New RuneScape survival game isn’t just “Valheim with party hats,” Jagex says

Survival games have, in many ways, become the new battle royale games. In 2024 alone we saw everything from the creature-catching of Palworld to the gaslamp steampunk fantasy of Nightingale, with Enshrouded, Bellwright, and the Valheim-esque Aska all vying for a place in the spotlight. While the trend feels like its tapering off slightly coming into 2025, the colossal Dune: Awakening is just around the corner, and 11-bit Studios’ The Alters, perhaps the most bizarre take on the genre yet, is slated to drop later this year. Where, then, does Jagex’s new spinoff title, RuneScape: Dragonwilds sit in the mix? During an exclusive preview at RuneFest 2025, I quiz senior community manager Jake Blunt for all of the details. Continue reading New RuneScape survival game isn’t just “Valheim with party hats,” Jagex says MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best MMORPGs, Best multiplayer games

Mar 31, 2025 - 18:19
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New RuneScape survival game isn’t just “Valheim with party hats,” Jagex says
New RuneScape survival game isn’t just “Valheim with party hats,” Jagex says

Survival games have, in many ways, become the new battle royale games. In 2024 alone we saw everything from the creature-catching of Palworld to the gaslamp steampunk fantasy of Nightingale, with Enshrouded, Bellwright, and the Valheim-esque Aska all vying for a place in the spotlight. While the trend feels like its tapering off slightly coming into 2025, the colossal Dune: Awakening is just around the corner, and 11-bit Studios’ The Alters, perhaps the most bizarre take on the genre yet, is slated to drop later this year. Where, then, does Jagex’s new spinoff title, RuneScape: Dragonwilds sit in the mix? During an exclusive preview at RuneFest 2025, I quiz senior community manager Jake Blunt for all of the details.

MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Best survival games, Best MMORPGs, Best multiplayer games