Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs The Lord of the Rings Online

Old School RuneScape

Live

4k – 15k daily

The Lord of the Rings Online

Live

4k – 13k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 14 years ago

April 2007 · 19 years ago

Daily players

4k – 15k

4k – 13k

Estimated players

265.9k0.4%

21.8k3.6%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapeThe Lord of the Rings Online

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~263.3k	Up 1.0%
September 2026	~260.8k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

The Lord of the Rings Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~21.3k	Up 0.6%
September 2026	~21.1k	Up 0.6%
August 2026	~21k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~20.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.8kUp 25%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 1.7kUp 14%

Old School RuneScape and The Lord of the Rings Online are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 1,825 vs 1,655.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 282.9kUp 2.1%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 24kUp 0.7%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 12× as many Discord members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 282,881 vs 23,960.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 1.5%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 87.9kUp 0.9%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 16× as many subreddit members as The Lord of the Rings Online — 1,418,645 vs 87,887.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 10.2kUp 42%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 190Up 23%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 54× as many live Twitch viewers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 10,244 vs 190.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 267kUp 0.8%
The Lord of the Rings Online: 25.3kUp 1.6%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 11× as many YouTube subscribers as The Lord of the Rings Online — 267,000 vs 25,300.

How these estimates are made

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 4k – 15k 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 Lord of the Rings Online

The Lord of the Rings Online is estimated to have 4k – 13k players a day. Around 410k – 1m 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.