Head to head

Runes of Magic vs Runescape

Runes of Magic

Live

290 – 1k daily

Runescape

Live

7k – 23k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2009 · 17 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

290 – 1k

7k – 23k

Estimated players

1.7k2.5%

106.1k1.7%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of MagicRunescape

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 3.6%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

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.

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Magic: 81Down 20%
Runescape: 2.5kDown 43%

Runescape currently has about 31× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 2,494 vs 81.

Discord members

Runes of Magic: 3.8k
Runescape: 128.1kUp 1.4%

Runescape currently has about 33× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 128,059 vs 3,839.

Reddit members

Runes of Magic: 636Up 2.1%
Runescape: 403.9kUp 0.6%

Runescape currently has about 635× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 403,854 vs 636.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Magic: 0
Runescape: 297Down 96%

Runes of Magic currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while Runescape has 297.

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Magic: 4.8kUp 0.2%
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has about 55× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 265,000 vs 4,850.

How these estimates are made

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 290 – 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.

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.