Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs Rust

Old School RuneScape

Released

~420k daily · 250k – 700k

Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Rust

Released

~760k daily · 550k – 1.1m

Last measured Nov 8, 2026

VerdictRust has about 81% more daily players than Old School RuneScape (~760k vs ~420k, as of Nov 8, 2026). Their estimated ranges overlap, so the gap is uncertain.

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

Released

February 2013 · 14 years ago

February 2018 · 9 years ago

Est. daily players

~420k250k – 700kMedium confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

~760k550k – 1.1mHigh confidence · Last measured Nov 8, 2026

Available on

Android
iOS
macOS
Windows

Linux
macOS
PlayStation
Windows
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Estimated daily players (central estimate) for both games.

Old School RuneScapeRust

Monthly history: Collecting data since Nov 5, 2026. The table appears once there are two calendar months to compare.

Community breakdown

Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube activity for both games, side by side. Collected since Nov 5, 2026.

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.7k
Rust: 119.3k

Rust currently has about 71× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 119,307 vs 1,673.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 287.9k
Rust: 813.7k

Rust currently has about 2.8× as many Discord members as Old School RuneScape — 813,655 vs 287,870.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4m
Rust: 712.9k

Old School RuneScape currently has about 2× as many subreddit members as Rust — 1,426,837 vs 712,923.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 15.1k
Rust: 10.6k

Old School RuneScape currently has about 1.4× as many live Twitch viewers as Rust — 15,085 vs 10,566.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 268k
Rust: 207k

Old School RuneScape currently has about 1.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Rust — 268,000 vs 207,000.

How these estimates are made

Old School RuneScape

We estimate that about 420,000 people play Old School RuneScape on a typical day (most likely between 250,000 and 700,000), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 17,000,000 accounts (between 11,000,000 and 25,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: medium — Steam covers part of the player base, or several community signals agree.

Rust

We estimate that about 760,000 people play Rust on a typical day (most likely between 550,000 and 1,100,000), based on data from Nov 8, 2026. Around 20,000,000 accounts (between 16,000,000 and 26,000,000) have played it at some point. It is anchored on Steam’s official concurrent-player count, converted to daily players, so players on other launchers or consoles may not be fully counted. Confidence: high — measured from a full day of Steam data, for a game played mainly on Steam.

How we estimate