Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs The Cycle: Frontier

Old School RuneScape

Live

5k – 17k daily

The Cycle: Frontier

Live

5 – 18 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 14 years ago

June 2022 · 4 years ago

Daily players

5k – 17k

5 – 18

Estimated players

258.7k2.3%

35.6k3.2%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapeThe Cycle: Frontier

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~262.6k	Up 0.7%
September 2026	~260.8k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

The Cycle: Frontier

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~35.9k	Down 2.4%
September 2026	~36.7k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~37k
July 2026	~37k	—

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%
The Cycle: Frontier: 1

Old School RuneScape currently has about 1751× as many peak concurrent Steam players as The Cycle: Frontier — 1,751 vs 1.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 279.1kUp 1.5%
The Cycle: Frontier: 106.2kDown 0.6%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 2.6× as many Discord members as The Cycle: Frontier — 279,079 vs 106,154.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 1.5%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.7k

Old School RuneScape currently has about 80× as many subreddit members as The Cycle: Frontier — 1,416,432 vs 17,677.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 6.4kDown 65%
The Cycle: Frontier: 69Down 42%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 93× as many live Twitch viewers as The Cycle: Frontier — 6,395 vs 69.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 267kUp 0.8%
The Cycle: Frontier: 17.3k

Old School RuneScape currently has about 15× as many YouTube subscribers as The Cycle: Frontier — 267,000 vs 17,300.

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.

The Cycle: Frontier

The Cycle: Frontier is estimated to have 5 – 18 players a day. Around 720k – 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.