Head to head

Escape from Tarkov vs Old School RuneScape

Escape from Tarkov

Live

76k – 270k daily

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 14k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2025 · 10 months ago

February 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

76k – 270k

4k – 14k

Estimated players

372.9k2.4%

256.7k3.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Escape from TarkovOld School RuneScape

Escape from Tarkov

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~387.9k	Down 4.4%
August 2026	~406k	Up 5.9%
July 2026	~383.3k	—

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~260.2k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side.

Steam concurrent players

Escape from Tarkov: 28.4kDown 27%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4kDown 24%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 20× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 28,408 vs 1,426.

Discord members

Escape from Tarkov: 558.8kUp 0.6%
Old School RuneScape: 278.1kUp 1.5%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 2× as many Discord members as Old School RuneScape — 558,755 vs 278,141.

Reddit members

Escape from Tarkov: 1.2mUp 0.3%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 1.5%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 1.2× as many subreddit members as Escape from Tarkov — 1,412,977 vs 1,154,539.

Twitch viewers

Escape from Tarkov: 30.1kUp 0.8%
Old School RuneScape: 7.4kDown 1.0%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 4.1× as many live Twitch viewers as Old School RuneScape — 30,110 vs 7,395.

YouTube subscribers

Escape from Tarkov: 771kUp 0.1%
Old School RuneScape: 265kUp 0.4%

Escape from Tarkov currently has about 2.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Old School RuneScape — 771,000 vs 265,000.

How these estimates are made

Escape from Tarkov

Escape from Tarkov is estimated to have 76k – 270k players a day. Around 980k – 3m 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.

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 4k – 14k players a day. Around 370k – 950k 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.