Head to head

BatMUD vs Runescape

BatMUD

Live

130 – 450 daily

Runescape

Live

5k – 19k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2019 · 7 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

130 – 450

5k – 19k

Estimated players

2191.7%

105.5k0.4%

Available on

Windows
Linux

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

BatMUDRunescape

BatMUD

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~219	Up 4.3%
August 2026	~210	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~207	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.4k	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

BatMUD: 22Down 51%
Runescape: 1.8kDown 58%

Runescape currently has about 82× as many peak concurrent Steam players as BatMUD — 1,811 vs 22.

Discord members

BatMUD: 624Down 0.6%
Runescape: 128.2kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has about 205× as many Discord members as BatMUD — 128,173 vs 624.

Reddit members

BatMUD: —
Runescape: 404.8kUp 0.5%

Runescape currently has 404,785 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for BatMUD.

Twitch viewers

BatMUD: —
Runescape: 625Down 59%

Runescape currently has 625 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for BatMUD.

YouTube subscribers

BatMUD: —
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has 265,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for BatMUD.

How these estimates are made

BatMUD

BatMUD is estimated to have 130 – 450 players a day. Around 7k – 18k 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 – 19k 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.