Head to head

Runescape vs VRChat

Runescape

Live

5k – 19k daily

VRChat

Live

130k – 460k daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

February 2017 · 10 years ago

Daily players

5k – 19k

130k – 460k

Estimated players

106k1.8%

210.6k3.3%

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows
Android
iOS

Platforms

Perspectives

Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeVRChat

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~107.6k	Up 0.3%
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

VRChat

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~214.7k	Down 0.6%
September 2026	~216.1k	Down 1.4%
August 2026	~219.1k	Up 0.5%
July 2026	~218k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 2.1kDown 35%
VRChat: 40.7kDown 34%

VRChat currently has about 20× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 40,670 vs 2,063.

Discord members

Runescape: 129.6kUp 1.3%
VRChat: 419.3kUp 0.8%

VRChat currently has about 3.2× as many Discord members as Runescape — 419,262 vs 129,578.

Reddit members

Runescape: 406.9kUp 0.8%
VRChat: 241.1kUp 0.6%

Runescape currently has about 1.7× as many subreddit members as VRChat — 406,850 vs 241,114.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 612Down 21%
VRChat: 6.7kDown 23%

VRChat currently has about 11× as many live Twitch viewers as Runescape — 6,695 vs 612.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 266kUp 0.4%
VRChat: 130kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 2× as many YouTube subscribers as VRChat — 266,000 vs 130,000.

How these estimates are made

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 5k – 19k 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.

VRChat

VRChat is estimated to have 130k – 460k players a day. Around 3m – 8m 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.