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RuneScape: Dragonwilds cover art

RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Jagex Ltd · 2025-04-15

Steam

ActionAdventureRPGEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Apr 15, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 15, 2026 (PlayStation 5), Sep 15, 2026 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 15, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

On RuneScape's forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft in this co-operative survival adventure. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can you hope to face the ferocious Dragon Queen.

RuneScape: Dragonwilds is a 2025 Action, Adventure, RPG, and Early Access game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 28,741 reviews).

6,344
playing now
81%
positive of 34k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
663
twitch viewers (latest)
17.4
viewers/channel (concentration)
85/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
580
Nexus mods (619k downloads)
81/100
opencritic · strong · 85% recommend · from 13 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

6,344 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

RuneScape: Dragonwilds is an open-world survival game. It is a spin-off from the MMORPG RuneScape, taking place within the same fantasy world of Gielinor, in a specific continent called Ashenfall. It was developed by Jagex and it launched in early access for Windows on April 15, 2025.

Trailer

RuneScape: Dragonwilds trailer thumbnail

RuneScape: Dragonwilds - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈65,474 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6,344 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 4,261 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~533/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-07

Tier history: thriving→healthy (Oct 7), healthy→thriving (Oct 5), thriving→healthy (Oct 2), healthy→thriving (Sep 20), thriving→healthy (Sep 19), healthy→thriving (Sep 17)

Estimated sales: 681k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 34,072 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $20.99 at Steam (2025-12-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.6k9.6k20252026Week of 2025-04-15: 9,628 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 1,782 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 2,752 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 482 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 1,012 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 259 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 507 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 131 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 280 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 195 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 134 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 116 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 92 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 250 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 104 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 267 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 142 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 88 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 62 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 123 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 560 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 246 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 475 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 177 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 442 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 125 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 230 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 61 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 281 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 184 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 152 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-09-08: 176 positiveWeek of 2026-09-08: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-09-15: 955 positiveWeek of 2026-09-15: 386 negativeWeek of 2026-09-22: 874 positiveWeek of 2026-09-22: 230 negativeWeek of 2026-09-29: 701 positiveWeek of 2026-09-29: 216 negativeWeek of 2026-10-06: 129 positiveWeek of 2026-10-06: 36 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

36k6.3k2026-09-15 12:00 — 6,850 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 8,979 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 19,487 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 9,496 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 21,545 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 16,477 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 34,921 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 11,104 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 25,445 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 10,828 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 24,252 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 10,673 players2026-09-23 22:00 — 22,682 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 9,930 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 21,983 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 10,309 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 24,746 players2026-09-26 10:00 — 14,531 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 32,704 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 16,679 players2026-09-27 22:00 — 34,512 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 11,069 players2026-09-28 22:00 — 23,990 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 9,715 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 21,267 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 9,166 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 20,620 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 8,829 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 19,391 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 16,120 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 16,950 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 13,301 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 15,241 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 11,991 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 6,344 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
21k386Apr 2025Aug 2026Apr 2025 — avg 20,836 · peak 52,473May 2025 — avg 2,875 · peak 10,950Jun 2025 — avg 884 · peak 2,718Jul 2025 — avg 854 · peak 2,748Aug 2025 — avg 435 · peak 1,234Sep 2025 — avg 399 · peak 1,080Oct 2025 — avg 562 · peak 2,169Nov 2025 — avg 386 · peak 808Dec 2025 — avg 2,501 · peak 8,780Jan 2026 — avg 2,486 · peak 8,344Feb 2026 — avg 1,027 · peak 2,817Mar 2026 — avg 1,060 · peak 4,137Apr 2026 — avg 2,413 · peak 6,167May 2026 — avg 1,439 · peak 2,954Jun 2026 — avg 3,960 · peak 18,150Jul 2026 — avg 7,158 · peak 17,462Aug 2026 — avg 3,852 · peak 8,915
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#82#1002026-09-172026-10-072026-09-17 — #922026-09-18 — #922026-09-19 — #982026-09-20 — #932026-09-21 — #842026-09-22 — #822026-09-23 — #822026-09-24 — #822026-09-25 — #832026-09-26 — #852026-09-27 — #892026-09-28 — #842026-09-29 — #842026-09-30 — #862026-10-01 — #892026-10-02 — #972026-10-05 — #1002026-10-06 — #1002026-10-07 — #100
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
2822822026-09-172026-10-142026-09-17: 157 new positive2026-09-17: 71 new negative2026-09-18: 104 new positive2026-09-18: 47 new negative2026-09-19: 135 new positive2026-09-19: 50 new negative2026-09-20: 282 new positive2026-09-20: 113 new negative2026-09-21: 117 new positive2026-09-21: 40 new negative2026-09-22: 122 new positive2026-09-22: 23 new negative2026-09-23: 117 new positive2026-09-23: 43 new negative2026-09-24: 116 new positive2026-09-24: 25 new negative2026-09-25: 127 new positive2026-09-25: 27 new negative2026-09-26: 170 new positive2026-09-26: 27 new negative2026-09-27: 139 new positive2026-09-27: 28 new negative2026-09-28: 121 new positive2026-09-28: 45 new negative2026-09-29: 106 new positive2026-09-29: 24 new negative2026-09-30: 162 new positive2026-09-30: 25 new negative2026-10-01: 70 new positive2026-10-01: 29 new negative2026-10-02: 59 new positive2026-10-02: 27 new negative2026-10-03: 228 new positive2026-10-03: 62 new negative2026-10-04: 103 new positive2026-10-04: 27 new negative2026-10-05: 75 new positive2026-10-05: 20 new negative2026-10-06: 58 new positive2026-10-06: 15 new negative2026-10-07: 62 new positive2026-10-07: 23 new negative2026-10-08: 60 new positive2026-10-08: 13 new negative2026-10-09: 114 new positive2026-10-09: 13 new negative2026-10-10: 67 new positive2026-10-10: 19 new negative2026-10-11: 86 new positive2026-10-11: 24 new negative2026-10-12: 71 new positive2026-10-12: 22 new negative2026-10-13: 50 new positive2026-10-13: 13 new negative2026-10-14: 58 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$20.992025-04-152026-07-092025-04-15 — best price $29.992025-06-26 — best price $23.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-21 — best price $23.992025-08-28 — best price $29.992025-09-29 — best price $23.992025-10-06 — best price $29.992025-12-15 — best price $20.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-19 — best price $20.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-06-22 — best price $20.992026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

7.2k1102026-06-10 — 335 pageviews2026-06-14 — 206 pageviews2026-06-18 — 120 pageviews2026-06-22 — 427 pageviews2026-06-26 — 481 pageviews2026-06-30 — 390 pageviews2026-07-04 — 357 pageviews2026-07-08 — 314 pageviews2026-07-12 — 198 pageviews2026-07-16 — 215 pageviews2026-07-20 — 214 pageviews2026-07-24 — 194 pageviews2026-07-28 — 267 pageviews2026-08-01 — 303 pageviews2026-08-05 — 220 pageviews2026-08-09 — 234 pageviews2026-08-13 — 235 pageviews2026-08-17 — 371 pageviews2026-08-21 — 349 pageviews2026-08-25 — 296 pageviews2026-08-29 — 383 pageviews2026-09-02 — 688 pageviews2026-09-06 — 454 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1,278 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1,531 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3,277 pageviews2026-09-22 — 2,416 pageviews2026-09-26 — 1,624 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1,056 pageviews2026-10-04 — 3,158 pageviews2026-10-06 — 1,273 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

3.8k3142026-09-30 22:34 — 1,598 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 844 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 3,483 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 1,633 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 516 viewers2026-10-02 20:34 — 3,758 viewers2026-10-03 05:34 — 1,524 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 1,901 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 2,835 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 1,060 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 1,641 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 1,145 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 667 viewers2026-10-05 20:34 — 1,498 viewers2026-10-06 05:34 — 838 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 2,196 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 1,467 viewers2026-10-07 08:34 — 777 viewers2026-10-07 17:34 — 1,418 viewers2026-10-08 02:34 — 997 viewers2026-10-08 11:34 — 399 viewers2026-10-08 20:34 — 926 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 550 viewers2026-10-09 14:34 — 1,692 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 972 viewers2026-10-10 08:34 — 410 viewers2026-10-10 17:35 — 964 viewers2026-10-11 02:34 — 724 viewers2026-10-11 11:34 — 407 viewers2026-10-11 20:35 — 1,007 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 481 viewers2026-10-12 14:34 — 614 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 905 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 437 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 812 viewers2026-10-14 02:34 — 1,452 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 314 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 451 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 663 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
20.9%
earned "Swift Pick"
1.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsSave AnytimeStereo SoundPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-04-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0790%50

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

Co-opActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureDifficultOpen WorldExploration

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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