Head to head

Karos vs Runescape

Karos

Live

2k – 7k daily

Runescape

Live

7k – 24k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2014 · 12 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

2k – 7k

7k – 24k

Estimated players

2.4k7.4%

110.2k1.9%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

KarosRunescape

Karos

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.3k	Up 0.9%
September 2026	~2.3k	Up 1.3%
August 2026	~2.2k	Down 0.8%
July 2026	~2.2k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~109.2k	Up 1.8%
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

Karos: 877Up 12%
Runescape: 2.4kUp 12%

Runescape currently has about 2.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Karos — 2,371 vs 877.

Discord members

Karos: 7.2k
Runescape: 130.5kUp 1.8%

Runescape currently has about 18× as many Discord members as Karos — 130,516 vs 7,154.

Twitch viewers

Karos: 88Up 76%
Runescape: 400Down 34%

Runescape currently has about 4.5× as many live Twitch viewers as Karos — 400 vs 88.

YouTube subscribers

Karos: 2.2k
Runescape: 267kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 119× as many YouTube subscribers as Karos — 267,000 vs 2,240.

Reddit members

Karos: —
Runescape: 409.6kUp 1.1%

Runescape currently has 409,598 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Karos.

How these estimates are made

Karos

Karos is estimated to have 2k – 7k players a day. Around 38k – 98k 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 – 24k 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.