Head to head

Runes of Magic vs VRChat

Runes of Magic

Live

320 – 1k daily

VRChat

Live

130k – 450k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2009 · 17 years ago

February 2017 · 10 years ago

Daily players

320 – 1k

130k – 450k

Estimated players

1.6k0.7%

208.4k4.9%

Available on

Windows

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of MagicVRChat

Runes of Magic

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

VRChat

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~217.7k	Down 0.2%
July 2026	~218k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Magic: 50Down 25%
VRChat: 39.6kDown 32%

VRChat currently has about 792× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runes of Magic — 39,604 vs 50.

Discord members

Runes of Magic: 3.8kUp 0.8%
VRChat: 413.3kUp 0.9%

VRChat currently has about 108× as many Discord members as Runes of Magic — 413,336 vs 3,844.

Reddit members

Runes of Magic: 624Up 0.5%
VRChat: 238.6kUp 0.6%

VRChat currently has about 382× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 238,575 vs 624.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Magic: 0
VRChat: 7kDown 2.8%

Runes of Magic currently has 0 live Twitch viewers, while VRChat has 6,973.

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Magic: 4.8kUp 0.6%
VRChat: 128kUp 1.6%

VRChat currently has about 26× as many YouTube subscribers as Runes of Magic — 128,000 vs 4,840.

How these estimates are made

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 320 – 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.

VRChat

VRChat is estimated to have 130k – 450k players a day. Around 3m – 8m 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.