RuneScape features a real-time combat system. Combat is an important aspect of the game, allowing players to retrieve items or gold dropped by defeated creatures or players. Combat is subdivided into three main categories: melee, magic and ranged. Unlike most games in the MMORPG genre, RuneScape does not require players to choose a character class nor are players bound to a specific category of combat. They may freely change between the three styles of combat by switching weapons and armor.

RuneScape , a fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is a graphical browser game. Runescape game has approximately 10 million active accounts, and over 130 million registered accounts, and is recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's most popular free MMORPG. On June 1, all  those RuneScape members would be permitted to continue playing Classic who had logged in during the two-week period.