Head to head

EverQuest II vs Rust

EverQuest II

Live

640 – 2k daily

Rust

Live

410k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2004 · 22 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

640 – 2k

410k – 1m

Estimated players

2k0.4%

594.5k5.5%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuest IIRust

EverQuest II

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~2k
July 2026	~2k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~574.6k	Up 5.5%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

EverQuest II: 263Down 4.7%
Rust: 156.8kUp 23%

Rust currently has about 596× as many peak concurrent Steam players as EverQuest II — 156,785 vs 263.

Reddit members

EverQuest II: 9.3kUp 0.2%
Rust: 706.8k

Rust currently has about 76× as many subreddit members as EverQuest II — 706,825 vs 9,285.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest II: 52Up 6.1%
Rust: 314.4kUp 89%

Rust currently has about 6046× as many live Twitch viewers as EverQuest II — 314,392 vs 52.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest II: 6.4kUp 0.2%
Rust: 206kUp 0.5%

Rust currently has about 32× as many YouTube subscribers as EverQuest II — 206,000 vs 6,400.

Discord members

EverQuest II: —
Rust: 801.2kUp 0.3%

Rust currently has 801,179 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest II.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest II

EverQuest II is estimated to have 640 – 2k players a day. Around 70k – 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.

Rust

Rust is estimated to have 410k – 1m players a day. Around 13m – 34m 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.