Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs Shadow Arena

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 14k daily

Shadow Arena

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 14 years ago

May 2020 · 6 years ago

Daily players

4k – 14k

No population data

Estimated players

260.8k0.7%

751

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapeShadow Arena

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~261k	Up 0.8%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Shadow Arena

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~752	Up 0.1%
August 2026	~751	Up 14%
July 2026	~661	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.5kDown 4.7%
Shadow Arena: 0

Old School RuneScape currently has 1,476 peak concurrent Steam players, while Shadow Arena has 0.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 275kUp 0.9%
Shadow Arena: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 275,034 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow Arena.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.9%
Shadow Arena: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 1,395,335 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow Arena.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 6.2kDown 46%
Shadow Arena: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 6,180 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Shadow Arena.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 265kUp 0.8%
Shadow Arena: 2.1k

Old School RuneScape currently has about 127× as many YouTube subscribers as Shadow Arena — 265,000 vs 2,090.

How these estimates are made

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 4k – 14k 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.

Shadow Arena

Shadow Arena is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 120k – 300k 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.