Head to head

Arma II: DayZ vs Runescape

Arma II: DayZ

Live

23 – 79 daily

Runescape

Live

5k – 17k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2012 · 15 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

23 – 79

5k – 17k

Estimated players

756

107.3k1.3%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Arma II: DayZRunescape

Arma II: DayZ

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~757
August 2026	~757
July 2026	~757	—

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

Arma II: DayZ: 9Down 31%
Runescape: 1.9kDown 47%

Runescape currently has about 215× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Arma II: DayZ — 1,938 vs 9.

Discord members

Arma II: DayZ: —
Runescape: 128.2kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has 128,224 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Arma II: DayZ.

Reddit members

Arma II: DayZ: —
Runescape: 405kUp 0.5%

Runescape currently has 404,973 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Arma II: DayZ.

Twitch viewers

Arma II: DayZ: —
Runescape: 636Down 57%

Runescape currently has 636 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Arma II: DayZ.

YouTube subscribers

Arma II: DayZ: —
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has 265,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Arma II: DayZ.

How these estimates are made

Arma II: DayZ

Arma II: DayZ is estimated to have 23 – 79 players a day. Around 160k – 400k 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 – 17k 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.