Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs Polygon

Old School RuneScape

Live

5k – 17k daily

Polygon

Live

410 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 14 years ago

March 2020 · 7 years ago

Daily players

5k – 17k

410 – 1k

Estimated players

258.7k2.3%

6.5k0.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapePolygon

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~262.7k	Up 0.7%
September 2026	~260.8k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Polygon

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~6.4k	Down 2.1%
September 2026	~6.6k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~6.5k
July 2026	~6.5k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.8kUp 3.5%
Polygon: 112Down 24%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 16× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Polygon — 1,751 vs 112.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 282.4kUp 2.0%
Polygon: 10.6kDown 0.3%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 27× as many Discord members as Polygon — 282,355 vs 10,554.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 1.5%
Polygon: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 1,416,653 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Polygon.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 7kDown 61%
Polygon: 2

Old School RuneScape currently has about 3479× as many live Twitch viewers as Polygon — 6,958 vs 2.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 267kUp 0.8%
Polygon: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 267,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Polygon.

How these estimates are made

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 5k – 17k 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.

Polygon

Polygon is estimated to have 410 – 1k players a day. Around 610k – 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.