
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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Be careful buying a membership from them if you live in the USA, i paid for a one month and found out a year later they kept charging my bank and would not refund because i logged in one day throughout so many months and they refused to fix the mistake so my bank took the money back and they froze my account. Jagex can kick a chair and nobody would cry. it used to be my childhood game but they have reached an all time low. Play WoW, they wont do that to you.
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."
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This and every other Pro feature is free until October 20, 2026. A free account is all it takes.
Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil
Hours played at review time, across 357 reviews with recorded playtime.
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I have over 3000 games on steam. This is the worst thing I've ever installed on my PC.
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.
this is the worst game ever u couldnt pay me 100 dollars to play this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ass game again only played this for the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 700 orbs on discord. never again. sloppy movement, sloppy graphics, sloppy character customization (u can barely even recolor ur ♥♥♥♥), only one NICKNAME (not username) per username which is dumb. there are like 150 million people named muhammad in the world, what are all of the muhammad playing this supposed to do? every muhammad username is probably taken. characters are ugly as ♥♥♥♥, ♥♥♥♥♥♥ graphics (didnt i mention this already?) but id like to go on depth on how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ those graphics are because u just made the worst 15 minutes of my life. the movement is confusing and shouldve just been different. the character models are so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ugly and lazy. i bet u 50 dollars i could do better than this in like 2 hours and i dont even have any experience in making 3d modules. u can recolor the characters clothing, but at what cost? it doesnt even change the clothings color fully, only a SMALL part of it. u cant change the characters eye color and the females and males have the same 2 models which i find very lazy for the fact the creators of this game paid 100 dollars to release this game on steam but couldnt even commission a 3d artist to make modules for them. i am very angry i had to play 15 minutes of this game, imagine the suffering i had to go through. another thing is theres no body exclusivity, which i kind of already mentioned with the female and males have the same 2 models line but id like to go onto depth with this. the only female module is this ugly ASS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ module of a flat chested skinny lady with ugly face features YEP. THEY DONT EVEN LET U CUSTOMIZE THEIR FACES WHICH IS A LAZY ASS CHOICE CONSIDERING THIS GAME MAKES "Approximately $800,000 to $900,000" A MONTH IN 2026!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 THATS MORE THAN MY MOM GETS IN A ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ YEAR U LAZY FAT ♥♥♥♥♥ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YET U CANT EVEN PAY A GOOD 3D ARTIST TO MAKE UR ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MODULES AND WALKING ANIMATION???? OH DUDE DONT GET ME STARTED ON THE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ WALKING ANIMATION THAT ♥♥♥♥ LOOKS WORSE THAN HOW ME ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 95 YEAR OLD GRANDMA WORLDS AND I AINT EVEN BLOODY KIDDING MATE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS GAME RUINED MY ENTIRE ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ WEEK AND I WONT SLEEP THE ENTIRE NIGHT BECAUSE OF UR UGLY GAME U LAZY ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LOSERS im calm now
When I realized I cannot explore more than half the map without a membership, my little RuneScape curiosity was officially over. It was bad enough that so much progression is restricted without one. Whatever. Maybe I'll try OSRS...
gotta pay real money to make a pork pie
Играл в это только ради Орбсов, а так это ничем не примечательная безвкусная ♥♥♥♥♥♥
I do not usually like MMO's as it feels like they're another job you have to clock into. This game does not feel like that as compared to the others like WOW, ESO, and FF. I will say I have always enjoyed Cookie Clicker style games and I would somewhat classify this in the same vein. I have never had the issue that some others had with the MTX and such as if you want a game to succeed, Devs need to be paid. Overall if you like games that you know are going to require a lot of time, and still let you go at your own pace. This game would be a great one to try out!
Been playing this game since 2006, it's addicting, wastes time and makes you keep coming back from crap content. They ruined the soul of this game the moment they sold the company to the Chinese and they turned it into a microtransaction cash cow till the milk ran dry and ruined player's lives. Nowadays they try to redeem it and remake history but the game is already dead inside. I still play it because it's like smoking. You will stop one day but you don't know when. For those who never played it, never try it.
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