Jagex's RuneScape: Dragonwilds is out of early access and released on September 15, 2026 for PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. The studio's open-world survival crafting spin-off is now a live-service title carrying its flagship franchise.
RuneScape: Dragonwilds left early access on September 15, 2026, roughly 17 months after entering it on PC via Steam in April 2025. The launch version adds the Trampled Wilderness region and the boss Kuldra, and closes the first major story arc. It released on PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S with day-one Xbox Game Pass support, and it arrived in the PS Plus Extra and Premium Game Catalog the same day. The game supports solo play and online co-op for up to four players.
The commercial record from early access is the subscription and sales argument: over 1.5 million copies sold, with Steam peak concurrent players rising from 8,982 in August 2026 to 22,611 after launch. Jagex executive producer Jesse America said the studio weighed an action RPG, mobile projects, and ports before settling on survival crafting, a direction supported by a survey of 100,000 active RuneScape players in which action RPG, life simulation, and survival games all ranked high.
The team describes its design goal as survival crafting that does not feel like work, with a progression system that raises each skill from level 0 to 99, plus quests, humor, lore, and player freedom as the RuneScape elements. Content now exceeds 100 hours, up from roughly 20 hours at launch. The game assigns no skill points: running, jumping, and defeating enemies raise skills on their own, while thirst, hunger, and death penalties, including dropped items, still apply. Graph's Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth hosted a playable build.
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Graph's Tokyo Game Show 2026 booth hosted a playable build of RuneScape: Dragonwilds, which released on September 15. The survival crafting game is set on Ashenfall, a continent where dragons have awakened, and assigns no skill points: running, jumping and defeating enemies raise skills on their own. Thirst, hunger and death penalties, including dropped items, still apply while the world keeps moving.
Jagex released RuneScape: Dragonwilds on September 15 following roughly 17 months in early access. The open-world survival game, set on the continent of Ashenfall, supports solo play and online co-op for up to four players. It sold over 1.5 million copies during early access, and its Steam peak concurrent player count rose from 8,982 in August to 22,611 after launch. Version 1.0 adds the Trampled Wilderness region and the boss Kuldra.
The development team behind RuneScape: Dragonwilds says it wants survival crafting that avoids feeling like work. In an interview, the team described a progression system that raises each skill from level 0 to 99, quests, humor, lore, and player freedom as the things that make the game feel like RuneScape. Content in the open-world survival crafting title now exceeds 100 hours.
Jagex will release RuneScape: Dragonwilds out of early access on September 15, adding a version 1.0 build and console versions. Executive producer Jesse America said the studio weighed an action RPG, mobile projects, and ports before settling on survival crafting, a direction backed by a survey of 100,000 active RuneScape players. In that survey, action RPG, life simulation, and survival games all ranked high among genres players wanted. America said survival crafting fit RuneScape's sandbox design, where players value freedom over prescribed progression. The game entered early access on PC via Steam in April 2025 as a surprise, announced about two weeks before release. Some players started it expecting a new MMORPG, and America recalls some asking where the MMO was. He estimates playtime has grown from roughly 20 hours at launch to more than 100 hours now, and version 1.0 closes the first major story arc.
SIE has announced the September 2026 Game Catalog lineup for PS Plus Extra and Premium. RuneScape: Dragonwilds arrives September 15 alongside its full release, with WWE 2K26 the same day. BALL x PIT, Slitterhead, NINJA GAIDEN: Ragebound, Hinterberg Dungeon, and Sniper Elite: Resistance follow September 22 and 29. The Premium-only Classics Catalog adds Mega Man X Command Mission and Metro Redux on September 15.
Jagex and Graph announced that RuneScape: Dragonwilds will launch on September 15, 2026, for PC, Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S, with Xbox Game Pass support from day one. The open-world survival craft game, a spin-off of the long-running MMORPG, has sold over one million copies in Steam Early Access.
Jagex announced during the Summer Game Fest 2026 showcase on June 6 that the open-world survival action game RuneScape: Dragonwilds will officially launch on September 15, 2026. The title, a spin-off of the long-running MMORPG RuneScape, has been in early access on PC via Steam since April 2025. It is set on the forgotten continent Ashenfall, where up to four players can cooperate in survival crafting and combat against fantasy monsters including a dragon queen. The full release will also arrive on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. According to Game Spark, the early access version has been popular, ranking second on Steam sales and peaking at over 41,000 concurrent players on its first day. A new trailer shown at the event depicts sword-and-magic battles against large creatures.