Head to head

ArcheAge vs Runescape

ArcheAge

Live

5 – 18 daily

Runescape

Live

7k – 23k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2013 · 14 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

5 – 18

7k – 23k

Estimated players

5.7k0.2%

105.8k2.1%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

ArcheAgeRunescape

ArcheAge

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~5.7k	Up 1.5%
August 2026	~5.6k	Up 2.7%
July 2026	~5.5k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.7%
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

ArcheAge: 0Down 100%
Runescape: 2kDown 50%

ArcheAge currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Runescape has 2,005.

Reddit members

ArcheAge: 41.9kUp 0.3%
Runescape: 404.6kUp 0.5%

Runescape currently has about 9.7× as many subreddit members as ArcheAge — 404,601 vs 41,879.

Twitch viewers

ArcheAge: 89Down 71%
Runescape: 568Down 64%

Runescape currently has about 6.4× as many live Twitch viewers as ArcheAge — 568 vs 89.

YouTube subscribers

ArcheAge: 6.9kUp 0.1%
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has about 38× as many YouTube subscribers as ArcheAge — 265,000 vs 6,940.

Discord members

ArcheAge: —
Runescape: 128.1kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has 128,130 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for ArcheAge.

How these estimates are made

ArcheAge

ArcheAge is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 150k – 390k 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 7k – 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.