Head to head

Runescape vs Starblast

Runescape

Live

7k – 25k daily

Starblast

Live

100 – 360 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

November 2017 · 9 years ago

Daily players

7k – 25k

100 – 360

Estimated players

108k1.9%

6.7k0.7%

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows
macOS
Linux
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Isometric

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeStarblast

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.9k	Down 0.1%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

Starblast

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~6.7k	Up 0.5%
August 2026	~6.7k	Up 0.4%
July 2026	~6.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 3kDown 32%
Starblast: 44Up 19%

Runescape currently has about 68× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Starblast — 2,985 vs 44.

Discord members

Runescape: 128.1kUp 1.1%
Starblast: 28.3kUp 0.4%

Runescape currently has about 4.5× as many Discord members as Starblast — 128,064 vs 28,315.

Reddit members

Runescape: 404kUp 0.6%
Starblast: 5.5kUp 0.5%

Runescape currently has about 73× as many subreddit members as Starblast — 403,974 vs 5,513.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 500Down 90%
Starblast: 1

Runescape currently has about 500× as many live Twitch viewers as Starblast — 500 vs 1.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 265k
Starblast: —

Runescape currently has 265,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for Starblast.

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.

Starblast

Starblast is estimated to have 100 – 360 players a day. Around 31k – 79k 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.