RuneScape and Old School RuneScape are both developed and published by Jagex and share the same free-to-play-with-membership payment model, but they are separately maintained games rather than one game with a legacy mode.
RuneScape is tagged in our database with sandbox, open-world, classless, and questing elements, and is available on Linux, PC, Android, and iOS. Old School RuneScape has no gameplay tags recorded in our system and is available on Android, PC, iOS, and Mac — it does not list Linux support in our records the way RuneScape does.
 RuneScape Jagex |
 Old School RuneScape Jagex |
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| Genre | MMORPG | MMORPG |
| Platforms | Linux, Android, PC, iOS | Android, PC, iOS, Mac |
| Payment model | Free to Play | Free to Play |
| Developer | Jagex | Jagex |
| Publisher | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Release year | 2001 | 2013 |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Editorial rating | ★ 3.9 | ★ 3.9 |
| Gameplay tags | sandbox, open-world, classless, questing | Not confirmed |
This is not a case of one game being an upgrade of the other — RuneScape and Old School RuneScape are updated independently by the same studio, so the choice is about which design era and update model you prefer, not which has more features. Our data shows near-identical editorial ratings for both, which reflects that they are considered comparably strong within their own separate audiences rather than one outranking the other.