unite to discover what has happened. Phantasy Star Online continues in the tradition of one of the most popular series of all time, and becomes a revolutionary and truly global gaming experience in an online, persistent world.

Phantasy Star Online is estimated to have 39 – 18k players a day. Around 20k – 2m 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.

Player stats

Estimated daily players

39 – 18 thousand

How many people we think play Phantasy Star Online on a given day.

Estimated total players

20 thousand – 1.9 million

How many accounts we think have played Phantasy Star Online at some point.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2	—

Community activity

Daily Phantasy Star Online community data tracked across Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube.

Twitch viewers

3 live streams

Phantasy Star Online recently drew 18 live viewers on Twitch across 3 streams, its highest level since we started tracking.

Trailer

Storyline

The story of Phantasy Star Online is unrelated to the original Phantasy Star series,[10] and is less substantial.[8] Threatened by the imminent destruction of their home planet, thousands of refugees arrive at planet Ragol aboard the spaceship Pioneer 2. As they establish contact with colonists sent ahead on Pioneer 1, an enormous explosion shakes the planet. Adventurers from Pioneer 2 land to investigate the explosion and search for Rico Tyrell, daughter of the head of Pioneer 2. They discover the planet overrun by monsters, and follow messages left by Rico leading to an ancient evil, Dark Falz.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Phantasy Star Online?

Phantasy Star Online has an estimated 39–18,000 daily players and roughly 20,000–1,900,000 accounts that have played it in total, as of August 2026. The range is modelled from the size of the game’s Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities rather than measured, so treat it as a rough band.