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Rune Classic

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4.4/5

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4.4

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Rune Classic
Description
The classic Viking third-person hack-and-slash melee action game is now available on GOG! This release, known as Rune Classic, contains the original Rune content, plus the multiplayer expansion pack Halls of Valhalla. Play the epic single player campaign with new monsters imported from Rune Viking W...
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4.4/5

( 75 Reviews )

4.4

75 Reviews

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Product details
2000, Human Head Studios, ...
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista / 7, Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.0 GHz / AMD AthlonXP 2200+, 2 GB RAM, nVidia GeForce 660...
Time to beat
9 hMain
11 h Main + Sides
12.5 h Completionist
9.5 h All Styles
Description
The classic Viking third-person hack-and-slash melee action game is now available on GOG! This release, known as Rune Classic, contains the original Rune content, plus the multiplayer expansion pack Halls of Valhalla. Play the epic single player campaign with new monsters imported from Rune Viking Warlord or jump online to challenge your friends in 4 challenging multi player modes.
  • Includes Rune and the Halls of Valhalla expansion.
  • Experience multiplayer in vicious, fun "up close and personal" melee action with swords, maces, hammers, and axes (or your opponent's head or arm).
  • Includes Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Arena and Headball.
  • New enemies added- Frost Giants, Skeletons and Hell Hounds from Rune Viking Warlord.

© 2000-2012 Human Head Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Rune and Character names and likenesses are registered trademarks of Human Head Studios, Inc.

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soundtrack (WAV) soundtrack (OGG) manual Rune Role Playing Game Rune Gold (original version)
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
9 hMain
11 h Main + Sides
12.5 h Completionist
9.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2000-11-18T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
1.4 GB

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Posted on: September 6, 2025

zad-fr

Verified owner

Games: 180 Reviews: 1

Decent for it's time

I wanted to play this back in the day as a teenager (mainly due to the badass box art to be honest) but never had a chance to. That is now fixed. Game is still enjoyable with some well done moments and a nice viking vibe, but I found the combats unfortunately quite uninteresting, with not much tactics involved. In my opinion if not for the nostalgia or curiosity there is not much of an argument to come back and play this instead of one of your regular games.


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Posted on: November 17, 2014

jgh97

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 1

Underrated masterpiece !

Do yourself a favour and buy this game, it's a great classic :)


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Posted on: June 15, 2015

darksx

Verified owner

Games: 155 Reviews: 1

Rune Coop Mod

Hey everyone, if you really like the game, then let me know. I can send you my Coop mod we created for the game years ago when this game first came out. You can play with up to 4 players Coop. Here are the fixed mod files, just replace your coop.int and coop.u under the RuneSystem folder: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74196244/Coo..._Easy_Mode.rar http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74196244/Coo...edium_Mode.rar http://dl.dropbox.com/u/74196244/Coo..._Hard_Mode.rar Enjoy, Dark


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Posted on: July 11, 2025

whatsthatsmell

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Games: 111 Reviews: 2

Just as good as I remember

This game actually holds up well for how old it is. It plays well and can play in fullscreen and windowed. Good throwback


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Posted on: June 12, 2020

AmethystViper

Verified owner

Games: 242 Reviews: 8

Do not buy this version

I don't know what the developers did to this game, both Rune Classic and Rune Gold that is included with the further's purchase, but for some stupid reason these games either have major glitches, or in the case of Rune Gold, will not even work anymore on modern systems. What we have here are two broken and even an unplayable game. These games used to work fine years ago, but nowadays they are just not willing to work anymore on modern systems and it doesn't seem like the developers care to even fix this game. What makes these even worse is that GOG was the ONLY way to get Rune Gold since Steam does not include it with Rune Classic, yet this current build of Rune Gold doesn't even work anymore. Ironic since GOG was supposed to be about bringing older games back to current systems in DRM-free form... Do not waste your money on this release.


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