RuneScape ®
Give it 3 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (36%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (15%).
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 52% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
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Based on all 27,691 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 59.6h for positive, 171.4h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (52.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (20)
story milestone ending side
- Burthorpe Lodestone Unlocked the lodestone at Burthorpe, the town of training 100%
- Lumbridge Lodestone Unlocked the lodestone at Lumbridge, the city of stone 55%
- Sir Mitt Climbed to the top of the white knights' castle and saw all there was to see 15%
- Always Prepared Claimed an anti-dragon shield from the Duke of Lumbridge 14%
- Castles in the Sky Stepped inside the portal at clan camp and visited a clan citadel floating in the sky 12%
- The Jack of Spades Gained access to the golden city of Menaphos by completing the Jack of Spades quest 12%
- Anachronia Lodestone Unlocked the lodestone at Anachronia, the island of great beasts 11%
- At One with Nature Crafted nature runes at the altar buried in the jungle 9.2%
- Lumbridge Beginner Tasks Completed all the tasks in the Lumbridge beginner set 8.2%
- Lumbridge Medium Tasks Completed all the tasks in the Lumbridge Medium set 7.8%
- Prifddinas Unlocked the lodestone at Prifdinnas, the city of the elves 7.8%
- Embrace the Chaos Solved the Embrace the Chaos mystery within the Infernal Source archaeology site 7.6%
- Something Barrowed Defeated the 6 (or 7) barrows brothers and claimed their loot 5 times over 7.5%
- Treasure Seeker Finished 10 clue scrolls and claimed their loot 7.3%
- Sinking Fast Completed a sinkhole activity 6.5%
- 99 with a flake Reached the highest level in a skill and unfurled a flag in the prestigious max guild garden 5.9%
- Lumbridge Hard Tasks Completed all the tasks in the Lumbridge hard set 5.5%
- Who's the Boss? Killed 1000 of RuneScape's bosses 5.5%
- A Lick of Paint Selected your chosen colour of kitten from Gertrude, using the ring of charos 5.2%
- Uncharted Travelled to the Arc islands and visited 50 uncharted isles 2.9%