RuneScape is a massively-multiplayer online game , set in a fantasy world of warring races, ravaged landscapes and sinister powers. Having chosen an adventurer, players are free to find their role within it: to live by the sword and face hundreds of enemies, to further the storyline in RuneScape's quests, or to train in any of a number of skills. RuneScape can be played directly in your browser, requiring no installation.
As you adventure in the land of RuneScape, keep your eyes peeled and you will discover much more about the history of the world than is written here. RuneScape isn't just about getting your skills up and accumulating wealth, or going on grand quests and playing minigames - sometimes it's all about proving yourself to be the mightiest warrior, most powerful sorcerer or the most keen-eyed of the rangers. Across the many thousands of years of life on RuneScape there have been many races, some wiped out by their enemies or destroyed at the whim of the gods during the horrific God Wars of the Third Age. This cycle of warfare and conflict means that the races that cover the surface of the world - and those that fill the tunnels beneath the surface - are hardy and adaptable peoples who have developed over centuries to fill their particular niche as no other race can.