Runes of Magic

Runes of Magic

Skip · Multiplayer · 2018

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

The reviews do not carry it. What it costs you is time.

Price
Free to play
Reviews
69% positive
Length
No data
no length in our data yet
$/hr
Free
price ÷ typical playtime
Price
Free
Reviews
69%
1,553 reviews, as of Sep 26
Metacritic
71
critic score
Players
350K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2018

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX 9.0c compatible with 128 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 2.0 support (or higher), 12 GB of storage. Windows only.

Start your heroic saga today in a world full of magic and excitement: Choose your race, build a home and discover the fantastic world of Taborea in the classic free-to-play MMO!
Description from the Steam store page.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

What we assumed
  • Steam lists in-app purchases but we have no detail on them. Small caution applied.
Raising the score
ValueFree
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Holding it back
Reviews69% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). A free game has no price to weigh, so this is its value read
MonetizationIn-app purchases
Steam lists in-app purchases and nothing more is known, so a small haircut
For context
RefundsFree
A free game cannot be refunded, so the label never applies
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

It is less well reviewed than 65 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, RIFT (free, scores 37) beats it on value, while it beats Vindictus (free, scores 19).

103 players were online in it when we last checked, on Sep 26, 08:50 UTC.

Players

103 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 08:50 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Runes of Magic scores 23/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/808290/runes-of-magic
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Reviews 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 Sep 26.

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Critics vs players-2
Critics
71
Players
69
Critics and players agree on this one.
Metacritic critics · 1,553 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperRunewaker Entertainment
PublisherGameforge 4D GmbH‬
GenreMultiplayer
Released2018