Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs Silica

Old School RuneScape

Live

5k – 17k daily

Silica

Live

95 – 340 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 14 years ago

May 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

5k – 17k

95 – 340

Estimated players

267.2k1.5%

2.8k3.9%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapeSilica

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~264k	Up 1.9%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Silica

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~2.8k	Up 3.9%
August 2026	~2.7k
July 2026	~2.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.2kDown 50%
Silica: 26Down 48%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 48× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Silica — 1,236 vs 26.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 276.8kUp 1.6%
Silica: 6.3kUp 0.4%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 44× as many Discord members as Silica — 276,839 vs 6,253.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.9%
Silica: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 1,396,253 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Silica.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 7.8kDown 28%
Silica: 0

Old School RuneScape currently has 7,776 live Twitch viewers, while Silica has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 265kUp 0.8%
Silica: 550Up 0.9%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 482× as many YouTube subscribers as Silica — 265,000 vs 550.

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.

Silica

Silica is estimated to have 95 – 340 players a day. Around 110k – 280k 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.