Head to head

Guardians of Middle-earth vs Runescape

Guardians of Middle-earth

Live

5 – 18 daily

Runescape

Live

10k – 35k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2012 · 14 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

5 – 18

10k – 35k

Estimated players

1420.4%

109.1k1.6%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guardians of Middle-earthRunescape

Guardians of Middle-earth

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~143	Up 0.7%
July 2026	~142	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~108k	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

Guardians of Middle-earth: 1Down 50%
Runescape: 4.3kUp 59%

Runescape currently has about 4317× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Guardians of Middle-earth — 4,317 vs 1.

Discord members

Guardians of Middle-earth: —
Runescape: 127.7kUp 2.2%

Runescape currently has 127,663 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

Reddit members

Guardians of Middle-earth: —
Runescape: 402.6kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has 402,620 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

Twitch viewers

Guardians of Middle-earth: —
Runescape: 1.5kUp 64%

Runescape currently has 1,536 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

YouTube subscribers

Guardians of Middle-earth: —
Runescape: 265kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has 265,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Guardians of Middle-earth.

How these estimates are made

Guardians of Middle-earth

Guardians of Middle-earth is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 38k – 97k 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 10k – 35k 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.