RuneScape ®
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.
- Price (US)
- Free to play
- Developer
- Jagex Ltd
- Released
- Oct 14, 2020
- Genres
- Massively Multiplayer, RPG, Free To Play
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Website
- runescape.com ↗
How many people are playing RuneScape ®?
RuneScape ® had 2,996 concurrent players on Steam at the latest hourly reading, Nov 7, 2026, 20:00 UTC, up 4.6% from 2,863 a day earlier. As of Nov 7, 2026, 20:00 UTC, it ranks #338 of the 505 games tracked here, down 24 places from #314 a day earlier.
The highest count recorded here since tracking began on Sep 23, 2026 is 3,181, on Oct 25, 2026; the latest reading is 94% of that.
Over the last four weeks, RuneScape ® has been busiest during the evening in Europe, with the busiest hour around 20:00 UTC. That's when its players play, not necessarily where they live.
Insights
What the hourly counts say about when it's played and how updates land.
Recent RuneScape ® updates
The change in average players in the week after each update, compared with the week before.
- Oct 19, 2026 Major update RuneScape Plugins Officially Available Now! ↗ ▲ +0.4% 2,065 → 2,073 avg players
- Sep 21, 2026 Regular update The Week Ahead: The Deep Clean, Leagues II wrapping up & New furniture limit! ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Sep 7, 2026 Regular update The Week Ahead: Vulkan Beta Launch, NPC Auto Dormancy & more! ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Sep 1, 2026 Regular update September Patch Week ↗ Not tracked the week before
- Aug 25, 2026 Regular update The Week Ahead: Leagues Fixes, Renomination & Zaros Market Bundles ↗ Not tracked the week before
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