Head to head

Lost Ark vs Runescape

Lost Ark

Live

16k – 58k daily

Runescape

Live

7k – 24k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2018 · 8 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

16k – 58k

7k – 24k

Estimated players

64.3k0.4%

111.4k1.1%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Lost ArkRunescape

Lost Ark

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~63.7k	Down 0.5%
October 2026	~64k	Down 0.4%
September 2026	~64.2k	Down 0.4%
August 2026	~64.4k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~64.3k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~111.2k	Up 1.6%
October 2026	~109.4k	Up 2.0%
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

Lost Ark: 5.7kDown 1.1%
Runescape: 2.3kUp 6.0%

Lost Ark currently has about 2.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 5,700 vs 2,320.

Reddit members

Lost Ark: 300.3kUp 0.1%
Runescape: 410.1kUp 1.1%

Runescape currently has about 1.4× as many subreddit members as Lost Ark — 410,140 vs 300,316.

Twitch viewers

Lost Ark: 877Up 0.6%
Runescape: 863Up 112%

Lost Ark and Runescape are nearly even on live Twitch viewers — 877 vs 863.

YouTube subscribers

Lost Ark: 103k
Runescape: 267kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 2.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Lost Ark — 267,000 vs 103,000.

Discord members

Lost Ark: —
Runescape: 127.7kDown 0.5%

Runescape currently has 127,716 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Lost Ark.

How these estimates are made

Lost Ark

Lost Ark is estimated to have 16k – 58k 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.

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.