Head to head

Lost Ark vs Old School RuneScape

Lost Ark

Live

17k – 61k daily

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 13k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

February 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

17k – 61k

4k – 13k

Estimated players

64.3k0.3%

256.3k0.6%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Lost ArkOld School RuneScape

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~64.1k	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~64.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~260.8k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Lost Ark: 5.4kDown 28%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4kDown 11%

Lost Ark currently has about 3.8× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 5,429 vs 1,422.

Reddit members

Lost Ark: 299.9kUp 0.1%
Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 1.6%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 4.7× as many subreddit members as Lost Ark — 1,412,199 vs 299,882.

Twitch viewers

Lost Ark: 1.3kDown 38%
Old School RuneScape: 4.6kDown 37%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 3.5× as many live Twitch viewers as Lost Ark — 4,592 vs 1,315.

YouTube subscribers

Lost Ark: 103k
Old School RuneScape: 265kUp 0.4%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 2.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Lost Ark — 265,000 vs 103,000.

Discord members

Lost Ark: —
Old School RuneScape: 277.7kUp 1.5%

Old School RuneScape currently has 277,738 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

How these estimates are made

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 17k – 61k players a day. Around 3m – 7m 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.

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 4k – 13k players a day. Around 370k – 950k 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.