Final Fantasy 14 is healing in a post-Dawntrail world, it seems, as an unofficial census shows a nice uptick in fans – one that boasts nearly a million active players now, in fact.
It's no secret that Dawntrail hasn't exactly done well – you know, "Mostly Negative" reviews nearly two years post-launch and all – as the MMO's most recent expansion.
While the raid tier, The Arcadion, has arguably stood as one of the game's best to date, it hasn't been enough to carry (especially when you consider how many "hardcore" fans there are who raid compared to more casual folks who just check out the normal-difficulty tier and move on).
This has shown in the unofficial census that Lucky Bancho, a fan who gathers all sorts of data from The Lodestone regularly, unveils in a new post on his blog. From information like newly registered minions and mounts as well as alterations in HP, the player conjures up a rough chart of how many users Final Fantasy 14 has – and, compared to just a few months ago in November, there are apparently plenty now.
Since November, Lucky Bancho has noted a nice increase of 110,000 players, bringing the number of active folks from 820,000 to 930,000. The number of new Warriors of Light registered has also shot up by 20,000, from 40,000 to 60,000. That means that, not only are longtime fans returning to Final Fantasy 14, but a plethora of sprouts can be found in New Gridania and Limsa Lominsa, too (if you know, you know).
As for how many players have remained active since Lucky Banco's last census, he explains that the number has remained stable at around 650,000 users. That's honestly not bad, but, as the fan says, the number of active players is still about 100,000 fewer than he marked down in May 2025.
Hopefully, though, the trend continues – we do have the hotly anticipated patch 7.5 to look forward to, which is sure to feature loads of new content.
Director Naoki Yoshida, known better by his alias "Yoshi-P," did previously tease another big "rebirth" of sorts for the MMO, and there's been plenty of talk about everything from class fixes to new types of content floating about – so, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed.
