Head to head

DC Universe Online vs Runes of Magic

DC Universe Online

Live

1k – 5k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

330 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2011 · 16 years ago

March 2009 · 17 years ago

Daily players

1k – 5k

330 – 1k

Estimated players

23.4k3.4%

1.6k2.9%

Available on

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox
Nintendo

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

DC Universe OnlineRunes of Magic

DC Universe Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~24k	Up 9.8%
July 2026	~21.9k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.1%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

DC Universe Online: 516Down 1.9%
Runes of Magic: 133Up 99%

DC Universe Online currently has about 3.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 516 vs 133.

Discord members

DC Universe Online: 28.3kUp 2.4%
Runes of Magic: 3.8kUp 0.8%

DC Universe Online currently has about 7.4× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 28,301 vs 3,844.

Reddit members

DC Universe Online: 30.3kUp 1.1%
Runes of Magic: 626Up 0.8%

DC Universe Online currently has about 48× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 30,282 vs 626.

Twitch viewers

DC Universe Online: 35Down 34%
Runes of Magic: 0

DC Universe Online currently has 35 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

DC Universe Online: 109k
Runes of Magic: 4.8kUp 0.6%

DC Universe Online currently has about 23× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 109,000 vs 4,840.

How these estimates are made

DC Universe Online

DC Universe Online is estimated to have 1k – 5k players a day. Around 390k – 990k 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.