A new game set in the world of Jagex’s long-lived massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) will soon be out in the wild(erness). The company announced that RuneScape: Dragonwilds is due for an early access launch on Steam in Spring 2025, introducing players old and new to a co-op open-world survival experience.

Set in the trad-fantasy world of the cult 2001 game, the forthcoming spin-off is developed on Unreal Engine 5 and promises an “adventure that blends high fantasy with light RPG elements and iconic RuneScape lore.” It takes players to Ashenfall, a forgotten continent on the map of Gielinor, where they have to defeat awoken dragons and their queen.
The entry can be enjoyed solo or with up to three friends and features standard survival fare such as chopping down trees, building houses, unlocking new skills, crafting recipes, and fighting goblins and other smaller enemies. Veterans would recognise that some of them hark back to basic skills in RuneScape, including cooking and woodcutting, with several locations also resembling familiar places from the base title, like a certain wizard’s tower and castle.
Similarly, the bestiary will be a mixed bag of old foes and fresh additions. Expect the return of rats, trolls, cows, previously mentioned dragons, and more creatures, which now come in an alternate nature-fied design fusing plants, thorns, and the like. At the core of this magic is Anima, a power that players will harness to facilitate their survival.


RuneScape: Dragonwilds enters early access on PC this Spring, with plans for a wider launch in 2026. A deep-dive reveal of the title is scheduled for 15 April, 9am PT on Twitch, marking another nostalgic return for the surprise-hit MMORPG after Old School RuneScape creator Andrew Gower released his own spiritual successor Brighter Shores last year.