Head to head

EverQuest II vs Runescape

EverQuest II

Live

440 – 2k daily

Runescape

Live

6k – 22k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2004 · 22 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

440 – 2k

6k – 22k

Estimated players

2k0.2%

106.6k0.2%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuest IIRunescape

EverQuest II

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

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~109.2k	Up 1.8%
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.8%
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

EverQuest II: 181Down 5.2%
Runescape: 2.4kUp 4.6%

Runescape currently has about 13× as many peak concurrent Steam players as EverQuest II — 2,386 vs 181.

Reddit members

EverQuest II: 9.5kUp 0.9%
Runescape: 409.9kUp 1.1%

Runescape currently has about 43× as many subreddit members as EverQuest II — 409,899 vs 9,489.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest II: 3Down 75%
Runescape: 421Down 83%

Runescape currently has about 140× as many live Twitch viewers as EverQuest II — 421 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest II: 6.4kUp 0.3%
Runescape: 267kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 42× as many YouTube subscribers as EverQuest II — 267,000 vs 6,420.

Discord members

EverQuest II: —
Runescape: 127.7kDown 0.5%

Runescape currently has 127,678 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest II.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest II

EverQuest II is estimated to have 440 – 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.

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 6k – 22k 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.