Head to head

Raid: Shadow Legends vs Runescape

Raid: Shadow Legends

Live

3k – 11k daily

Runescape

Live

11k – 39k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

July 2018 · 8 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

3k – 11k

11k – 39k

Estimated players

144k1.5%

108.6k1.6%

Available on

Windows
Android
iOS

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Raid: Shadow LegendsRunescape

Raid: Shadow Legends

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~145.1k	Up 13%
July 2026	~128.3k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~108.3k	Up 1.4%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Raid: Shadow Legends: 981Down 19%
Runescape: 4.1kUp 69%

Runescape currently has about 4.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Raid: Shadow Legends — 4,147 vs 981.

Discord members

Raid: Shadow Legends: 250.6kUp 0.2%
Runescape: 126.6kUp 0.8%

Raid: Shadow Legends currently has about 2× as many Discord members as Runescape — 250,590 vs 126,645.

Reddit members

Raid: Shadow Legends: 414.1k
Runescape: 401.6kUp 0.2%

Raid: Shadow Legends and Runescape are nearly even on subreddit members — 414,095 vs 401,556.

Twitch viewers

Raid: Shadow Legends: 220Down 68%
Runescape: 3.3kDown 3.6%

Runescape currently has about 15× as many live Twitch viewers as Raid: Shadow Legends — 3,339 vs 220.

YouTube subscribers

Raid: Shadow Legends: 189k
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has about 1.4× as many YouTube subscribers as Raid: Shadow Legends — 265,000 vs 189,000.

How these estimates are made

Raid: Shadow Legends

Raid: Shadow Legends is estimated to have 3k – 11k players a day. Around 66k – 170k 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 11k – 39k 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.