Head to head

Runescape vs Second Life

Runescape

Live

5k – 18k daily

Second Life

Live

63 – 29k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

June 2003 · 23 years ago

Daily players

5k – 18k

63 – 29k

Estimated players

105k1.1%

8.5k

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows
macOS
Linux

Platforms

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeSecond Life

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.2k	Down 0.9%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Second Life

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~8.5k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~8.5k	Up 0.2%
July 2026	~8.4k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 2kDown 42%
Second Life: —

Runescape currently has 1,980 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for Second Life.

Discord members

Runescape: 128.2kUp 0.3%
Second Life: —

Runescape currently has 128,208 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for Second Life.

Reddit members

Runescape: 405.1kUp 0.5%
Second Life: 25.7kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 16× as many subreddit members as Second Life — 405,060 vs 25,671.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 263Down 78%
Second Life: —

Runescape currently has 263 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for Second Life.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 265k
Second Life: 59.2kUp 0.2%

Runescape currently has about 4.5× as many YouTube subscribers as Second Life — 265,000 vs 59,200.

How these estimates are made

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.

Second Life

Second Life is estimated to have 63 – 29k players a day. Around 28k – 3m 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.