
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.
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Journey into the Sixth Age of Gielinor and discover a fantasy world deep with legend and lore. Gielinor's people may be thriving, but the Elder Gods still scheme. The clouds are darkening and war looms. Experience a fantasy online world 19 years in the making.

It's up to you. Will you explore the world with friends, or seek your fame and fortune as a lone adventurer? Whether you’re engaged in daring quests, quietly tending to your farm, risking it all against a high-level boss or spending a night at the circus, RuneScape is the perfect second-screen game. Play how you want – the choice is yours. What type of hero will you be?

With a world that’s been growing for an incredible 19 years, RuneScape continues to thrill players with an adventure unlike any other. With 270 million installations and cross-playability on PC and mobile, join the hundreds of millions of people who have explored the fantastic and mystical world of Gielinor.

Make friends – and maybe sometimes enemies – with a rich roster of memorable NPC characters. From lovable companions and friendly rogues, to deceitful villains and vengeful gods, the many faces of Gielinor offer a deep fantasy experience unlike anything else.

Visit dozens and dozens of unique and striking locations, from the medieval castles of Burthorpe and the tranquil harbours of Catherby, to the dangerous barren expanses of the Wilderness or the tropical reaches of Anachronia. Own your own port! Run your own farm! Make a pretty penny trading with players at The Grand Exchange, and keep your exotic wares safe in the Bank.

With 29 skills to master, what will you become? Will you be one with nature by perfecting Woodcutting, Fishing, Herblore and Cooking? Or would you prefer to be more creative with Crafting, Farming, Smithing and Construction? Or perhaps your tastes lay elsewhere – with Hunting, Divination, Invention or Runecrafting? Or maybe your soul yearns action, and you’ll take to Magic, Summoning, Slayer and Dungeoneering!

Do you want to get up close and personal with a sharp blade in your hand? Or will you take a tactical approach and attack from range? Or perhaps your skills are more mystical, and you prefer the arena of magic? Fight a dazzling assortment of foes including an unimaginable array of epic bosses. From demons to dragons and rock monsters to serpents, nightmares beyond your wildest imagination lay in wait.

RuneScape can be played free, but also offers optional membership that unlocks even more thrilling content, including 8 additional skills, over 120 extra quests and access to the entire game world map! Check out the Steam DLC Bundles Membership Access offers featuring launch exclusive Steam cosmetic items and special rewards.

Add your unique voice to our vibrant RuneScape community. Enjoy a strong connection to RuneScape's independent development team by joining them for regular livestreams, and share ideas on the forums. We shape RuneScape together!
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Compared to inflation this companies greed is ♥♥♥♥♥♥. If you like being treated like a cow ready to be milked - sign up... If you search up Jagex you wont be suprised to find them a greedy unfriendly corporation with a need to please their investors with increasing profits milked from their fanbase ~~ competitors by comparison such as blizzard in the mmorpg genre are amazingly better by not hiking prices like *plastic* addicts looking for a new high/fix/(customer friendly adjustment) in stock prices...
Trying to buy a membership that is required to access 90% of game's content using wallet funds results in "Payment refused". Jagex support points me to contact Steam. Steam support points me to Jagex support. Repeat until they just refuse to investigate your case. Researching the issue, players have been encountering this issue at least since 2021 and also received the same circlejerk treatment.
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Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil
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I am honestly surprised by runescape3. I quit after EOC many years ago and decided to give RS3 a try again and i'm glad i did. They removed most MTX, and doing ironman feels great to level up. Don't let the toxic players on OSRS influence you to not try RS3. Its a really well polished game that is significantly better than you remember. I personally love both OSRS and RS3.
As a free to play player, found out after hitting lvl 50 in the F2P skills, it turns into a slog fest as higher skilled items are locked to member status, and considering Membership can't be bought on the Steam page, you have an even tougher slog reaching the required amount to buy membership in game.
Not Recommended "I genuinely love the gameplay, the progression, and the world—the developers made a great game here. However, I cannot recommend it as a free-to-play title. It feels like hitting a massive brick wall when you realize just how much content is blocked by the membership subscription. If it were advertised strictly as a subscription MMO with a generous free trial, that would be one thing, but hiding the vast majority of the game behind a paywall under the guise of being 'free' leaves a bad taste."
Pela primeira vez em anos eu não vou manter minha mensalidade de membro ativa. É inacreditável todas as ultimas decisões da Jagex e o aumento do preço para os brasileiros só vai fazer a comunidade diminuir ainda mais. Aproveitem enquanto ainda da tempo porque o nosso querido RS3 está respirando por aparelhos.
até que é legal, mas desanimei quando descobri que pra explorar o resto do mundo tem que pagar uma mensalidade. se for assim eu jogo logo o World of Warcraft 🤓☝️
Started on this account after i had lost my original that i had when i was 16 or so and started this up some years back. This game always has me coming back, and with the game constantly evolving, i find more to be involved with. If you're someone who doesn't care for clicking to operate everything, i will say still give it an opportunity to win you over. Graphics wise, i continue to be surprised how far the game came from the very beginning. I truly hope more come to join in on the fun filled world, SEE YAL THERE! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
Amazing game, truly a one of a kind MMORPG experience, an MMO where you can just go do whatever and it will be rewarding somehow HOWEVER The subscription is insanely expensive for the amount of content provided, this game should be much more affordable considering what it is and what it offers
I am a 25-year-old (2006) veteran player, and my previous account under the name ramy512 was closed or deleted due to several years of inactivity. After returning to the game through the Steam platform, I started over from scratch. In just over 100 hours of gameplay, I managed to level all of my stats to 60. In many ways, this new account has become even better than my old main account because of the experience, knowledge, and skills I gained over the years. While the journey was challenging, it was also rewarding. I have to admit that the game has improved significantly compared to its early days. The updates and overall gameplay are much better than before. However, I still miss the old days when nearly every world was full of players. The sense of a busy, active community made the game feel truly alive, and I hope it can reach that level of activity again in the future.
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