Head to head

Runes of Magic vs Wurm Online

Runes of Magic

Live

480 – 2k daily

Wurm Online

Live

440 – 2k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

March 2009 · 18 years ago

December 2012 · 14 years ago

Daily players

480 – 2k

440 – 2k

Estimated players

1.7k2.5%

6801.5%

Available on

Windows

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

—

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Runes of MagicWurm Online

Runes of Magic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.3%
September 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.7%
August 2026	~1.7k	Up 2.0%
July 2026	~1.6k	—

Wurm Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~676	Up 1.2%
September 2026	~668	Down 1.0%
August 2026	~675	Up 19%
July 2026	~569	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runes of Magic: 191Up 59%
Wurm Online: 176Up 16%

Runes of Magic and Wurm Online are nearly even on peak concurrent Steam players — 191 vs 176.

Discord members

Runes of Magic: 3.9kUp 0.2%
Wurm Online: —

Runes of Magic currently has 3,852 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Wurm Online.

Reddit members

Runes of Magic: 647Up 2.1%
Wurm Online: 2.1kUp 0.2%

Wurm Online currently has about 3.3× as many subreddit members as Runes of Magic — 2,116 vs 647.

Twitch viewers

Runes of Magic: 0
Wurm Online: 0Down 100%

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

YouTube subscribers

Runes of Magic: 4.8k
Wurm Online: 1.2kUp 0.8%

Runes of Magic currently has about 4× as many YouTube subscribers as Wurm Online — 4,850 vs 1,200.

How these estimates are made

Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic is estimated to have 480 – 2k 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.

Wurm Online

Wurm Online is estimated to have 440 – 2k players a day. Around 63k – 160k 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.