Head to head

Runescape vs The Sandbox

Runescape

Live

6k – 21k daily

The Sandbox

Live

74 – 35k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

November 2021 · 5 years ago

Daily players

6k – 21k

74 – 35k

Estimated players

107.3k1.8%

71k

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows
macOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeThe Sandbox

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~107.2k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

The Sandbox

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~71.5k
August 2026	~71.5k	Down 0.1%
July 2026	~71.6k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 2.1kDown 36%
The Sandbox: —

Runescape currently has 2,098 peak concurrent Steam players; no comparable data is tracked for The Sandbox.

Discord members

Runescape: 128.2kUp 0.3%
The Sandbox: 255.5kDown 0.3%

The Sandbox currently has about 2× as many Discord members as Runescape — 255,524 vs 128,209.

Reddit members

Runescape: 405.2kUp 0.5%
The Sandbox: 17.4k

Runescape currently has about 23× as many subreddit members as The Sandbox — 405,188 vs 17,415.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 276Down 59%
The Sandbox: 0Down 100%

Runescape currently has 276 live Twitch viewers, while The Sandbox has 0.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 265k
The Sandbox: 154k

Runescape currently has about 1.7× as many YouTube subscribers as The Sandbox — 265,000 vs 154,000.

How these estimates are made

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 6k – 21k 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 Sandbox

The Sandbox is estimated to have 74 – 35k 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.