RS4 Timeline
The RS4 timeline, with the RuneScape history that leads to it: from the 2001 launch to the RS4 reveal and the plans Jagex has announced. Past events and announced plans are marked separately.
- Happened
RuneScape launches
RuneScape is first released as a Java-based browser game set in Gielinor.
- Happened
RuneScape 2 is released
A major new version of RuneScape; the original becomes known as RuneScape Classic.
- Happened
Old School RuneScape launches
A separate game based on an August 2007 build of RuneScape, maintained alongside the main game.
- Happened
RuneScape 3 is released
The third major iteration of the main game, the origin of the "RS3" nickname.
- Happened
RuneScape: Dragonwilds enters early access
A co-op survival game set on Ashenfall, the land where RS4 will begin.
- Happened
Jagex reveals RS4 at RuneFest 2026
Jagex announces a new RuneScape MMORPG, working title RS4, built in Unreal Engine and beginning in Ashenfall.
- Announced plan
Jagex plans to share more about RS4
Jagex says it will tell players much more about the world, the game, the team and how to get involved next year.