Old School RuneScape
Fair · Multiplayer · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Free and middling. Worth a look if the genre is yours.
- PriceS
- Free to play
- Reviews▼
- 83% of 21,007
- Genre rank
- Top 10% Multiplayer
Holding it back: Reviews
Recent reviews trending down: 75% over the last 30 days against 83% all-time.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 536.5h
- To 100%
- 4382.9h 8.2x the story
- Achievements
- 20
Players and genre
- Online
- 1,649 now
- Recent reviews
- 75% 30 days
- Better reviewed
- 85% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
57% start to 3% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Its score puts it in the top 10 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 85 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Guild Wars 2® (free, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats RuneScape ® (free, scores 51).
It is still busy. 1.6K players were online when we last checked, on Nov 3, 20:46 UTC, across 35 days of weekly checks.
More about Old School RuneScape
Players rate it 83 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 75 percent. Something recent has soured the room.
HowLongToBeat players log 536.5 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 4383, 8.2 times as much.
Buy now or wait
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
The best retro fantasy MMORPG on the planet. Old School is RuneScape but… older! This is the open world you know and love, but as it was in 2007. Saying that, it’s even better than that – Old School is shaped by you, its players, with regular new content, fixes and expansions voted for by the fans!
Minimum specs
Runs on Windows, macOS.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Old School RuneScape scores 61/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1343370/old-school-runescapeReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.