Head to head

Path of Exile vs Runescape

Path of Exile

Live

25k – 89k daily

Runescape

Live

7k – 23k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2013 · 13 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

25k – 89k

7k – 23k

Estimated players

262.2k3.8%

105.8k2.1%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
macOS

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Path of ExileRunescape

Path of Exile

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~268.7k	Down 7.0%
August 2026	~288.8k	Down 1.5%
July 2026	~293.3k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Path of Exile: 4.5kDown 89%
Runescape: 2kDown 50%

Path of Exile currently has about 2.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 4,469 vs 2,005.

Discord members

Path of Exile: 265kUp 0.5%
Runescape: 128.1kUp 0.4%

Path of Exile currently has about 2.1× as many Discord members as Runescape — 264,985 vs 128,130.

Reddit members

Path of Exile: 1.1mUp 0.2%
Runescape: 404.6kUp 0.5%

Path of Exile currently has about 2.7× as many subreddit members as Runescape — 1,083,752 vs 404,585.

Twitch viewers

Path of Exile: 482Down 91%
Runescape: 568Down 64%

Runescape currently has about 1.2× as many live Twitch viewers as Path of Exile — 568 vs 482.

YouTube subscribers

Path of Exile: 430kUp 0.9%
Runescape: 265k

Path of Exile currently has about 1.6× as many YouTube subscribers as Runescape — 430,000 vs 265,000.

How these estimates are made

Path of Exile

Path of Exile is estimated to have 25k – 89k players a day. Around 3m – 8m 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.

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 7k – 23k players a day. Around 470k – 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.