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FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

Square Enix · 2014-02-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

Massively MultiplayerRPG

Franchise: Final Fantasy · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 27, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 23, 2015 (Mac), Apr 14, 2014 (PlayStation 4), May 25, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Mar 21, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 27, 2013 (PlayStation 3)

Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.

FINAL FANTASY XIV Online is a 2014 Massively Multiplayer and RPG title priced at $19.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 85,374 reviews).

18,516
playing now
87%
positive of 86k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,075
twitch viewers (latest)
16.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (236 ratings)
4.46★
PlayStation Store rating (46,773 ratings)
100h
to beat · rushed 50h · completionist 719h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

18,516 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Final Fantasy XIV is a subscription-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Square Enix. Directed and produced by Naoki Yoshida and released worldwide for PlayStation 3 and Windows in August 2013, it replaced the failed 2010 version, with subsequent support for PlayStation 4 in April 2014, macOS in July 2015, PlayStation 5 in May 2021, Xbox Series X/S in March 2024, and Nintendo Switch 2 in August 2026. Final Fantasy XIV is set in the fantasy region of Eorzea, five years after the devastating Seventh Umbral Calamity which ended the original version. In the Calamity, the elder primal Bahamut escaped from his prison, an ancient space station called Dalamud, unleashing an apocalypse across Eorzea. Through temporal magic, the player character of the original version escaped, reappearing at the start of A Realm Reborn. As Eorzea cements its recovery, the player must fend off a reignited invasion from the Garlean Empire.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 18,516 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,967 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~371/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 1,846 Massively Multiplayer games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-17

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Sep 17), healthy→thriving (Sep 16), thriving→healthy (Sep 16), healthy→thriving (Sep 16)

Estimated sales: 2.1M–5.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 85,953 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2016-01-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.2k3.2k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 785 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,166 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 120 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 461 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,443 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 955 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 798 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 667 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 703 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 914 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 833 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 760 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 845 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 939 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 134 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 730 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 852 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 689 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 709 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,130 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,356 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3,230 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 479 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2,758 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 325 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,738 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,306 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,575 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,273 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 685 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,190 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,054 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 727 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 165 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 736 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 839 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 731 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 644 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 559 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 907 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 698 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 555 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 577 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 711 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 167 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 102 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,082 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 479 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 612 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 128 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 655 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 617 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 621 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 815 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 647 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 582 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 100 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 341 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

27k02026-09-15 11:00 — 14,381 players2026-09-15 23:00 — 23,779 players2026-09-16 01:00 — 13,224 players2026-09-16 03:00 — 22,929 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 16,897 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 12,706 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 11,649 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 13,872 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 18,295 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 20,757 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 23,452 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 21,993 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 24,318 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 20,349 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 14,532 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 27,473 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 23,054 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 11,711 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 19,723 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 22,966 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 14,425 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 17,689 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 20,226 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 11,340 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 15,028 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 23,017 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 12,499 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 13,841 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 18,793 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 14,579 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 12,939 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 23,815 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 955 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 10,070 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 18,516 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
54k1.9kFeb 2014Aug 2026Feb 2014 — avg 3,578 · peak 7,401Jun 2014 — avg 2,172 · peak 5,723Oct 2014 — avg 2,537 · peak 5,425Feb 2015 — avg 4,138 · peak 6,897Jun 2015 — avg 5,650 · peak 11,905Oct 2015 — avg 4,175 · peak 7,277Feb 2016 — avg 5,067 · peak 9,568Jun 2016 — avg 4,832 · peak 8,599Oct 2016 — avg 5,417 · peak 9,210Feb 2017 — avg 7,105 · peak 12,450Jun 2017 — avg 12,446 · peak 25,599Oct 2017 — avg 7,069 · peak 12,435Feb 2018 — avg 7,636 · peak 12,637Jun 2018 — avg 6,881 · peak 11,264Oct 2018 — avg 5,796 · peak 9,691Feb 2019 — avg 9,179 · peak 15,759Jun 2019 — avg 14,339 · peak 41,190Oct 2019 — avg 9,693 · peak 17,309Feb 2020 — avg 13,056 · peak 25,612Jun 2020 — avg 15,405 · peak 24,417Oct 2020 — avg 15,070 · peak 26,240Feb 2021 — avg 18,883 · peak 31,117Jun 2021 — avg 23,718 · peak 40,067Oct 2021 — avg 26,731 · peak 42,623Feb 2022 — avg 23,298 · peak 42,254Jun 2022 — avg 24,748 · peak 37,861Oct 2022 — avg 22,479 · peak 37,718Feb 2023 — avg 23,446 · peak 39,958Jun 2023 — avg 21,494 · peak 36,308Oct 2023 — avg 21,237 · peak 36,967Feb 2024 — avg 19,871 · peak 31,287Jun 2024 — avg 28,141 · peak 91,883Oct 2024 — avg 17,480 · peak 27,243Feb 2025 — avg 16,385 · peak 24,540Jun 2025 — avg 15,750 · peak 29,683Oct 2025 — avg 14,096 · peak 22,823Feb 2026 — avg 16,690 · peak 27,715Jun 2026 — avg 20,840 · peak 34,361Aug 2026 — avg 21,264 · peak 33,868
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#69#692026-09-152026-09-172026-09-15 — #692026-09-16 — #692026-09-17 — #69
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
15152026-09-162026-10-152026-09-16: 5 new positive2026-09-16: 1 new negative2026-09-18: 15 new positive2026-09-18: 1 new negative2026-09-19: 7 new positive2026-09-20: 5 new positive2026-09-20: 4 new negative2026-09-22: 13 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-09-28: 5 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-09-30: 8 new positive2026-10-01: 6 new positive2026-10-05: 8 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 10 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-11: 8 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 9 new positive2026-10-12: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative2026-10-15: 3 new positive2026-10-15: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$0.002015-05-182026-10-142015-05-18 — best price $59.992015-08-15 — best price $59.982016-01-25 — best price $19.992016-04-28 — best price $29.992016-06-17 — best price $59.992016-06-25 — best price $39.992016-07-23 — best price $53.992016-10-08 — best price $59.992016-11-23 — best price $19.992016-12-10 — best price $39.982017-01-03 — best price $19.992017-02-14 — best price $9.992017-04-04 — best price $19.792017-05-09 — best price $29.992017-06-20 — best price $19.992017-07-22 — best price $19.992017-08-03 — best price $19.742017-10-26 — best price $19.892017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-01-11 — best price $19.992018-07-10 — best price $19.892018-08-02 — best price $19.992018-10-18 — best price $16.792020-03-26 — best price $17.992021-05-09 — best price $18.992025-08-13 — best price $11.992026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.0k7292026-05-29 — 984 pageviews2026-06-02 — 993 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,579 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1,466 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,140 pageviews2026-06-18 — 1,098 pageviews2026-06-22 — 1,074 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,030 pageviews2026-06-30 — 880 pageviews2026-07-04 — 955 pageviews2026-07-08 — 960 pageviews2026-07-12 — 885 pageviews2026-07-16 — 855 pageviews2026-07-20 — 933 pageviews2026-07-24 — 912 pageviews2026-07-28 — 1,630 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1,150 pageviews2026-08-05 — 1,651 pageviews2026-08-09 — 1,251 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1,090 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1,149 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1,037 pageviews2026-08-25 — 1,087 pageviews2026-08-29 — 981 pageviews2026-09-02 — 912 pageviews2026-09-06 — 988 pageviews2026-09-10 — 965 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,017 pageviews2026-09-18 — 889 pageviews2026-09-22 — 977 pageviews2026-09-26 — 861 pageviews2026-09-30 — 872 pageviews2026-10-04 — 798 pageviews2026-10-07 — 729 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6.9k2002026-10-01 10:34 — 3,073 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 3,589 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 3,456 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 5,117 viewers2026-10-02 22:34 — 4,471 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 3,442 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 6,930 viewers2026-10-04 01:34 — 5,144 viewers2026-10-04 10:34 — 3,070 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 5,994 viewers2026-10-05 04:34 — 3,433 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 3,452 viewers2026-10-05 22:34 — 3,647 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 1,904 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 4,998 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 5,059 viewers2026-10-07 10:34 — 1,457 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 3,162 viewers2026-10-08 04:34 — 2,897 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 3,259 viewers2026-10-08 22:34 — 3,519 viewers2026-10-09 07:34 — 3,066 viewers2026-10-09 16:34 — 4,004 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 4,104 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 2,792 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 4,464 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 4,813 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 3,594 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 3,959 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 3,006 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 886 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 2,199 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 3,725 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 3,539 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 2,781 viewers2026-10-14 22:34 — 3,283 viewers2026-10-15 07:34 — 1,949 viewers2026-10-15 09:34 — 2,075 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume Controls41 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 41 DLC released, first 2024-07-02, latest 2026-07-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)9,9740%247
Xbox Series (Xbox)1,8320%246
Switch 2 (Nintendo)9320%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGJRPGCo-opMagicMMORPGFantasyAdventureOpen WorldStory RichExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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