Head to head

EverQuest II vs Old School RuneScape

EverQuest II

Live

460 – 2k daily

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 14k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2004 · 22 years ago

February 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

460 – 2k

4k – 14k

Estimated players

263.7k0.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuest IIOld School RuneScape

EverQuest II

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2k	Down 0.8%
September 2026	~2k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~2k	Down 0.3%
July 2026	~2k	—

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~261.8k	Up 0.4%
September 2026	~260.8k	Up 0.7%
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

EverQuest II: 178Down 26%
Old School RuneScape: 1.3kDown 12%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 7.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as EverQuest II — 1,319 vs 178.

Reddit members

EverQuest II: 9.4kUp 0.6%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 1.5%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 150× as many subreddit members as EverQuest II — 1,418,054 vs 9,425.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest II: 11Down 73%
Old School RuneScape: 4.8kDown 29%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 438× as many live Twitch viewers as EverQuest II — 4,820 vs 11.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest II: 6.4k
Old School RuneScape: 267kUp 0.8%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 42× as many YouTube subscribers as EverQuest II — 267,000 vs 6,400.

Discord members

EverQuest II: —
Old School RuneScape: 282.7kUp 2.1%

Old School RuneScape currently has 282,691 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest II.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest II

EverQuest II is estimated to have 460 – 2k players a day. Around 71k – 180k 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.