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Games like RuneScape: Dragonwilds

If RuneScape: Dragonwilds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Enshrouded, Valheim and Satisfactory — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, immersive and nostalgic. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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RuneScape: Dragonwilds is a co-operative survival crafting RPG set on the forgotten continent of Ashenfall, where dragons have awakened after a long slumber. Developed and published by Jagex Ltd, the game tasks 1-4 players with gathering resources, building bases, defending faction territories, hunting minibosses, and uncovering ancient lore scattered across the world. The core loop involves extensive skill-leveling grinds and players can use spells as their primary tools for nearly every action. Players describe the experience as atmospheric and immersive, with reviewers noting the nostalgic RuneScape atmosphere alongside fresh mechanics. The world is filled with abundant side quests and activities, and players appreciate how it feels steeped in deep lore. Currently in early access at $29.99, the game holds an 82% positive rating from over 19,000 Steam reviews.

About 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.

2025ActionAdventureRPGEarly Access29.99 USDWindowsby Jagex Ltd
RuneScape: Dragonwilds — Steam game cover
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Abundant side quests and activitiesCo op survival with creative buildingNostalgic runescape feel with fresh mechanicsAtmosphericImmersiveNostalgic

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Steam players who put hours into RuneScape: Dragonwilds also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Enshrouded

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Top pick for RuneScape: Dragonwilds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    You are Flameborn, last ember of hope of a dying race. Awaken, survive the terror of a corrupting fog, and reclaim the lost beauty of your kingdom. Venture into a vast world, vanquish punishing bosses, build grand halls and forge your path in this co-op survival action RPG for up to 16 players.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure23.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Valheim

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Second-strongest match for RuneScape: Dragonwilds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Third-strongest match for RuneScape: Dragonwilds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Palworld

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Ranked #4 for RuneScape: Dragonwilds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Nightingale

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Ranked #5 for RuneScape: Dragonwilds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Nightingale is an open world survival crafting game, where you’ll adventure across the mysterious and dangerous Fae Realms. As a daring Realmwalker, you’ll defeat monstrous enemies, survive hostile environments, and build elaborate estates in a visually stunning Gaslamp Fantasy world.

    2024ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Voidtrain

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Ranked #6 for RuneScape: Dragonwilds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Become a crew member of an Interdimensional Express Train! Discover a new world full of mysterious creatures, enemies and places. Upgrade and customize your train, gather new materials and build better weapons. Play solo or online сo-op with up to 4 people.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Green Hell

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Ranked #7 for RuneScape: Dragonwilds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Frozen Flame

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Ranked #8 for RuneScape: Dragonwilds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    A challenging exploration and survival adventure, set in the dying world of Dragons. Only those who harness the power of Frozen Flame have the means to survive the harsh conditions of the realm and able to muster the strength to cleanse it for good.

    2022ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Valheim

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Reviewers of RuneScape: Dragonwilds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Old School RuneScape

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Reviewers of RuneScape: Dragonwilds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and RPG with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    The best retro fantasy MMORPG on the planet. Old School is RuneScape but… older! This is the open world you know and love, but as it was in 2007. Saying that, it’s even better than that – Old School is shaped by you, its players, with regular new content, fixes and expansions voted for by the fans!

    2021AdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. RuneScape ®

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Reviewers of RuneScape: Dragonwilds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    RuneScape is a high fantasy open world MMORPG. Explore an ever changing and evolving living world where new challenges, skills, and quests await. Featuring unprecedented player freedom, you choose how to play, adventure, and grow.

    2020Massively MultiplayerRPGFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Subnautica

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Reviewers of RuneScape: Dragonwilds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Descend into the depths of an alien underwater world filled with wonder and peril. Craft equipment, pilot submarines and out-smart wildlife to explore lush coral reefs, volcanoes, cave systems, and more - all while trying to survive.

    2018IndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Raft

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Reviewers of RuneScape: Dragonwilds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Raft™ throws you and your friends into an epic oceanic adventure! Alone or together, players battle to survive a perilous voyage across a vast sea! Gather debris, scavenge reefs and build your own floating home, but be wary of the man-eating sharks!

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Reviewers of RuneScape: Dragonwilds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Palworld

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Reviewers of RuneScape: Dragonwilds cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. WARZONE

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of RuneScape: Dragonwilds cross-mention this title as a similar play.

    WARZONE is a tactical turn-based war game which requires a chess level of logical thinking and which provides an entertainment comparable to that of a tank shooter.

    2017StrategyIndieMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below RuneScape: Dragonwilds at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Stardew Valley

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam right now. Shares RPG with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home?

    2016IndieSimulationRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam right now. Shares Action with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Hollow Knight

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam right now. Shares Action with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under RuneScape: Dragonwilds on Steam right now. Shares Action and RPG with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and RPG with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Valheim

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    A brutal exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally-generated purgatory inspired by viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Satisfactory

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Palworld

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Fight, farm, build and work alongside mysterious creatures called "Pals" in this completely new multiplayer, open world survival and crafting game!

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Green Hell

    WHY THIS

    Shares an immersive mood with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with RuneScape: Dragonwilds.

    Plunge into the open-world survival simulation set in the extreme conditions of the uncharted Amazon jungle. Use real-life survival techniques to craft, hunt, fight, and gather resources, set a makeshift shelter, or raise a fortress. Survive alone or team up with your friends and challenge the jungle together.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about RuneScape: Dragonwilds

Does RuneScape: Dragonwilds work on Steam Deck?
RuneScape: Dragonwilds is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
How much does RuneScape: Dragonwilds cost?
RuneScape: Dragonwilds is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
Does RuneScape: Dragonwilds have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — RuneScape: Dragonwilds supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
What games are most similar to RuneScape: Dragonwilds?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside RuneScape: Dragonwilds are Enshrouded, Valheim, Satisfactory.
Who developed RuneScape: Dragonwilds?
RuneScape: Dragonwilds was developed by Jagex Ltd.

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