LiveJanuary 2001 · 26 years ago

RuneScape Classic

1estimated players

13 – 6k daily players

RuneScape Classic (also known as RSC, RS1 or RS Classic) was the first official release of RuneScape (DeviousMUD being the precursor). RuneScape Classic was publicly released on 4 January 2001. It was later replaced on 29 March 2004, with what was then known as RuneScape 2. On 23 May 2018, Jagex announced that RuneScape Classic would be permanently closing on 6 August 2018 due to numerous unfixable problems with the game.

RuneScape Classic is estimated to have 13 – 6k players a day. Around 11k – 1m accounts have played it in total. No Steam data is published for this game, so the range is modelled from the size of its Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities. It is a rough band rather than a measurement.

Player stats

Estimated daily players

13 – 5.9 thousand

How many people we think play RuneScape Classic on a given day.

Estimated total players

11 thousand – 1.1 million

How many accounts we think have played RuneScape Classic at some point.

Average monthly estimated players
Month	Estimated players	Change
October 2026	~1	Down 50%
September 2026	~2	Up 100%
August 2026	~1	—
July 2026	—	—

Community activity

Daily RuneScape Classic community data tracked across Steam, Discord, Reddit, Twitch, and YouTube.

Twitch viewers

1 live streams

2Down 33% past month

RuneScape Classic recently drew 2 live viewers on Twitch across 1 streams; viewership peaked at 108 on Sep 23, 2026. Twitch viewership is down 33% over the past month.

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Frequently asked questions

How many people play RuneScape Classic?

RuneScape Classic has an estimated 13–5,900 daily players and roughly 11,000–1,100,000 accounts that have played it in total, as of October 2026. The range is modelled from the size of the game’s Discord, Reddit, Twitch, YouTube and app-store communities rather than measured, so treat it as a rough band.