Authentic RuneScape feel and nostalgia
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“playing Dragonwilds feels unmistakingly like a "coming home" sort of moment.”
Steam review · 23.9 h played ↗
RuneScape: Dragonwilds
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%Jagex Ltd2026Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Base Building
The verdict
A Valheim/Enshrouded-style survival crafter with RuneScape flavor: strong progression, utility magic and building, but repetitive gear and combat plus bugs. Skip if you want depth or polish at 1.0.
Great for
RuneScape fans and Valheim/Enshrouded players who enjoy grinding skills, building and co-op
Main risk
Repetitive gear and combat progression, plus bugs, make it feel unfinished for a 1.0
What players love
Fun in co-op with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Solid game. Fantastic in Co-op.”
Steam review · 108.9 h played ↗
Satisfying building and decorating
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The building system is a standout.. far more advanced than most survival games”
Steam review · 49.5 h played ↗
Rewarding skill progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The progression is the real highlight for me. Leveling up and unlocking new things feels rewarding”
Steam review · 15.4 h played ↗
Useful magic and utility spells
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Probably my favorite part is how magic is integrated into the mundane survival aspects. Spell to chop down trees? Heck yeah.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Great QoL and active devs
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Dragonwilds is full of little QOLs that make it incredibly enjoyable.”
Steam review · 21.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Grindy, boring and empty world
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“For handcrafted world it feels empty and lifeless, dungeons all seem the same.”
Steam review · 74.6 h played ↗
Repetitive gear, combat and zones
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Advancing to a new zone is just an increase in health and damage numbers, no new interesting combat mechanics, no new skills, nothing to keep combat engaging.”
Steam review · 172.2 h played ↗
Not ready for a 1.0 release
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Not a finished game. Calling it a 1.0 is a pure joke”
Steam review · 21.2 h played ↗
Bugs and save corruption
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Character file corruption: you can spend hundreds of hours building a character for it to be simply lost”
Steam review · 220.2 h played ↗
Clunky combat, no animation cancel
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Animation cancelling needs to be fixed to it makes no sense to be locked into a spell and not be able to dodge.”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
Poor optimization and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Poorly optimized game filled with flickering and constant crashes even in 1.0.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600XT or Intel Arc A750, 8GB
Storage25 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel core i5-10600 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070, 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, 8GB
Storage25 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600XT or Intel Arc A750, 8GB
Storage25 GB available space
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