Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs Palia

Old School RuneScape

Live

5k – 16k daily

Palia

Live

14k – 51k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 13 years ago

December 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

5k – 16k

14k – 51k

Estimated players

257.4k0.6%

158.9k3.3%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows
Nintendo
PlayStation

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapePalia

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~260.1k	Up 18%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Palia

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~164k	Up 0.5%
July 2026	~163.2k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.6kUp 6.0%
Palia: 4.4kDown 34%

Palia currently has about 2.7× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 4,411 vs 1,606.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 273kUp 0.2%
Palia: 465.9k

Palia currently has about 1.7× as many Discord members as Old School RuneScape — 465,855 vs 272,959.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.2%
Palia: 168.2kUp 0.2%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 8.2× as many subreddit members as Palia — 1,385,988 vs 168,182.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 6kDown 41%
Palia: 1.5kDown 8.5%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 4× as many live Twitch viewers as Palia — 5,992 vs 1,505.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 264kUp 0.4%
Palia: 63.1kUp 0.2%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 4.2× as many YouTube subscribers as Palia — 264,000 vs 63,100.

How these estimates are made

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 5k – 16k players a day. Around 370k – 940k 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.

Palia

Palia is estimated to have 14k – 51k players a day. Around 700k – 2m 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.