Head to head

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO vs Runescape

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO

Live

18 – 62 daily

Runescape

Live

7k – 23k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2017 · 10 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

18 – 62

7k – 23k

Estimated players

242.0%

106.1k1.7%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMORunescape

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~26
August 2026	~26
July 2026	~26	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.9k	Down 0.1%
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

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: 4Down 64%
Runescape: 2.5kDown 43%

Runescape currently has about 624× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO — 2,494 vs 4.

Discord members

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: —
Runescape: 128.1kUp 1.4%

Runescape currently has 128,059 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.

Reddit members

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: —
Runescape: 403.8kUp 0.6%

Runescape currently has 403,834 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.

Twitch viewers

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: —
Runescape: 297Down 96%

Runescape currently has 297 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.

YouTube subscribers

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO: —
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has 265,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO.

How these estimates are made

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO

Illyriad - 4X Grand Strategy MMO is estimated to have 18 – 62 players a day. Around 7k – 19k 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 – 23k 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.