Head to head

Runes of Magic vs Starblast

Runes of Magic

Live

410 – 1k daily

Starblast

Live

120 – 420 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2009 · 18 years ago

November 2017 · 9 years ago

Daily players

410 – 1k

120 – 420

Estimated players

1.6k1.2%

6.7k

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of MagicStarblast

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.6%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Starblast

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~6.7k	Up 0.2%
August 2026	~6.7k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~6.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Magic: 159
Starblast: 38Up 12%

Runes of Magic currently has about 4.2× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Starblast — 159 vs 38.

Discord members

Runes of Magic: 3.8k
Starblast: 28.3k

Starblast currently has about 7.4× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 28,306 vs 3,845.

Reddit members

Runes of Magic: 643Up 1.7%
Starblast: 5.5kUp 0.5%

Starblast currently has about 8.6× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 5,525 vs 643.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Magic: 0
Starblast: 0

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

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Magic: 4.8k
Starblast: —

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

How these estimates are made

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 410 – 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.

Starblast

Starblast is estimated to have 120 – 420 players a day. Around 31k – 79k 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.