Head to head

AFK Journey vs Runescape

AFK Journey

Live

2k – 9k daily

Runescape

Live

5k – 18k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2024 · 3 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

2k – 9k

5k – 18k

Estimated players

92.8k0.1%

105k1.1%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

AFK JourneyRunescape

AFK Journey

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~94.3k	Up 66%
August 2026	~57k	Up 19%
July 2026	~47.8k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.2k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

AFK Journey: 843Down 7.2%
Runescape: 2kDown 42%

Runescape currently has about 2.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as AFK Journey — 1,980 vs 843.

Discord members

AFK Journey: 180kDown 0.5%
Runescape: 128.2kUp 0.3%

AFK Journey currently has about 1.4× as many Discord members as Runescape — 179,990 vs 128,208.

Reddit members

AFK Journey: 105.9kUp 0.7%
Runescape: 405.1kUp 0.5%

Runescape currently has about 3.8× as many subreddit members as AFK Journey — 405,073 vs 105,919.

Twitch viewers

AFK Journey: 8Down 50%
Runescape: 450Down 62%

Runescape currently has about 56× as many live Twitch viewers as AFK Journey — 450 vs 8.

YouTube subscribers

AFK Journey: 333k
Runescape: 265k

AFK Journey currently has about 1.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Runescape — 333,000 vs 265,000.

How these estimates are made

AFK Journey

AFK Journey is estimated to have 2k – 9k players a day. Around 24k – 61k 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.

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 5k – 18k players a day. Around 470k – 1m 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.