Head to head

Aion vs Runes of Magic

Aion

Live

75 – 35k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

410 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2008 · 18 years ago

March 2009 · 17 years ago

Daily players

75 – 35k

410 – 2k

Estimated players

2.6k0.7%

1.8k11%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

AionRunes of Magic

Aion

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2.7k	Up 1.0%
August 2026	~2.7k	Up 1.6%
July 2026	~2.6k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 4.2%
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.

Reddit members

Aion: 10.9kUp 0.5%
Runes of Magic: 638Up 2.2%

Aion currently has about 17× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 10,864 vs 638.

Twitch viewers

Aion: 142Down 53%
Runes of Magic: 0Down 100%

Aion currently has 142 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Aion: 14.6k
Runes of Magic: 4.8kUp 0.2%

Aion currently has about 3× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 14,600 vs 4,850.

Steam concurrent players

Aion: —
Runes of Magic: 51Down 60%

Runes of Magic currently has 51 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Aion.

Discord members

Aion: —
Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.2%

Runes of Magic currently has 3,836 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Aion.

How these estimates are made

Aion

Aion is estimated to have 75 – 35k players a day. Around 23k – 2m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.