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City of Heroes

Direct comparison between Rust and City of Heroes. View their social activity, release status, platform availability, and other key details.

Game Status

Status

Active

Rust status is active.

Status

Active

City of Heroes status is active.

Estimated Daily Players

Estimated Daily Players

~100 thousand

We estimate that Rust has currently around 100k players daily.

Rust is a well-known multiplayer survival game, released in 2018 by Facepunch Studios. It maintains high popularity on platforms like Steam due to frequent updates, Twitch presence, and a strong PvP-focused community. It typically sees tens of thousands of concurrent players, so 100,000 daily players is a reasonable estimate for 2024.

Estimated Daily Players

~2 thousand

We estimate that City of Heroes has currently around 2k players daily.

City of Heroes is a classic superhero MMORPG originally released in 2004 by NCsoft and developed by Cryptic Studios. While officially shut down in 2012, unauthorized private servers have remained active, maintaining a small but loyal player base. Current estimated active daily players across all private servers is around 2,000, reflecting its niche but dedicated following nearly two decades after release.

Social Score

Social activity comparison between Rust and City of Heroes. Data includes social media activity, community discussions, and online mentions tracked over time.

Social score for Rust

MonthSocial ScoreChange
April 2026~54.2k20.3%
March 2026~68k30.0%
February 2026~52.3k9.2%
January 2026~57.6k22.9%
December 2025~74.7k

Social score for City of Heroes

MonthSocial ScoreChange
April 2026~0
March 2026~0
February 2026~0
January 2026~0
December 2025~0

Game Age

Age

8 years ago

Rust was released in February 2018 (8 years ago).

Age

22 years ago

City of Heroes was released in April 2004 (22 years ago).

Platforms

Rust is available on 5 platforms.

City of Heroes is available on 2 platforms.

Player Perspectives

Rust offers 1 player perspective.

City of Heroes offers 1 player perspective.

Developers

Rust has 1 developer.

City of Heroes has 2 developers.

Publishers

Rust has 2 publishers.

City of Heroes has 2 publishers.

Categories

City of Heroes has 3 categories.

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