Head to head

EverQuest vs Runes of Magic

EverQuest

Live

650 – 2k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

400 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 1999 · 28 years ago

March 2009 · 17 years ago

Daily players

650 – 2k

400 – 1k

Estimated players

9k4.7%

1.8k11%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

EverQuestRunes of Magic

EverQuest

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~8.9k	Down 2.2%
August 2026	~9.1k	Down 1.1%
July 2026	~9.2k	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 4.8%
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

EverQuest: 237Down 26%
Runes of Magic: 165Up 30%

EverQuest currently has about 1.4× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 237 vs 165.

Discord members

EverQuest: 17.2kUp 0.1%
Runes of Magic: 3.8k

EverQuest currently has about 4.5× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 17,177 vs 3,842.

Reddit members

EverQuest: 31.7kUp 0.5%
Runes of Magic: 638Up 2.2%

EverQuest currently has about 50× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 31,676 vs 638.

Twitch viewers

EverQuest: 46Down 55%
Runes of Magic: 0Down 100%

EverQuest currently has 46 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

YouTube subscribers

EverQuest: —
Runes of Magic: 4.8kUp 0.2%

Runes of Magic currently has 4,850 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for EverQuest.

How these estimates are made

EverQuest

EverQuest is estimated to have 650 – 2k 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.

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 400 – 1k players a day. Around 41k – 100k 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.