Head to head

Guild Wars 2 vs Old School RuneScape

Guild Wars 2

Live

11k – 40k daily

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 14k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2012 · 14 years ago

February 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

11k – 40k

4k – 14k

Estimated players

86.3k0.3%

269.4k0.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild Wars 2Old School RuneScape

Guild Wars 2

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~86.1k	Down 0.2%
September 2026	~86.2k	Up 0.9%
August 2026	~85.5k	Up 14%
July 2026	~75.2k	—

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~265.3k	Up 1.7%
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

Guild Wars 2: 3.4kDown 27%
Old School RuneScape: 1.5kUp 2.2%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 2.3× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 3,413 vs 1,471.

Discord members

Guild Wars 2: 47.5kDown 0.4%
Old School RuneScape: 285.6kUp 2.6%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 6× as many Discord members as Guild Wars 2 — 285,581 vs 47,513.

Reddit members

Guild Wars 2: 429.9kUp 0.4%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.7%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 3.3× as many subreddit members as Guild Wars 2 — 1,422,469 vs 429,870.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars 2: 1.1kDown 51%
Old School RuneScape: 15kUp 120%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 14× as many live Twitch viewers as Guild Wars 2 — 14,988 vs 1,110.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars 2: 219k
Old School RuneScape: 268kUp 0.8%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Guild Wars 2 — 268,000 vs 219,000.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars 2

Guild Wars 2 is estimated to have 11k – 40k players a day. Around 510k – 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.

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 4k – 14k players a day. Around 370k – 960k 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.