Runescape: Idle Adventures is the Perfect Game to do Very Little in

Idle games are an interesting breed. The idea is generally to have a game in which you do very little. And we're not talking The Order 1886 here; these are games where they were designed that way from the ground up. Titles like Cookie Clicker and Cow Evolution see you clicking away on targets repeatedly for points, while others like Adventure Capitalist and Clicker Heroes see you clicking on buttons to start progress bars running in order to click more buttons. They are very much minimalist experiences. As a genre that started as a joke, they have done pretty well for themselves since.

To celebrate the 15th anniversary of RuneScape, Jagex have teamed up with Adventure Capitalist creator Hyper Hippo to create an idle game as a spin off to their MMO. Called RuneScape: Idle Adventures, the game will see very little happening in a manner more akin to one of the earliest online RPGs.

Now in development at Hyper Hippo’s 25-strong studio in British Columbia, Canada, RuneScape: Idle Adventures is due to arrive this spring on Steam with mobile editions to follow. RuneScape: Idle Adventures marks the first time Jagex has worked with an external development partner to produce a new RuneScape-themed title.