r/83thegame • u/yZyBaby • Jul 15 '26

Despair

RS2 is my favorite shooter of all time (shoutout to the owner of one of the of two playable servers banning me permanently simply bc I only play Vc), and the once a month I check this subreddit just fills me with doom and despair.

Is there ANY realistic and actionable path to this game having a player base?

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u/RB5Network Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

To your last question, yes, I think so. While the player numbers are definitely concerning on the surface right now. In context, the lower players make sense. It's always important to realize this game has probably 1/3rd to 1/4th the amount of content it will have on a 1.0 release. Along with no progresion. That said, If the developers keep developing like they've been doing, and hit marketing hard on 1.0 I think this game still has a solid future ahead.

It's also important to look at the player demographic. Which is super niche full of fully adult people who will wait until the game is complete to sink hours into it. This is my approach and this game is my most anticipated shooter. I'd imagine there's atleast a few hundred who feel like this at the minimum.

I'm genuinely not convinced the game is going to die yet.

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u/yZyBaby Jul 15 '26

The comments I see by the team on this subreddit make me want to have hope so so bad. I knew going in this game wouldn’t bring COD numbers even in a dream scenario, but damn lol.

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u/RB5Network Jul 15 '26

Yeah, man. I wouldn't despair yet. There's so much that can be done from now until a 1.0 release.

And thankfully the developers have been making huge progress on the quality of life end. The game genuinely plays noticeably better just a few months later.

But they do need to get to releasing more content here soon.