Head to head

Guild Wars 2 vs Runescape

Guild Wars 2

Live

11k – 40k daily

Runescape

Live

6k – 22k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

August 2012 · 14 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

11k – 40k

6k – 22k

Estimated players

86.3k0.3%

109.8k1.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild Wars 2Runescape

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	—

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

Guild Wars 2: 3.4kDown 27%
Runescape: 2.3kUp 18%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 1.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 3,413 vs 2,291.

Discord members

Guild Wars 2: 47.5kDown 0.4%
Runescape: 130.5kUp 1.8%

Runescape currently has about 2.7× as many Discord members as Guild Wars 2 — 130,516 vs 47,513.

Reddit members

Guild Wars 2: 429.9kUp 0.4%
Runescape: 409.4kUp 1.1%

Guild Wars 2 and Runescape are nearly even on subreddit members — 429,870 vs 409,438.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars 2: 1.1kDown 51%
Runescape: 447Down 30%

Guild Wars 2 currently has about 2.5× as many live Twitch viewers as Runescape — 1,110 vs 447.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars 2: 219k
Runescape: 267kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 1.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Guild Wars 2 — 267,000 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.

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.