The Game Census
Runes of Magic cover art

Runes of Magic

Runewaker Entertainment · Gameforge 4D GmbH‬ · 2018-08-29

Steam

ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Oct 22, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Start your heroic saga today in a world full of magic and excitement: Choose your race, build a home and discover the fantastic world of Taborea in the classic free-to-play MMO!

50
playing now
69%
positive of 1.5k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
49/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

50 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Runes of Magic (RoM) is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by the Taiwanese developer Runewaker Entertainment and adapted for the English and German-speaking market by German company Frogster Interactive. Frogster had also opened servers for France, Spain, Poland, Italy, and Australia as well as servers dedicated to the European Union. After going through an open beta phase, the game was launched on March 19, 2009. The game client is free to download, and no monthly subscription fee is required because the service is funded by real money transactions (RMT) in the Runes of Magic Item Shop.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 50 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820182026Week of 2018-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

145362026-08-07 00:00 — 50 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 68 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 109 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 77 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 106 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 84 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 141 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 66 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 120 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 53 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 63 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 111 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 68 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 116 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 63 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 52 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 94 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 77 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 52 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 122 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 136 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 41 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 90 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 138 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 50 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

46102026-06-01 — 25 pageviews2026-06-04 — 17 pageviews2026-06-07 — 14 pageviews2026-06-10 — 21 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-16 — 23 pageviews2026-06-19 — 17 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-25 — 13 pageviews2026-06-28 — 13 pageviews2026-07-01 — 21 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 46 pageviews2026-07-13 — 15 pageviews2026-07-16 — 12 pageviews2026-07-19 — 28 pageviews2026-07-22 — 15 pageviews2026-07-25 — 16 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-07-31 — 11 pageviews2026-08-03 — 23 pageviews2026-08-06 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 22 pageviews2026-08-12 — 20 pageviews2026-08-15 — 23 pageviews2026-08-18 — 20 pageviews2026-08-21 — 16 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-27 — 18 pageviews2026-08-28 — 15 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-08-26 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 09:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish

Player tags

PvEPvPRPGMagicActionMMORPGFantasyAdventureAction RPGOpen World

Census log

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

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