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City of Heroes
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Rust

Direct comparison between City of Heroes and Rust. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.

Game Status

Status

Active

City of Heroes status is active.

Status

Active

Rust status is active.

Estimated Daily Players

Estimated Daily Players

~2 thousand

We estimate that City of Heroes has currently around 2k players daily.

City of Heroes is a classic superhero MMORPG originally released in 2004 by NCsoft and developed by Cryptic Studios. While officially shut down in 2012, unauthorized private servers have remained active, maintaining a small but loyal player base. Current estimated active daily players across all private servers is around 2,000, reflecting its niche but dedicated following nearly two decades after release.

Estimated Daily Players

~100 thousand

We estimate that Rust has currently around 100k players daily.

Rust is a well-known multiplayer survival game, released in 2018 by Facepunch Studios. It maintains high popularity on platforms like Steam due to frequent updates, Twitch presence, and a strong PvP-focused community. It typically sees tens of thousands of concurrent players, so 100,000 daily players is a reasonable estimate for 2024.

Social Score

Social activity comparison between City of Heroes and Rust. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.

Social score for City of Heroes

MonthSocial ScoreChange
December 2025~0
November 2025~0
October 2025~0100.0%
September 2025~460.0%
August 2025~10

Social score for Rust

MonthSocial ScoreChange
December 2025~48.5k32.6%
November 2025~71.9k4.5%
October 2025~75.3k47.0%
September 2025~51.2k46.3%
August 2025~35k

Game Age

Age

22 years ago

City of Heroes was released in April 2004 (22 years ago).

Age

8 years ago

Rust was released in February 2018 (8 years ago).

Platforms

City of Heroes is available on 2 platforms.

Rust is available on 5 platforms.

Player Perspectives

City of Heroes offers 1 player perspective.

Rust offers 1 player perspective.

Developers

City of Heroes has 2 developers.

Rust has 1 developer.

Publishers

City of Heroes has 2 publishers.

Rust has 2 publishers.

Categories

City of Heroes has 3 categories.

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