Head to head

Runes of Magic vs The Elder Scrolls Online

Runes of Magic

Live

400 – 1k daily

The Elder Scrolls Online

Live

27k – 94k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2009 · 18 years ago

April 2014 · 13 years ago

Daily players

400 – 1k

27k – 94k

Estimated players

1.8k1.3%

89.6k2.2%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
PlayStation
Xbox
Stadia

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of MagicThe Elder Scrolls Online

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	—

The Elder Scrolls Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~90.1k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~89.9k	Down 0.5%
August 2026	~90.3k	Up 0.6%
July 2026	~89.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Magic: 178Up 24%
The Elder Scrolls Online: 11.1kUp 32%

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 63× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 11,146 vs 178.

Discord members

Runes of Magic: 3.9kUp 0.5%
The Elder Scrolls Online: 63.3kUp 0.7%

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 16× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 63,256 vs 3,857.

Reddit members

Runes of Magic: 655Up 2.7%
The Elder Scrolls Online: 508.8kUp 0.4%

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 777× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 508,794 vs 655.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Magic: 3Up 50%
The Elder Scrolls Online: 507Down 42%

The Elder Scrolls Online currently has about 169× as many live Twitch viewers as Runes of Magic — 507 vs 3.

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Magic: 4.8k
The Elder Scrolls Online: —

Runes of Magic currently has 4,850 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for The Elder Scrolls Online.

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.

The Elder Scrolls Online

The Elder Scrolls Online is estimated to have 27k – 94k players a day. Around 2m – 5m 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.