Browser MMO royalty Runescape is seeing a big uptick of players, as the game celebrates its 25th anniversary this week with over 200,000 players. 

According to the Old School Runescape Server Browser, 205,477 people are currently logged into the classic version of the game, spread across its many instances. 

Similarly, the current version of the game also has 228,521 people online at the time of writing.

It should be noted while the game and the modern Runescape are both on Steam, the numbers on SteamCharts aren't accurate since they don't account for players coming from the Jagex website. 

Since the game's website doesn't report peak numbers, there's no current way to track the peak number of concurrent players checking out each game until Jagex reports it themselves. 

The Legacy of Runescape

For many, Runescape is their first exposure to MMOs- the title launched as a free to play browser-based game. 

What set it apart from a lot of its contemporaries was its focus on life sim elements: having a huge pool of skills from cooking to fishing meant going adventuring was only your focus if you wanted it to be- in its heyday some players would spend entire sessions fishing to sell healing lobsters to adventurers about to go on quests. 

The current version of the game has changed quite a bit in its two decades, complete with major graphical overhauls. 

Meanwhile, the Old School variant is also getting new features, such as the recently launched Sailing update. 

Similarly, Jagex have announced a year-long celebration of the MMO icon, with more information on January 15th.