
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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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.
I have almost 7k hours playtime on this game before steam, a huge part of it is just afk skilling while studying or doing other things. There is simply no other online game that can compete with the sheer volume and content of this game. The amount of quests and tasks is overwhelming, which I can understand many people would hate, but for me, it is exactly what makes me attached to this game. Also, the pvm system is just on another level. It is hard to mention the list of my favourite bosses, but to name a few; Kerapac (Has a very sad lore), Rax (Helped me make an absolute BANK), Amby and AoD (Coolest mechanics ever). This game is full of veterans, it is hard to find a player that isn't at least 10+ years playing this game. Recent updates are making the game less complex and welcoming for returning or new players, something that the game needed long time ago to help community growth. It is a shame that the game is leaving steam and losing a lot of potential visibility. RS3 holds a special place in my heart, whenever I felt down or needed an escape from real life stress, I would simply log in, dive into the game and lose the sense of time for several hours. I can hear "Born to do this" music track while I am writing this review right now xD If you want a game you can genuinely live in, this simply it. A truly masterpiece.
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Languages: English, French, German, Portuguese - Brazil
Hours played at review time, across 358 reviews with recorded playtime.
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the review asks if i would recommend it. i personally would not. runescape is not my kind of game and never has been. i got this game only for the discord orbs quest
Got into a deep discussion with a member of the community. Started playing the game, then learned more from the community in the game. 80% of the content is behind a paywall requiring a subscription to access. Not worth getting addicted to a game that triple dips its customers. Item store: Profit dip one. Huge time sink: Profit dip two. Subscription model: Profit dip three. The developers can not use these three metrics together and claim that they require any one of them, much less all three. This is pure unadulterated greed masquarading as bet hedging.
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.
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!!
"Free to play" with everything blocked behind paywall...
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this game broke ned fix , after download it when open just Black screen it not start .
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