Head to head

Anarchy Online vs Runescape

Anarchy Online

Live

13 – 44 daily

Runescape

Live

6k – 23k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2001 · 25 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

13 – 44

6k – 23k

Estimated players

18.5k

106.2k1.0%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

—

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Anarchy OnlineRunescape

Anarchy Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~18.5k
September 2026	~18.5k
August 2026	~18.5k
July 2026	~18.5k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~107.9k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~107.3k	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

Anarchy Online: 4Down 33%
Runescape: 2.1kDown 32%

Runescape currently has about 522× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Anarchy Online — 2,089 vs 4.

Reddit members

Anarchy Online: 4.8kUp 0.8%
Runescape: 406.5kUp 0.7%

Runescape currently has about 84× as many subreddit members as Anarchy Online — 406,498 vs 4,848.

Twitch viewers

Anarchy Online: 1Down 94%
Runescape: 714Down 11%

Runescape currently has about 714× as many live Twitch viewers as Anarchy Online — 714 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Anarchy Online: 180k
Runescape: 266kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has about 1.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Anarchy Online — 266,000 vs 180,000.

Discord members

Anarchy Online: —
Runescape: 129.6kUp 1.3%

Runescape currently has 129,578 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Anarchy Online.

How these estimates are made

Anarchy Online

Anarchy Online is estimated to have 13 – 44 players a day. Around 10k – 25k 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 6k – 23k 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.