Head to head

Pirate101 vs Runescape

Pirate101

Live

130 – 460 daily

Runescape

Live

11k – 39k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

October 2012 · 14 years ago

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

130 – 460

11k – 39k

Estimated players

11.4k0.8%

107.2k0.7%

Available on

Windows

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

Pirate101Runescape

Pirate101

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~11.3k	Up 7.6%
July 2026	~10.5k	—

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~108.2k	Up 1.3%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Pirate101: 52Up 21%
Runescape: 4.1kUp 55%

Runescape currently has about 79× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Pirate101 — 4,096 vs 52.

Discord members

Pirate101: 11kUp 0.7%
Runescape: 127kUp 0.9%

Runescape currently has about 12× as many Discord members as Pirate101 — 126,967 vs 10,992.

Reddit members

Pirate101: 10.5kUp 0.4%
Runescape: 401.7kUp 0.2%

Runescape currently has about 38× as many subreddit members as Pirate101 — 401,707 vs 10,459.

Twitch viewers

Pirate101: 9Down 61%
Runescape: 2.6kUp 48%

Runescape currently has about 294× as many live Twitch viewers as Pirate101 — 2,650 vs 9.

YouTube subscribers

Pirate101: 67.2kUp 0.1%
Runescape: 265k

Runescape currently has about 3.9× as many YouTube subscribers as Pirate101 — 265,000 vs 67,200.

How these estimates are made

Pirate101

Pirate101 is estimated to have 130 – 460 players a day. Around 14k – 37k 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 11k – 39k 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.