Head to head

Runescape vs Skate.

Runescape

Live

7k – 25k daily

Skate.

Live

28k – 100k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

September 2025 · 1 year ago

Daily players

7k – 25k

28k – 100k

Estimated players

114.3k7.8%

57.4k20%

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows
PlayStation
Xbox

Platforms

Perspectives

Third Person

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeSkate.

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~109.1k	Up 1.7%
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Skate.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~51.1k	Up 2.6%
September 2026	~49.8k	Down 3.2%
August 2026	~51.5k	Down 0.7%
July 2026	~51.8k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 1.9kDown 37%
Skate.: 11.1kUp 128%

Skate. currently has about 5.9× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 11,075 vs 1,878.

Discord members

Runescape: 130.1kUp 1.6%
Skate.: 141.6k

Runescape and Skate. are nearly even on Discord members — 130,110 vs 141,571.

Reddit members

Runescape: 408kUp 1.0%
Skate.: —

Runescape currently has 407,996 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for Skate..

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 1.2kUp 81%
Skate.: 51Down 1.9%

Runescape currently has about 24× as many live Twitch viewers as Skate. — 1,228 vs 51.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 266kUp 0.4%
Skate.: —

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

How these estimates are made

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 7k – 25k 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.

Skate.

Skate. is estimated to have 28k – 100k players a day. Around 1m – 3m 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.