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Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis cover art

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis

SEGA · 2020-08-05

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Franchise: Phantasy Star · Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jun 09, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 09, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Jun 09, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 09, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Jun 09, 2021 (Xbox One)

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis is a free-to-play action MMO. Join players around the world to explore the planet Halpha and fight in epic battles as ARKS Defenders! Unleash your imagination with our ultimate character creation experience and creative spaces to create your own phantasy.

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis is an Action, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play game released in 2020, free-to-play, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Mixed (69% of 24687 reviews) sentiment.

736
playing now
69%
positive of 25k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
23
twitch viewers (latest)
11.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
60/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
37
Nexus mods (12k downloads)
4.20★
PlayStation Store rating (29,843 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

736 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

1,000 years have passed since the events depicted in Phantasy Star Online 2. A new generation of ARKS settled on Planet Halpha. For decades, ARKS has been dealing with a new threat known as the DOLLS, creatures whose origin and purpose is unknown. Joining ARKS are also Meteorn, individuals arriving from outer space through pods. Meteorn possess no memory of their life prior to arriving but regardless possess skills that make them effective against the DOLLS and join sides with ARKS to fight against the DOLLS.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis trailer thumbnail

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis Launch Trailer

≈250,092 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 736 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 461 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,783 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 8 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.1k3.1k20202026Week of 2020-08-01: 3,100 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 606 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 869 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 193 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,299 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 600 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 117 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 483 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 382 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2,910 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,873 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 408 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 444 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 317 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 73 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k322026-09-15 11:00 — 671 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 851 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 781 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 658 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 893 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 880 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 635 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 836 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 867 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 666 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 779 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 785 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 609 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 727 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 786 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 585 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 712 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,013 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 148 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 751 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 950 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 847 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 736 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16k722Aug 2020Aug 2026Aug 2020 — avg 11,258 · peak 19,684Oct 2020 — avg 6,357 · peak 11,262Dec 2020 — avg 5,706 · peak 12,351Feb 2021 — avg 5,197 · peak 10,502Apr 2021 — avg 4,402 · peak 6,985Jun 2021 — avg 16,145 · peak 59,197Aug 2021 — avg 4,548 · peak 11,270Oct 2021 — avg 2,398 · peak 6,901Dec 2021 — avg 2,955 · peak 6,738Feb 2022 — avg 2,848 · peak 4,986Apr 2022 — avg 2,743 · peak 4,776Jun 2022 — avg 3,271 · peak 7,040Aug 2022 — avg 2,458 · peak 6,060Oct 2022 — avg 2,420 · peak 3,763Dec 2022 — avg 2,579 · peak 5,315Feb 2023 — avg 2,513 · peak 4,466Apr 2023 — avg 2,774 · peak 5,353Jun 2023 — avg 2,637 · peak 4,409Aug 2023 — avg 2,365 · peak 4,111Oct 2023 — avg 1,792 · peak 2,800Dec 2023 — avg 2,158 · peak 3,631Feb 2024 — avg 1,628 · peak 2,518Apr 2024 — avg 1,606 · peak 2,686Jun 2024 — avg 1,742 · peak 3,225Aug 2024 — avg 1,334 · peak 2,000Oct 2024 — avg 1,364 · peak 2,066Dec 2024 — avg 1,226 · peak 1,795Feb 2025 — avg 1,486 · peak 2,365Apr 2025 — avg 1,079 · peak 1,715Jun 2025 — avg 1,140 · peak 1,901Aug 2025 — avg 1,166 · peak 1,815Oct 2025 — avg 989 · peak 1,766Dec 2025 — avg 949 · peak 1,465Feb 2026 — avg 824 · peak 1,217Apr 2026 — avg 978 · peak 1,528Jun 2026 — avg 905 · peak 1,435Aug 2026 — avg 890 · peak 1,219
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
552026-09-212026-10-122026-09-21: 5 new negative2026-09-23: 1 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 2 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 1 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$0.00$0.002021-01-102026-10-142021-01-10 — best price $0.002024-02-11 — best price $0.002026-08-26 — best price $0.002026-09-02 — best price $0.002026-09-09 — best price $0.002026-09-16 — best price $0.002026-09-23 — best price $0.002026-09-30 — best price $0.002026-10-07 — best price $0.002026-10-14 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

24902026-09-30 21:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 100 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 122 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 31 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 22:34 — 95 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-08 16:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-09 01:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-10 10:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 57 viewers2026-10-11 04:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-12 07:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-13 01:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-14 13:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 23 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
30.2%
earned "Knuckles on the Nogleths"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing14 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 14 DLC released, first 2021-12-15, latest 2023-12-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)19,8571%45

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

RPGJRPGAnimeMechsActionMMORPGSci-fiFantasyAction RPGOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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