Head to head

Runes of Magic vs The Day Before

Runes of Magic

Live

410 – 1k daily

The Day Before

Live

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2009 · 17 years ago

December 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

410 – 1k

No population data

Estimated players

1.8k1.2%

5.7k

Available on

Windows

Windows
PlayStation

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of MagicThe Day Before

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 4.5%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

The Day Before

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~5.7k
August 2026	~5.7k	Up 12%
July 2026	~5.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Magic: 54Down 56%
The Day Before: —

Runes of Magic currently has 54 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Day Before.

Discord members

Runes of Magic: 3.8kDown 0.1%
The Day Before: —

Runes of Magic currently has 3,837 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Day Before.

Reddit members

Runes of Magic: 638Up 2.4%
The Day Before: 12.6k

The Day Before currently has about 20× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 12,646 vs 638.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Magic: 0Down 100%
The Day Before: —

Runes of Magic currently has 0 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for The Day Before.

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Magic: 4.8kUp 0.2%
The Day Before: 20.8k

The Day Before currently has about 4.3× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 20,800 vs 4,850.

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.

The Day Before

The Day Before is showing no measurable concurrent players on Steam. Around 410k – 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.