Head to head

Pixel Worlds vs Runes of Magic

Pixel Worlds

Live

2k – 8k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

400 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

June 2017 · 9 years ago

March 2009 · 18 years ago

Daily players

2k – 8k

400 – 1k

Estimated players

30.9k1.4%

1.8k1.3%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Pixel WorldsRunes of Magic

Pixel Worlds

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~30.7k
September 2026	~30.7k	Up 0.9%
August 2026	~30.4k	Down 0.5%
July 2026	~30.5k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.8k	Up 4.0%
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.7%
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

Pixel Worlds: 883Up 89%
Runes of Magic: 178Up 24%

Pixel Worlds currently has about 5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 883 vs 178.

Discord members

Pixel Worlds: 59.9kDown 5.1%
Runes of Magic: 3.9kUp 0.5%

Pixel Worlds currently has about 16× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 59,907 vs 3,857.

Reddit members

Pixel Worlds: 4.4kUp 1.2%
Runes of Magic: 655Up 2.7%

Pixel Worlds currently has about 6.7× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 4,409 vs 655.

Twitch viewers

Pixel Worlds: 20Up 567%
Runes of Magic: 3Up 50%

Pixel Worlds currently has about 6.7× as many live Twitch viewers as Runes of Magic — 20 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

Pixel Worlds: 138k
Runes of Magic: 4.8k

Pixel Worlds currently has about 28× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 138,000 vs 4,850.

How these estimates are made

Pixel Worlds

Pixel Worlds is estimated to have 2k – 8k players a day. Around 170k – 420k 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 400 – 1k players a day. Around 41k – 110k 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.