Head to head

Eve Online vs Old School RuneScape

Eve Online

Released

~79k daily · 47k – 130k

Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Old School RuneScape

Released

~420k daily · 250k – 700k

Last measured Nov 8, 2026

VerdictOld School RuneScape has ~5.3× Eve Online's daily players (~420k vs ~79k, as of Nov 8, 2026).

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

May 2003 · 24 years ago

February 2013 · 14 years ago

Est. daily players

~79k47k – 130kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

~420k250k – 700kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Available on

Linux
macOS
Windows

Android
iOS
macOS
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Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Eve OnlineOld School RuneScape

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Eve Online: 4.5k
Old School RuneScape: 1.7k

Eve Online currently has about 2.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 4,527 vs 1,673.

Discord members

Eve Online: 52.5k
Old School RuneScape: 287.9k

Old School RuneScape currently has about 5.5× as many Discord members as Eve Online — 287,870 vs 52,506.

Reddit members

Eve Online: 224.9k
Old School RuneScape: 1.4m

Old School RuneScape currently has about 6.3× as many subreddit members as Eve Online — 1,426,837 vs 224,906.

Twitch viewers

Eve Online: 805
Old School RuneScape: 17.2k

Old School RuneScape currently has about 21× as many live Twitch viewers as Eve Online — 17,243 vs 805.

YouTube subscribers

Eve Online: 238k
Old School RuneScape: 268k

Eve Online and Old School RuneScape are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 238,000 vs 268,000.

How these estimates are made

Eve Online

We estimate that about 79,000 people play Eve Online on a typical day (most likely between 47,000 and 130,000), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 2,900,000 accounts (between 1,900,000 and 4,400,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Old School RuneScape

We estimate that about 420,000 people play Old School RuneScape on a typical day (most likely between 250,000 and 700,000), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 17,000,000 accounts (between 11,000,000 and 25,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

How we estimate