Head to head

Old School RuneScape vs World of Warcraft Classic

Old School RuneScape

Live

5k – 17k daily

World of Warcraft Classic

Live

880 – 410k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

February 2013 · 14 years ago

August 2019 · 7 years ago

Daily players

5k – 17k

880 – 410k

Estimated players

274.2k

80.9k0.4%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Android
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Old School RuneScapeWorld of Warcraft Classic

Old School RuneScape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~273.9k	Up 2.7%
October 2026	~266.7k	Up 2.3%
September 2026	~260.8k	Up 0.7%
August 2026	~259k	Up 17%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

World of Warcraft Classic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
November 2026	~80.9k	Up 1.0%
October 2026	~80.1k	Up 4.0%
September 2026	~77k	Up 2.8%
August 2026	~75k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~74.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Old School RuneScape: 1.9kUp 26%
World of Warcraft Classic: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 1,892 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warcraft Classic.

Discord members

Old School RuneScape: 282.2kUp 1.2%
World of Warcraft Classic: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 282,230 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warcraft Classic.

Reddit members

Old School RuneScape: 1.4mUp 0.6%
World of Warcraft Classic: 808.8kUp 1.9%

Old School RuneScape currently has about 1.8× as many subreddit members as World of Warcraft Classic — 1,424,882 vs 808,794.

Twitch viewers

Old School RuneScape: 9.6kDown 83%
World of Warcraft Classic: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 9,630 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warcraft Classic.

YouTube subscribers

Old School RuneScape: 268kUp 0.8%
World of Warcraft Classic: —

Old School RuneScape currently has 268,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for World of Warcraft Classic.

How these estimates are made

Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 5k – 17k players a day. Around 370k – 960k 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.

World of Warcraft Classic

World of Warcraft Classic is estimated to have 880 – 410k players a day. Around 200k – 19m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.