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Old School RuneScape cover art

Old School RuneScape

Jagex Ltd · 2021-02-24

Steam

AdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Oct 30, 2018 (Android), Oct 30, 2018 (iOS), Feb 22, 2013 (Mac), Feb 22, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The best retro fantasy MMORPG on the planet. Old School is RuneScape but… older! This is the open world you know and love, but as it was in 2007. Saying that, it’s even better than that – Old School is shaped by you, its players, with regular new content, fixes and expansions voted for by the fans!

1,743
playing now
83%
positive of 21k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
8,301
twitch viewers (latest)
77/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (115 ratings)
1891h
to beat · rushed 487h · completionist 7537h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1,743 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Old School RuneScape (OSRS) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex. It was released for Windows and macOS on 22 February 2013 as a version of RuneScape based on an August 2007 backup found in Jagex's archives. Although initially created as a restoration of an older version of RuneScape, the game has since developed into a separately maintained live game, with most new content and major changes decided through in-game player polls.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,743 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,355 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~169/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.5k3.5k20212026Week of 2021-02-01: 3,519 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,667 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 124 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 445 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 377 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,832 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 903 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 19 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.7k9232026-08-06 21:00 — 1,447 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,012 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,187 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,541 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 2,124 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,330 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,607 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,891 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,228 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,320 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,452 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,660 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 2,013 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1,286 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,495 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,854 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1,356 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,539 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 2,235 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,421 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,225 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,670 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,411 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,100 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,583 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,456 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 955 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,437 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,581 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 1,743 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

4841722026-05-28 — 234 pageviews2026-05-31 — 172 pageviews2026-06-03 — 266 pageviews2026-06-06 — 269 pageviews2026-06-09 — 363 pageviews2026-06-12 — 251 pageviews2026-06-15 — 260 pageviews2026-06-18 — 239 pageviews2026-06-21 — 208 pageviews2026-06-24 — 258 pageviews2026-06-27 — 253 pageviews2026-06-30 — 284 pageviews2026-07-03 — 280 pageviews2026-07-06 — 250 pageviews2026-07-09 — 261 pageviews2026-07-12 — 235 pageviews2026-07-15 — 267 pageviews2026-07-18 — 199 pageviews2026-07-21 — 276 pageviews2026-07-24 — 271 pageviews2026-07-27 — 242 pageviews2026-07-30 — 261 pageviews2026-08-02 — 283 pageviews2026-08-05 — 248 pageviews2026-08-08 — 251 pageviews2026-08-11 — 314 pageviews2026-08-14 — 280 pageviews2026-08-17 — 362 pageviews2026-08-20 — 279 pageviews2026-08-23 — 220 pageviews2026-08-25 — 295 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

8.7k1.6k2026-08-17 01:12 — 3,093 viewers2026-08-18 02:12 — 2,934 viewers2026-08-19 01:12 — 2,064 viewers2026-08-20 06:12 — 1,941 viewers2026-08-21 05:12 — 1,763 viewers2026-08-22 14:12 — 2,972 viewers2026-08-23 15:12 — 3,258 viewers2026-08-24 16:12 — 5,223 viewers2026-08-26 06:12 — 2,399 viewers2026-08-26 17:12 — 4,685 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 7,854 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 5,589 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 3,799 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 3,820 viewers2026-08-27 16:12 — 3,924 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 5,706 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 6,489 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 3,636 viewers2026-08-28 12:12 — 2,936 viewers2026-08-28 15:12 — 4,742 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 8,681 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 4,353 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 3,009 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 5,704 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 8,117 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 6,769 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 7,018 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 4,375 viewers2026-08-30 12:12 — 2,548 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 7,926 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 8,301 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
56.8%
earned "A New Hero"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)20,82414%20

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvEPvPRPGMMORPGFantasyAdventureNostalgiaOld SchoolOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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