Head to head

Runes of Legend vs Runescape

Runes of Legend

Live

Runescape

Live

10k – 35k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

November 2024 · 2 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

No population data

10k – 35k

Estimated players

4.4k1.9%

106.5k2.0%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of LegendRunescape

Runes of Legend

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~4.3k	Up 0.3%
July 2026	~4.3k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~107.9k	Up 1.1%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Discord members

Runes of Legend: 19.4kUp 0.8%
Runescape: 127.6kUp 2.2%

Runescape currently has about 6.6× as many Discord members as Runes of Legend — 127,622 vs 19,409.

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Legend: —
Runescape: 3.8kUp 39%

Runescape currently has 3,780 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

Reddit members

Runes of Legend: —
Runescape: 402.4kUp 0.7%

Runescape currently has 402,436 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Legend: —
Runescape: 1.8kUp 97%

Runescape currently has 1,844 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Legend: —
Runescape: 265kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has 265,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Runes of Legend.

How these estimates are made

Runes of Legend

Runes of Legend is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 1k – 3k 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 10k – 35k 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.