Head to head

MechWarrior Online vs Runescape

MechWarrior Online

Live

1k – 4k daily

Runescape

Live

5k – 18k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

September 2013 · 13 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

1k – 4k

5k – 18k

Estimated players

10.3k4.4%

105.1k3.3%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

First Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

MechWarrior OnlineRunescape

MechWarrior Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~10.6k	Down 2.0%
August 2026	~10.8k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~10.8k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.1k	Down 0.9%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

MechWarrior Online: 420Down 20%
Runescape: 1.9kDown 48%

Runescape currently has about 4.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as MechWarrior Online — 1,901 vs 420.

Discord members

MechWarrior Online: 18.5kUp 0.2%
Runescape: 128.2kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has about 6.9× as many Discord members as MechWarrior Online — 128,180 vs 18,494.

Reddit members

MechWarrior Online: 16.4kUp 0.6%
Runescape: 404.9kUp 0.6%

Runescape currently has about 25× as many subreddit members as MechWarrior Online — 404,870 vs 16,362.

Twitch viewers

MechWarrior Online: 19Down 69%
Runescape: 195Down 90%

Runescape currently has about 10× as many live Twitch viewers as MechWarrior Online — 195 vs 19.

YouTube subscribers

MechWarrior Online: 19.9k
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has about 13× as many YouTube subscribers as MechWarrior Online — 265,000 vs 19,900.

How these estimates are made

MechWarrior Online

MechWarrior Online is estimated to have 1k – 4k players a day. Around 250k – 630k 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.

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 5k – 18k players a day. Around 470k – 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.