Head to head

Pioner vs Runescape

Pioner

Live

33 – 110 daily

Runescape

Live

8k – 27k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 2025 · 10 months ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

33 – 110

8k – 27k

Estimated players

2.6k

112.4k3.8%

Available on

Windows
Linux

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

PionerRunescape

Pioner

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.6k	Down 1.9%
September 2026	~2.7k	Down 6.9%
August 2026	~2.9k	Down 1.2%
July 2026	~2.9k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~109.4k	Up 2.0%
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.8%
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

Pioner: 3Down 83%
Runescape: 2.6kUp 12%

Runescape currently has about 880× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pioner — 2,640 vs 3.

Twitch viewers

Pioner: 0Down 100%
Runescape: 216Down 73%

Pioner currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Runescape has 216.

YouTube subscribers

Pioner: 22.5kDown 0.4%
Runescape: 267kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as Pioner — 267,000 vs 22,500.

Discord members

Pioner: —
Runescape: 130.4kUp 1.7%

Runescape currently has 130,388 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Pioner.

Reddit members

Pioner: —
Runescape: 409.6kUp 1.1%

Runescape currently has 409,650 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Pioner.

How these estimates are made

Pioner

Pioner is estimated to have 33 – 110 players a day. Around 85k – 220k 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 8k – 27k 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.