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2025 · Jagex · Adventure · Role-playing

RuneScape: Dragonwilds

On RuneScape’s forgotten continent of Ashenfall, dragons have awoken. Gather, build, skill and craft to survive in this co-operative (1-4) survival crafting game. Only by mastering survival and uncovering ancient secrets can they hope to slay the Dragon Queen—alone or with allies.

Released
15 April 2025
Platforms
Nintendo Switch 2PlayStation 5WindowsXbox Series X/S
Genres
AdventureRole-playingSurvival sandbox
Developers
Jagex
Publishers
Jagex
Series
RuneScape
Perspective
Third person
Themes
ActionFantasySurvival
Age ratings
PEGI 16ESRB T
Languages
Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Spanish (Mexico), Spanish (Spain)
Copies sold
1 million as of 2025-12-31
Time to beat
34hmain story100hcompletionist

About

RuneScape: Dragonwilds is an open-world survival game. It is a spin-off from the MMORPG RuneScape, taking place within the same fantasy world of Gielinor, in a specific continent called Ashenfall. It was developed by Jagex and it launched in early access for Windows on April 15, 2025.

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Gameplay

RuneScape: Dragonwilds is a cooperative survival game for one to four players. Players can level up their skills and craft items, with more advanced skills and abilities becoming available to players once they achieve higher skill levels. The gameplay will also feature a strong focus on magic abilities, with spells being used for combat and more mundane tasks such as woodcutting. Players will have the option to set up bases across the land to store their equipment, and Lodestones can be used for fast travel across the world.

Players will be able to fight dragons, and a farming skill will allow players to grow their own crops. There will be a Creative mode allowing players to build, and a Hardcore mode where enemies will be harder to defeat.

Development

RuneScape: Dragonwilds was first announced on March 31, 2025. It then launched in Early Access on April 15, 2025. On June 5, 2026, Jagex announced the full release, including console release, would be on September 15, 2026.

Reception

The Early Access version of RuneScape: Dragonwilds has received mixed to mildly positive reviews from critics. GamingBible.com awarded it a score of seven out of ten, saying "However, due to its lack of originality and some frustrating features, Dragonwilds struggles to stand amongst the greats and as a result, could easily be cast aside by fans of the genre."

IGN Benelux awarded it a score of 6.5 out of ten, praising it for staying true to the core elements of RuneScape while criticising the relative lack of innovation. David Jagneaux at Forbes praised the gameplay flow and the nuances of the skills, in addition to its familiarity to the early RuneScape game, saying, "I haven’t actively played RuneScape in many, many years but I still got a nice surge of nostalgia booting this new game up for the first time." Laura Bergin at PCGamesN also felt the game was generic, saying, "For now, however, Dragonwilds doesn't quite separate itself from the survival crowd."

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
WindowsEarly Access15 April 2025Worldwide · Worldwide 15 September 2026
PlayStation 515 September 2026Worldwide
Xbox Series X/S15 September 2026Worldwide
Nintendo Switch 215 September 2026Worldwide

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