Head to head

Runescape vs VRChat

Runescape

Live

7k – 23k daily

VRChat

Live

150k – 520k 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

7k – 23k

150k – 520k

Estimated players

105.8k2.1%

218.5k1.0%

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
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.7%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

VRChat

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
September 2026	~215.7k	Down 1.5%
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: 2kDown 50%
VRChat: 46.6kDown 26%

VRChat currently has about 23× as many peak concurrent Steam players as Runescape — 46,573 vs 2,005.

Discord members

Runescape: 128.1kUp 0.4%
VRChat: 417.7kUp 1.0%

VRChat currently has about 3.3× as many Discord members as Runescape — 417,747 vs 128,130.

Reddit members

Runescape: 404.6kUp 0.5%
VRChat: 240.4kUp 0.7%

Runescape currently has about 1.7× as many subreddit members as VRChat — 404,601 vs 240,372.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 568Down 64%
VRChat: 7.4kDown 7.7%

VRChat currently has about 13× as many live Twitch viewers as Runescape — 7,360 vs 568.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 265k
VRChat: 129kUp 0.8%

Runescape currently has about 2.1× as many YouTube subscribers as VRChat — 265,000 vs 129,000.

How these estimates are made

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 7k – 23k 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 150k – 520k 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.