Head to head

Knight Online vs Runescape

Knight Online

Live

5k – 18k daily

Runescape

Live

6k – 22k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2002 · 24 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

5k – 18k

6k – 22k

Estimated players

4.5k0.3%

111.3k4.6%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Knight OnlineRunescape

Knight Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~4.7k	Up 7.3%
September 2026	~4.4k	Up 0.2%
August 2026	~4.4k	Up 4.4%
July 2026	~4.2k	—

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

Knight Online: 2kDown 4.8%
Runescape: 1.9kDown 27%

Knight Online and Runescape are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 1,968 vs 1,886.

Reddit members

Knight Online: 579Up 0.9%
Runescape: 408.1kUp 1.0%

Runescape currently has about 705× as many subreddit members as Knight Online — 408,099 vs 579.

Twitch viewers

Knight Online: 916Down 62%
Runescape: 610Up 8.5%

Knight Online currently has about 1.5× as many live Twitch viewers as Runescape — 916 vs 610.

YouTube subscribers

Knight Online: 15.4k
Runescape: 266kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has about 17× as many YouTube subscribers as Knight Online — 266,000 vs 15,400.

Discord members

Knight Online: —
Runescape: 130.2kUp 1.6%

Runescape currently has 130,176 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Knight Online.

How these estimates are made

Knight Online

Knight Online is estimated to have 5k – 18k players a day. Around 220k – 570k 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.