Head to head

Realms of Despair vs Runescape

Realms of Despair

Live

0 – 130 daily

Runescape

Live

7k – 23k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

December 1994 · 32 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

0 – 130

7k – 23k

Estimated players

106.1k1.7%

Available on

Windows
macOS
Linux

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Realms of DespairRunescape

Realms of Despair

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1
August 2026	~1
July 2026	~1	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.9k	Down 0.1%
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.

YouTube subscribers

Realms of Despair: 10
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has about 26500× as many YouTube subscribers as Realms of Despair — 265,000 vs 10.

Steam concurrent players

Realms of Despair: —
Runescape: 2.6kDown 41%

Runescape currently has 2,576 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Realms of Despair.

Discord members

Realms of Despair: —
Runescape: 128.1kUp 1.4%

Runescape currently has 128,059 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Realms of Despair.

Reddit members

Realms of Despair: —
Runescape: 403.9kUp 0.6%

Runescape currently has 403,873 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Realms of Despair.

Twitch viewers

Realms of Despair: —
Runescape: 564Down 93%

Runescape currently has 564 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Realms of Despair.

How these estimates are made

Realms of Despair

Realms of Despair is estimated to have 0 – 130 players a day. Around 180 – 23k accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

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.