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RuneScape ® cover art

RuneScape ®

Jagex Ltd · 2020-10-14

Steam

Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 07, 2020 (Android), Jul 22, 2013 (Web browser), Apr 07, 2020 (iOS), Apr 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG. Explore an ever changing and evolving living world where new challenges, skills, and quests await. Featuring unprecedented player freedom, you choose how to play, adventure, and grow.

RuneScape ® is a 2020 Massively Multiplayer, RPG and Free To Play game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a Very Positive (82% of 27262 reviews) sentiment.

1,402
playing now
81%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,656
twitch viewers (latest)
83.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
IGDB user rating (145 ratings)
5000h
to beat · completionist 5500h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

1,402 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

RuneScape is a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex. Created by Andrew Gower with assistance from his brother Paul Gower, it was first released on 4 January 2001 as a Java-based browser game; the original Java client was later largely replaced by the standalone C++ NXT client in 2016. The game is set in the medieval fantasy world of Gielinor, where players control customisable avatars and pursue open-ended activities such as questing, combat, skill training, trading, socialising, minigames and cooperative play.

Trailer

RuneScape ® trailer thumbnail

RuneScape Game Trailer 2020

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,402 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,304 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~163/week).
  • · Review velocity down 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,115 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 1,822 Massively Multiplayer games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.5k4.5k20202026Week of 2020-10-01: 4,454 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 661 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3,702 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 246 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 887 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 741 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 681 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 443 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 460 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 354 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 572 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 27 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.7k1.2k2026-09-14 20:00 — 2,493 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,636 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,447 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,281 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 2,151 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,326 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 2,123 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,912 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 1,235 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2,107 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 2,316 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,304 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 1,849 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 2,101 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 1,496 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,063 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 2,095 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,362 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,476 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 2,273 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 1,905 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,468 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 2,590 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,402 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8.6k1.8kOct 2020Aug 2026Oct 2020 — avg 8,583 · peak 12,508Dec 2020 — avg 5,611 · peak 8,161Feb 2021 — avg 6,609 · peak 11,196Apr 2021 — avg 6,425 · peak 9,292Jun 2021 — avg 5,402 · peak 7,801Aug 2021 — avg 5,400 · peak 8,697Oct 2021 — avg 4,001 · peak 5,905Dec 2021 — avg 5,283 · peak 7,447Feb 2022 — avg 4,136 · peak 6,845Apr 2022 — avg 3,611 · peak 5,211Jun 2022 — avg 3,745 · peak 5,484Aug 2022 — avg 4,315 · peak 7,125Oct 2022 — avg 3,526 · peak 5,198Dec 2022 — avg 3,624 · peak 5,378Feb 2023 — avg 3,775 · peak 6,474Apr 2023 — avg 3,272 · peak 4,795Jun 2023 — avg 3,129 · peak 4,845Aug 2023 — avg 3,913 · peak 7,419Oct 2023 — avg 2,506 · peak 3,803Dec 2023 — avg 3,112 · peak 5,673Feb 2024 — avg 2,487 · peak 4,317Apr 2024 — avg 2,181 · peak 3,390Jun 2024 — avg 2,198 · peak 3,173Aug 2024 — avg 2,437 · peak 3,708Oct 2024 — avg 2,255 · peak 3,346Dec 2024 — avg 2,866 · peak 4,565Feb 2025 — avg 2,320 · peak 3,846Apr 2025 — avg 2,176 · peak 3,415Jun 2025 — avg 2,102 · peak 3,251Aug 2025 — avg 2,200 · peak 3,527Oct 2025 — avg 2,539 · peak 4,020Dec 2025 — avg 2,510 · peak 3,911Feb 2026 — avg 2,589 · peak 4,123Apr 2026 — avg 2,022 · peak 3,022Jun 2026 — avg 1,763 · peak 2,578Aug 2026 — avg 2,845 · peak 5,092
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
992026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 7 new positive2026-09-21: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 5 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 3 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 3 new negative2026-09-26: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 3 new negative2026-09-30: 1 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new positive2026-10-02: 3 new negative2026-10-03: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 9 new negative2026-10-11: 1 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 1 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 8 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

5.3k5322026-05-29 — 642 pageviews2026-06-02 — 1,032 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,000 pageviews2026-06-10 — 978 pageviews2026-06-14 — 596 pageviews2026-06-18 — 582 pageviews2026-06-22 — 652 pageviews2026-06-26 — 787 pageviews2026-06-30 — 666 pageviews2026-07-04 — 643 pageviews2026-07-08 — 666 pageviews2026-07-12 — 576 pageviews2026-07-16 — 563 pageviews2026-07-20 — 563 pageviews2026-07-24 — 687 pageviews2026-07-28 — 657 pageviews2026-08-01 — 636 pageviews2026-08-05 — 601 pageviews2026-08-09 — 606 pageviews2026-08-13 — 590 pageviews2026-08-17 — 792 pageviews2026-08-21 — 735 pageviews2026-08-25 — 666 pageviews2026-08-29 — 724 pageviews2026-09-02 — 675 pageviews2026-09-06 — 728 pageviews2026-09-10 — 700 pageviews2026-09-14 — 944 pageviews2026-09-18 — 1,372 pageviews2026-09-22 — 1,225 pageviews2026-09-26 — 968 pageviews2026-09-30 — 778 pageviews2026-10-04 — 5,325 pageviews2026-10-07 — 1,225 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

13k752026-09-30 18:34 — 1,796 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 992 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 1,364 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 354 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 201 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 334 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 196 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 9,947 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 1,037 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 1,453 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 141 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 271 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 528 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 110 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 1,115 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 237 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 261 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 239 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 2,277 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 511 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 151 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 2,919 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 276 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 408 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 503 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 1,096 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 284 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 243 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 6,787 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 590 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 429 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 2,052 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 213 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 1,813 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 2,656 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
52.8%
earned "Burthorpe Lodestone"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsSave Anytime3 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2022-05-24 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvEPvPRPGMMORPGClassicFantasyAdventureLore-RichOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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