Head to head

Guild Wars vs Rust

Guild Wars

Live

Rust

Live

310k – 1m daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

April 2005 · 21 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Daily players

No population data

310k – 1m

Estimated players

28.6k

546.1k3.1%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Guild WarsRust

Guild Wars

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~28.6k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~28.5k	Up 1.7%
August 2026	~28k	Up 5.0%
July 2026	~26.7k	—

Rust

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~529k	Up 0.8%
September 2026	~525k	Down 2.6%
August 2026	~539.2k	Down 1.0%
July 2026	~544.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Reddit members

Guild Wars: 67.1kUp 1.2%
Rust: 711.9kUp 0.3%

Rust currently has about 11× as many subreddit members as Guild Wars — 711,889 vs 67,090.

YouTube subscribers

Guild Wars: 219k
Rust: 207kUp 0.5%

Guild Wars and Rust are nearly even on YouTube subscribers — 219,000 vs 207,000.

Steam concurrent players

Guild Wars: —
Rust: 122.4kDown 0.8%

Rust currently has 122,404 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Discord members

Guild Wars: —
Rust: 812.7kUp 0.5%

Rust currently has 812,707 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

Twitch viewers

Guild Wars: —
Rust: 1.7kDown 83%

Rust currently has 1,728 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Guild Wars.

How these estimates are made

Guild Wars

Guild Wars is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 450 – 1k 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 310k – 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.