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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)

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.

1,021
playing now
69%
positive of 25k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59
twitch viewers (latest)
60/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1,021 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,021 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 6% of 10,710 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 1 of 1 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

1.1k6152026-08-06 21:00 — 882 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 885 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 898 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 934 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 911 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 902 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 965 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 974 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 953 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 997 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 845 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 796 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 841 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 834 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 880 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,099 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 915 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 947 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,055 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 925 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 872 players2026-08-20 18:00 — 968 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,040 players2026-08-23 09:00 — 808 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,017 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 995 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 667 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 915 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,021 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

9852026-08-26 19:15 — 86 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 92 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 43 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 61 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 68 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 50 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 44 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 75 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 57 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 17 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 49 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 59 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 59 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

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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