Head to head

Runescape vs RuneScape Classic

Runescape

Live

6k – 21k daily

RuneScape Classic

Live

13 – 6k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

Daily players

6k – 21k

13 – 6k

Estimated players

109.5k

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeRuneScape Classic

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~108.4k	Up 1.1%
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

RuneScape Classic

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1	Down 50%
September 2026	~2	Up 100%
August 2026	~1	—
July 2026	—	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 2.1kDown 17%
RuneScape Classic: —

Runescape currently has 2,136 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for RuneScape Classic.

Discord members

Runescape: 130.1kUp 1.6%
RuneScape Classic: —

Runescape currently has 130,110 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for RuneScape Classic.

Reddit members

Runescape: 407.8kUp 1.0%
RuneScape Classic: —

Runescape currently has 407,800 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for RuneScape Classic.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 1.9kUp 245%
RuneScape Classic: 2Down 33%

Runescape currently has about 974× as many live Twitch viewers as RuneScape Classic — 1,947 vs 2.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 266kUp 0.4%
RuneScape Classic: —

Runescape currently has 266,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for RuneScape Classic.

How these estimates are made

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 6k – 21k 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.

RuneScape Classic

RuneScape Classic is estimated to have 13 – 6k players a day. Around 11k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.