Head to head

Heroes of Might and Magic IV vs Runes of Magic

Heroes of Might and Magic IV

Live

45 – 21k daily

Runes of Magic

Live

360 – 1k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2002 · 24 years ago

March 2009 · 18 years ago

Daily players

45 – 21k

360 – 1k

Estimated players

59.5%

1.6k5.8%

Available on

Windows
macOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Heroes of Might and Magic IVRunes of Magic

Heroes of Might and Magic IV

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~3	Down 25%
August 2026	~4	Down 20%
July 2026	~5	—

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 3.7%
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.

Twitch viewers

Heroes of Might and Magic IV: 3Down 75%
Runes of Magic: 0

Heroes of Might and Magic IV currently has 3 live Twitch viewers, while Runes of Magic has 0.

Steam concurrent players

Heroes of Might and Magic IV: —
Runes of Magic: 82Down 37%

Runes of Magic currently has 82 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

Discord members

Heroes of Might and Magic IV: —
Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.2%

Runes of Magic currently has 3,837 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

Reddit members

Heroes of Might and Magic IV: —
Runes of Magic: 638Up 1.6%

Runes of Magic currently has 638 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

YouTube subscribers

Heroes of Might and Magic IV: —
Runes of Magic: 4.8k

Runes of Magic currently has 4,850 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Heroes of Might and Magic IV.

How these estimates are made

Heroes of Might and Magic IV

Heroes of Might and Magic IV is estimated to have 45 – 21k players a day. Around 21k – 2m 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.

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 360 – 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.