Head to head

Runes of Magic vs Star Citizen

Runes of Magic

Live

400 – 1k daily

Star Citizen

Live

400 – 190k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2009 · 18 years ago

August 2013 · 13 years ago

Daily players

400 – 1k

400 – 190k

Estimated players

1.8k1.3%

162.2k2.3%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Linux

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of MagicStar Citizen

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.8k	Up 4.0%
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.7%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Star Citizen

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~164.2k	Up 0.5%
September 2026	~163.4k	Down 0.2%
August 2026	~163.7k	Down 0.6%
July 2026	~164.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Magic: 178Up 24%
Star Citizen: —

Runes of Magic currently has 178 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Star Citizen.

Discord members

Runes of Magic: 3.9kUp 0.5%
Star Citizen: 162.2k

Star Citizen currently has about 42× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 162,233 vs 3,857.

Reddit members

Runes of Magic: 655Up 2.7%
Star Citizen: 533.7kUp 0.5%

Star Citizen currently has about 815× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 533,685 vs 655.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Magic: 3Up 50%
Star Citizen: 7.8kUp 73%

Star Citizen currently has about 2592× as many live Twitch viewers as Runes of Magic — 7,775 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Magic: 4.8k
Star Citizen: 576kUp 0.2%

Star Citizen currently has about 119× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 576,000 vs 4,850.

How these estimates are made

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 400 – 1k players a day. Around 41k – 110k 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.

Star Citizen

Star Citizen is estimated to have 400 – 190k players a day. Around 82k – 8m 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.