Head to head

Runescape vs World of Rune

Runescape

Live

8k – 27k daily

World of Rune

Live

3 – 9 daily

Side by side

Values shared by both games are highlighted.

Status

ACTIVE

Released

January 2001 · 26 years ago

August 2023 · 3 years ago

Daily players

8k – 27k

3 – 9

Estimated players

108.3k3.0%

2.8k0.4%

Available on

Browser
Windows
Android
macOS
Linux
iOS

Windows

Platforms

Windows

Perspectives

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Player activity

Smoothed estimated players over time.

RunescapeWorld of Rune

Runescape

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~109.1k	Up 1.7%
September 2026	~107.3k	Down 0.8%
August 2026	~108.1k	Up 1.2%
July 2026	~106.8k	—

World of Rune

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~2.7k
September 2026	~2.7k	Up 0.3%
August 2026	~2.7k	Down 0.4%
July 2026	~2.7k	—

Community breakdown

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

Steam concurrent players

Runescape: 2.6kUp 7.0%
World of Rune: 0

Runescape currently has 2,559 peak concurrent Steam players, while World of Rune has 0.

Discord members

Runescape: 130.4kUp 1.8%
World of Rune: 12.7k

Runescape currently has about 10× as many Discord members as World of Rune — 130,418 vs 12,744.

Reddit members

Runescape: 409.1kUp 1.1%
World of Rune: —

Runescape currently has 409,057 subreddit members; no comparable data is tracked for World of Rune.

Twitch viewers

Runescape: 3.1kUp 435%
World of Rune: —

Runescape currently has 3,110 live Twitch viewers; no comparable data is tracked for World of Rune.

YouTube subscribers

Runescape: 266kUp 0.4%
World of Rune: —

Runescape currently has 266,000 YouTube subscribers; no comparable data is tracked for World of Rune.

How these estimates are made

Runescape

Runescape is estimated to have 8k – 27k 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.

World of Rune

World of Rune is estimated to have 3 – 9 players a day. Around 2k – 5k 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.