Head to head

8BitMMO vs Runes of Magic

8BitMMO

Live

8 – 26 daily

Runes of Magic

Live

390 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2015 · 12 years ago

March 2009 · 17 years ago

Daily players

8 – 26

390 – 1k

Estimated players

4470.4%

1.8k1.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

8BitMMORunes of Magic

8BitMMO

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~449
August 2026	~449	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~448	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 4.4%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

8BitMMO: 3Down 25%
Runes of Magic: 162Up 46%

Runes of Magic currently has about 54× as many peak concurrent Steam players as 8BitMMO — 162 vs 3.

Reddit members

8BitMMO: 150Up 0.7%
Runes of Magic: 637Up 2.2%

Runes of Magic currently has about 4.2× as many subreddit members as 8BitMMO — 637 vs 150.

Discord members

8BitMMO: —
Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.1%

Runes of Magic currently has 3,837 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for 8BitMMO.

Twitch viewers

8BitMMO: —
Runes of Magic: 1

Runes of Magic currently has 1 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for 8BitMMO.

YouTube subscribers

8BitMMO: —
Runes of Magic: 4.8kUp 0.2%

Runes of Magic currently has 4,850 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for 8BitMMO.

How these estimates are made

8BitMMO

8BitMMO is estimated to have 8 – 26 players a day. Around 97k – 250k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 390 – 1k players a day. Around 41k – 100k accounts have played it in total. The range is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, then converted to daily actives and accounts — so it covers the Steam player base and will under-count a game played mostly through its own launcher or on console.