Head to head

Nether vs Old School RuneScape

Nether

Live

3 – 9 daily

Old School RuneScape

Live

5k – 17k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2014 · 12 years ago

February 2013 · 14 years ago

Daily players

3 – 9

5k – 17k

Estimated players

1.7k

274.2k

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

NetherOld School RuneScape

Nether

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~1.7k
October 2026	~1.7k
September 2026	~1.7k
August 2026	~1.7k
July 2026	~1.7k	—

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~266.7k
October 2026	~266.7k	Up 2.3%
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

Nether: 0
Old School RuneScape: 1.5kDown 11%

Nether currently has 0 peak concurrent Steam players, while Old School RuneScape has 1,493.

Twitch viewers

Nether: 0
Old School RuneScape: 9.6kDown 83%

Nether currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Old School RuneScape has 9,630.

Discord members

Nether: —
Old School RuneScape: 282.3kUp 1.2%

Old School RuneScape currently has 282,305 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Nether.

Reddit members

Nether: —
Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.6%

Old School RuneScape currently has 1,424,946 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Nether.

YouTube subscribers

Nether: —
Old School RuneScape: 268kUp 0.8%

Old School RuneScape currently has 268,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Nether.

How these estimates are made

Nether

Nether is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 310k – 790k 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 5k – 17k players a day. Around 370k – 960k 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.