Head to head

Pirate101 vs Runes of Magic

Pirate101

Live

70 – 250 daily

Runes of Magic

Live

320 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2012 · 14 years ago

March 2009 · 18 years ago

Daily players

70 – 250

320 – 1k

Estimated players

11k3.0%

1.6k1.0%

Available on

Windows

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Pirate101Runes of Magic

Pirate101

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~11.2k	Down 0.9%
August 2026	~11.3k	Up 7.6%
July 2026	~10.5k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 3.0%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Pirate101: 31Down 30%
Runes of Magic: 108Down 17%

Runes of Magic currently has about 3.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pirate101 — 108 vs 31.

Discord members

Pirate101: 11.3kUp 1.6%
Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.3%

Pirate101 currently has about 3× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 11,348 vs 3,839.

Reddit members

Pirate101: 10.6kUp 1.0%
Runes of Magic: 642Up 1.6%

Pirate101 currently has about 17× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 10,622 vs 642.

Twitch viewers

Pirate101: 7Down 87%
Runes of Magic: 0Down 100%

Pirate101 currently has 7 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Pirate101: 67.2k
Runes of Magic: 4.8k

Pirate101 currently has about 14× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 67,200 vs 4,850.

How these estimates are made

Pirate101

Pirate101 is estimated to have 70 – 250 players a day. Around 15k – 37k 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.

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 320 – 1k players a day. Around 41k – 100k 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.