
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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MTX is gone (aside from stars, bonds, and membership), the roadmap into 2027, and our player count starting to rise again, things are really looking up for my childhood game. Maybe one day we will catch up to OSRS.
clunky, awkward, weird controls, and frankly just not that fun.
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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 358 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Only took me 25 years to finally try it. Glad i did
you can be the average ♥♥♥♥♥ from brooklyn or rap about the average ♥♥♥♥♥ from brooklyn
The game is excellent, New content is generally good, Jagex sucks,,,, seriously greedy, They are removing too many popular game features and raising subscription price by > 30%, Find something else to play before it's too late,
2026 y no tienen la opción de jugrse en Español, server saturado en las zonas con muchos jugadores y una dinamica de juego realmente lenta
They've magically hijacked my runescape 3 or 4 or whatever the ♥♥♥♥ it is now. My account isnt linked to any of my emails. I had purchases and everything. If i could sue I definitely would. Leaving them a bad review until it's sorted
Another great game that was ruined by P2W. I put in thousands and thousand of hours into this game when i was younger but the release of bonds in 2013 was the beginning of the end for this game. After bonds they even went as far as putting in ways to buy xp for real money. They recently removed a lot of the buying xp but the bonds are still in the game. The bonds makes the thousands of hours people put into the game mean absolutely nothing as people can just buy gold with real money. Even with them working to remove "some" of the P2W the damage is already done. Now when you see a person wearing a Blue Party hat it means nothing as people believe you just bought it with real money. Even if you see someone with 99 herblore its just real money they bought gold with and then herbs with the gold. Grinding is a huge part of this game and that huge part means nothing when you can swipe your card and get it.
THIS GAME IS ASS. 7.4 HOURS OF MY LIFE WASTED, THANKS JAGEX. I FEEL LIKE ID HAVE A BETTER TIME WIPING MY ASS WITH A CACTUS. ATLEAST THE RESOURCE GATHERING IS SATISFYING. CAW. I DO NOT RECOMEND THIS GAME. IF YOU ENJOY IT YOU DESERVE EVERY OUNCE OF MISERY AND BOREDOM THAT COMES YOUR WAY PLEB. TBH I SUCK AT THIS. ANNOYING CROW DID IT BETTER. COME BACK TO US DARK ONE.
Issues with AMD GPU drivers that prevent the game from launching, been over a month and still the problem hasn't been fixed, there only solution is to roll back drivers to much older version from March which impacts performance in other games and security vulnerabilities.
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