Head to head

Runescape vs The Isle

Runescape

Live

6k – 20k daily

The Isle

Live

58k – 200k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

December 2015 · 11 years ago

Daily players

6k – 20k

58k – 200k

Estimated players

105.3k0.7%

42.1k

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeThe Isle

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.5k	Down 0.6%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

The Isle

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~42.4k	Up 4.0%
August 2026	~40.7k	Up 6.9%
July 2026	~38.1k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 1.9kDown 52%
The Isle: 18.2kDown 18%

The Isle currently has about 9.5× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 18,174 vs 1,912.

Discord members

Runescape: 128.1kUp 0.5%
The Isle: —

Runescape currently has 128,106 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Isle.

Reddit members

Runescape: 404.5kUp 0.5%
The Isle: 84.7kUp 2.1%

Runescape currently has about 4.8× as many subreddit members as The Isle — 404,454 vs 84,717.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 581Down 79%
The Isle: 2.2kDown 30%

The Isle currently has about 3.8× as many live Twitch viewers as Runescape — 2,212 vs 581.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 265k
The Isle: 95.7kUp 0.2%

Runescape currently has about 2.8× as many YouTube subscribers as The Isle — 265,000 vs 95,700.

How these estimates are made

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 6k – 20k 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.

The Isle

The Isle is estimated to have 58k – 200k players a day. Around 2m – 4m 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.