Game · MMORPG & MMO

RuneScape

RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, available on Windows, macOS and Linux: co-op play, open world and cross-platform play.

Free, with trade-offs
Windows, macOS and Linux
In-app purchases

Official website

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Technical details

Pricing: Free, with trade-offsconfirmed by Flathub, Official Steam page
License: Proprietary, freeconfirmed by Flathub
Open source: No
Commercial use: not documented
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows, macOS and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · macOS: Official Steam page · Windows: Official Steam page
Distribution: Available on Steam
Model: Free-to-play (free, in-app purchases)
Publisher: Jagex
Latest version: 2.2.12 (19 January 2026)
Latest activity: 19 October 2026

Overview

RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, available on Windows, macOS and Linux. Related genres: survival game.

Gameplay elements described on its official website and on its Steam page: co-op play, open world, cross-platform play and achievements.

Minimum requirements stated on its Steam page: Windows 10.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG.” — Steam, 10 November 2026
“Dragonwilds is a co-op survival adventure set in the RuneScape universe.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Dragonwilds is a co-op survival adventure set in the RuneScape universe.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG.” — Steam, 10 November 2026
“Or would you prefer to be more creative with Crafting, Farming, Smithing and Construction?” — Steam, 10 November 2026
“Massively Multiplayer.” — Steam, 10 November 2026
“RPG.” — Steam, 10 November 2026
“Cross-Platform Multiplayer.” — Steam, 10 November 2026
“Steam Achievements.” — Steam, 10 November 2026

At a glance

RuneScape is free, with trade-offs (account, ads, data or attribution) detailed below.

It is distributed under a proprietary licence: free to use under its terms, which may change; that licence is not an open source licence.

In-game purchases: the game is free, but offers optional purchases (items, virtual currency, subscription or season pass) listed on its official website.

Weaknesses

Closed source

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Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official Steam page (limits, free status, platforms) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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