Head to head

Runescape vs The Matrix Online

Runescape

Live

5k – 18k daily

The Matrix Online

Live

21 – 10k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

March 2005 · 22 years ago

Daily players

5k – 18k

21 – 10k

Estimated players

105k1.1%

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

—

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeThe Matrix Online

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	—

The Matrix Online

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~1
August 2026	~1	—
July 2026	—	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 2kDown 42%
The Matrix Online: —

Runescape currently has 1,980 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Matrix Online.

Discord members

Runescape: 128.2kUp 0.3%
The Matrix Online: —

Runescape currently has 128,208 Discord members; no comparable data is tracked for The Matrix Online.

Reddit members

Runescape: 405.1kUp 0.5%
The Matrix Online: —

Runescape currently has 405,060 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for The Matrix Online.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 271Down 77%
The Matrix Online: 0

Runescape currently has 271 live Twitch viewers, while The Matrix Online has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 265k
The Matrix Online: —

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

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.

The Matrix Online

The Matrix Online is estimated to have 21 – 10k players a day. Around 14k – 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.