LiveFebruary 2013 · 13 years ago

Old School RuneScape

257.4kestimated players0.6% this week

5k – 16k daily players

Relive the challenging levelling system and risk-it-all PvP of the biggest retro styled MMO. Play with millions of other players in this piece of online gaming heritage where the community controls the development so the game is truly what you want it to be!

Old School RuneScape is estimated to have 5k – 16k players a day. Around 370k – 940k 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.

Player stats

Steam players today

1.6 thousand

Peak concurrent players on Steam today. Other platforms and launchers are not counted.

Estimated daily players

4.5 thousand – 16 thousand

How many people we think play Old School RuneScape on a given day.

Estimated total players

370 thousand – 940 thousand

How many accounts we think have played Old School RuneScape at some point.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
August 2026	~260.1k	Up 18%
July 2026	~220.9k	—

Community activity

Daily Old School RuneScape community data tracked across Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube.

Steam concurrent players

83% positive · 20,639 reviews

1.6kUp 6.0% past week

Old School RuneScape recently drew 1,606 peak concurrent players on Steam, below its tracked high of 2,770 set on Aug 8, 2026. Steam activity is up 6.0% over the past week. Players have posted 20,639 Steam reviews, 83% of them positive.

Discord members

71,408 online now

273kUp 0.2% past week

The official Old School RuneScape Discord server has 272,959 members, with 71,408 of them online at the last check. Membership has held steady over the past week.

Reddit members

1.4mUp 0.2% past week

The Old School RuneScape subreddit counts 1,385,988 members. Subreddit membership has held steady over the past week.

Twitch viewers

228 live streams

6kDown 41% past week

Old School RuneScape recently drew 5,992 live viewers on Twitch across 228 streams; viewership peaked at 16,135 on Jul 29, 2026. Twitch viewership is down 41% over the past week.

YouTube subscribers

264kUp 0.4% past week

The official Old School RuneScape YouTube channel has 264,000 subscribers. The subscriber count has held steady over the past week.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play Old School RuneScape?

Old School RuneScape has an estimated 4,500–16,000 daily players and roughly 370,000–940,000 accounts that have played it in total, as of August 2026. The range is derived from Steam’s official concurrent-player and review counts, not from server data, so actual numbers may differ.

Is Old School RuneScape dead or still active?

No, Old School RuneScape is not dead — it is live and playable, with an estimated 4,500–16,000 daily players as of August 2026.

How many players does Old School RuneScape have on Steam?

Old School RuneScape recently peaked at 1,606 concurrent players on Steam in a single day, and its highest tracked daily peak is 2,770. This only counts Steam — players on other launchers and platforms are not included.