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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) · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

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!

Old School RuneScape is an Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play game released in 2021, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 20812 reviews).

885
playing now
83%
positive of 21k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
6,178
twitch viewers (latest)
42.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

885 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 885 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 2% of 28,838 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

2.0k8782026-09-15 12:00 — 889 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,401 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,153 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,072 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,749 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,383 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 886 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,354 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,389 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,019 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,321 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,430 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 933 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,177 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,587 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,030 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,187 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,595 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,183 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,232 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,953 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,423 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 885 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k798Mar 2021Aug 2026Mar 2021 — avg 2,841 · peak 4,884May 2021 — avg 1,347 · peak 2,039Jul 2021 — avg 1,225 · peak 1,718Sep 2021 — avg 1,210 · peak 1,830Nov 2021 — avg 1,282 · peak 1,982Jan 2022 — avg 1,392 · peak 2,317Mar 2022 — avg 935 · peak 1,398May 2022 — avg 1,179 · peak 1,831Jul 2022 — avg 1,197 · peak 1,848Sep 2022 — avg 1,174 · peak 1,800Nov 2022 — avg 1,226 · peak 2,233Jan 2023 — avg 1,322 · peak 2,124Mar 2023 — avg 1,227 · peak 1,883May 2023 — avg 1,109 · peak 1,601Jul 2023 — avg 1,051 · peak 1,528Sep 2023 — avg 922 · peak 1,379Nov 2023 — avg 1,125 · peak 2,062Jan 2024 — avg 880 · peak 1,344Mar 2024 — avg 967 · peak 1,549May 2024 — avg 861 · peak 1,270Jul 2024 — avg 929 · peak 1,376Sep 2024 — avg 941 · peak 1,408Nov 2024 — avg 949 · peak 1,790Jan 2025 — avg 872 · peak 1,368Mar 2025 — avg 798 · peak 1,253May 2025 — avg 981 · peak 1,425Jul 2025 — avg 1,383 · peak 2,469Sep 2025 — avg 1,331 · peak 2,061Nov 2025 — avg 1,317 · peak 2,152Jan 2026 — avg 1,370 · peak 2,256Mar 2026 — avg 1,180 · peak 1,918May 2026 — avg 1,173 · peak 1,727Jul 2026 — avg 1,227 · peak 1,766Aug 2026 — avg 1,480 · peak 2,754
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
12122026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 12 new positive2026-09-21: 2 new negative2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 6 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new positive2026-10-01: 7 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 8 new positive2026-10-04: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 3 new positive2026-10-06: 6 new positive2026-10-06: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 4 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

7021772026-05-28 — 234 pageviews2026-06-01 — 205 pageviews2026-06-05 — 299 pageviews2026-06-09 — 363 pageviews2026-06-13 — 218 pageviews2026-06-17 — 210 pageviews2026-06-21 — 208 pageviews2026-06-25 — 276 pageviews2026-06-29 — 274 pageviews2026-07-03 — 280 pageviews2026-07-07 — 264 pageviews2026-07-11 — 222 pageviews2026-07-15 — 267 pageviews2026-07-19 — 250 pageviews2026-07-23 — 252 pageviews2026-07-27 — 242 pageviews2026-07-31 — 296 pageviews2026-08-04 — 262 pageviews2026-08-08 — 251 pageviews2026-08-12 — 312 pageviews2026-08-16 — 484 pageviews2026-08-20 — 279 pageviews2026-08-24 — 276 pageviews2026-08-28 — 184 pageviews2026-09-01 — 266 pageviews2026-09-05 — 258 pageviews2026-09-09 — 274 pageviews2026-09-13 — 508 pageviews2026-09-17 — 438 pageviews2026-09-21 — 447 pageviews2026-09-25 — 342 pageviews2026-09-29 — 368 pageviews2026-10-03 — 567 pageviews2026-10-06 — 570 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

48k1.9k2026-10-01 01:34 — 3,085 viewers2026-10-01 13:34 — 4,972 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 3,035 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 4,337 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 4,129 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 3,697 viewers2026-10-03 18:12 — 33,283 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 3,718 viewers2026-10-04 13:15 — 5,852 viewers2026-10-04 19:12 — 6,802 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 2,810 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 3,959 viewers2026-10-05 21:34 — 4,074 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 2,790 viewers2026-10-06 16:12 — 4,208 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 4,840 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 7,559 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 8,454 viewers2026-10-08 01:12 — 2,666 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 6,486 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 6,386 viewers2026-10-09 06:34 — 2,206 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 8,323 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 5,748 viewers2026-10-10 12:12 — 4,067 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 9,304 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 3,432 viewers2026-10-11 14:34 — 8,818 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 5,272 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 4,003 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 5,698 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 3,077 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 6,781 viewers2026-10-13 20:34 — 7,191 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 2,950 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 8,233 viewers2026-10-15 00:34 — 6,178 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

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2021-02-24 (Steam store data)

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.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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