Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs The Isle

Old School RuneScape

Live

5k – 16k daily

The Isle

Live

43k – 150k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 13 years ago

December 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

5k – 16k

43k – 150k

Estimated players

257.4k0.6%

39.2k1.1%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapeThe Isle

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~260.1k	Up 18%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

The Isle

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~38.8k	Up 1.7%
July 2026	~38.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.6kUp 6.0%
The Isle: 11.9kDown 34%

The Isle currently has about 7.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Old School RuneScape — 11,886 vs 1,606.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 273kUp 0.2%
The Isle: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 272,959 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Isle.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.2%
The Isle: 82.6kUp 0.4%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 17× as many subreddit members as The Isle — 1,385,988 vs 82,645.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 6kDown 41%
The Isle: 2.1kUp 4.8%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 2.8× as many live Twitch viewers as The Isle — 5,992 vs 2,146.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 264kUp 0.4%
The Isle: 95.4kUp 0.1%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 2.8× as many YouTube subscribers as The Isle — 264,000 vs 95,400.

How these estimates are made

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 5k – 16k players a day. Around 370k – 940k 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 Isle

The Isle is estimated to have 43k – 150k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.