Head to head

Runes of Magic vs Second Life

Runes of Magic

Live

300 – 1k daily

Second Life

Live

63 – 29k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2009 · 18 years ago

June 2003 · 23 years ago

Daily players

300 – 1k

63 – 29k

Estimated players

1.6k0.2%

8.5k

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of MagicSecond Life

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.8%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Second Life

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~8.5k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~8.5k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~8.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Magic: 66Down 47%
Second Life: —

Runes of Magic currently has 66 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Second Life.

Discord members

Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.1%
Second Life: —

Runes of Magic currently has 3,845 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Second Life.

Reddit members

Runes of Magic: 643Up 1.7%
Second Life: 25.7kUp 0.8%

Second Life currently has about 40× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 25,676 vs 643.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Magic: 0Down 100%
Second Life: —

Runes of Magic currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Second Life.

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Magic: 4.8k
Second Life: 59.2kUp 0.2%

Second Life currently has about 12× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 59,200 vs 4,850.

How these estimates are made

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 300 – 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.

Second Life

Second Life is estimated to have 63 – 29k players a day. Around 28k – 3m 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.