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RuneScape ®

Jagex Ltd · 2020-10-14

Steam

Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

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.

3,156
playing now
82%
positive of 27k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
447
twitch viewers (latest)
78/100
IGDB user rating (145 ratings)
5000h
to beat · completionist 5500h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3,156 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3,156 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 11% of 865 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

5.0k1.2k2026-08-06 21:00 — 2,340 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,564 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,757 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 2,453 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,744 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,920 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 2,653 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,807 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,978 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 2,852 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,614 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 3,047 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 4,433 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 2,840 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 3,259 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 4,329 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 3,102 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 3,057 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 5,048 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 3,249 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 2,601 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 4,011 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 3,481 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2,557 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 3,575 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 3,215 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,870 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 3,056 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 3,156 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Attention

1.6k4702026-05-29 — 642 pageviews2026-06-01 — 494 pageviews2026-06-04 — 626 pageviews2026-06-07 — 792 pageviews2026-06-10 — 978 pageviews2026-06-13 — 498 pageviews2026-06-16 — 563 pageviews2026-06-19 — 550 pageviews2026-06-22 — 652 pageviews2026-06-25 — 632 pageviews2026-06-28 — 750 pageviews2026-07-01 — 704 pageviews2026-07-04 — 643 pageviews2026-07-07 — 678 pageviews2026-07-10 — 729 pageviews2026-07-13 — 674 pageviews2026-07-16 — 563 pageviews2026-07-19 — 648 pageviews2026-07-22 — 684 pageviews2026-07-25 — 598 pageviews2026-07-28 — 657 pageviews2026-07-31 — 607 pageviews2026-08-03 — 691 pageviews2026-08-06 — 647 pageviews2026-08-09 — 606 pageviews2026-08-12 — 807 pageviews2026-08-15 — 746 pageviews2026-08-18 — 669 pageviews2026-08-21 — 735 pageviews2026-08-24 — 670 pageviews2026-08-26 — 647 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9811132026-08-27 04:34 — 186 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 122 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 188 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 302 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 480 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 653 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 337 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 184 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 135 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 251 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 233 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 296 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 507 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 549 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 253 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 208 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 143 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 151 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 197 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 374 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 241 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 838 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 831 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 245 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 206 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 139 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 228 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 263 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 447 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

Player tags

PvEPvPRPGMMORPGClassicFantasyAdventureLore-RichOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

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