Head to head

Final Fantasy XIV Online vs Runescape

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Live

45k – 160k daily

Runescape

Live

7k – 25k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2010 · 16 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

45k – 160k

7k – 25k

Estimated players

330.1k4.2%

114.3k7.8%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
macOS

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Final Fantasy XIV OnlineRunescape

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~322.8k	Down 1.5%
September 2026	~327.7k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~330k
July 2026	~329.8k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~109.1k	Up 1.7%
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

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.5kDown 95%
Runescape: 1.9kDown 37%

Runescape currently has about 1.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Final Fantasy XIV Online — 1,878 vs 1,491.

Discord members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 279.2k
Runescape: 130.1kUp 1.6%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as Runescape — 279,223 vs 130,110.

Reddit members

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 1.4mUp 0.3%
Runescape: 408kUp 1.0%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 3.4× as many subreddit members as Runescape — 1,370,038 vs 407,996.

Twitch viewers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 440Down 95%
Runescape: 1.2kUp 81%

Runescape currently has about 2.8× as many live Twitch viewers as Final Fantasy XIV Online — 1,228 vs 440.

YouTube subscribers

Final Fantasy XIV Online: 743kUp 0.1%
Runescape: 266kUp 0.4%

Final Fantasy XIV Online currently has about 2.8× as many YouTube subscribers as Runescape — 743,000 vs 266,000.

How these estimates are made

Final Fantasy XIV Online

Final Fantasy XIV Online is estimated to have 45k – 160k players a day. Around 1m – 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.

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 7k – 25k 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.