It's summer once again, which means you can now grind bonus experience in a number of skills at The Beach, so long as you meet the incredibly low Runescape system requirements. Runescape has many in-depth gameplay mechanics, but it doesn't require complex or powerful hardware to play. In fact, the standard Runescape requirements look ancient in comparison to the recently released Runescape Dragonwilds.
Runescape is one of the best free PC games of all time, and there's never been a better time to jump back into either game with a new skill soon to debut in OSRS and major MTX changes due in RS3. Both Runescape 3 and Old School Runescape follow a similar set of system requirements, regardless of whether they are downloaded via Steam or the Jagex Launcher. If you're hesitant to start on OSRS, you can check out our guide to the best Old School Runescape settings, where we tell you how to massively improve the graphics of this 20+ year old game.
Here are the Runescape system requirements on PC:
| Runescape 3 specs | Old School Runescape specs | |
| OS | Windows Vista or higher (64-bit) | Windows Vista or higher (64-bit) |
| GPU | GeForce 400 Intel HD 4000 AMD Radeon 7000 |
GeForce 400 Intel HD 4000 AMD Radeon 7000 |
| CPU | Intel Core i3 2.4GHz or better AMD 2.4GHz or better |
Intel Core i3 2.4GHz or better AMD 2.4GHz or better |
| RAM | 8GB | 4GB |
| Storage | 8GB | 200MB |
The Runescape minimum requirements can be easily cleared by any gaming laptop or PC from the last decade. You only need an Intel Core i3 or AMD processor capable of 2.4 GHz or better.
As for graphics cards, you'll only need an Nvidia 400, Intel HD 4000, or AMD Radeon 7000 or better. All of these models are at least a decade old, so just about any Windows OS or macOS device with 8GB of RAM should be able to run Runescape 3, and 4GB of RAM for Old School Runescape.
Jagex has never published the official Runescape recommended specs. Fortunately, the game does have a built-in benchmark tool that can quickly choose performance settings based on your hardware.
Runescape's download size currently sits at 8GB for Runescape 3, and 200MB for Old School Runescape. You can install either game on an HDD or an SDD, but we don't necessarily recommend the best SSD for performance boosts for either game, as the benefits would be fractional at best.
Downloading Runescape outside of Steam requires installing the Jagex Installer, and the total download size is also dependent on whether you also have Old School Runescape installed.
Take our Runescape system requirements PC benchmark test to answer the question… Can I run Runescape?
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