It debuted earlier this month with the Early Access version proved this formula is popular with RPG enthusiasts, having been downloaded more than 600,000 times on Steam as well as the two main marketplaces for Buy RS Gold apps on mobile. This far exceeded his initial hopes when Malcolm started out. Naturally, he had hopes that his game would be successful but there was no ‘endgame goal in mind.

“Luckily the excitement that drove those first few months has stayed with me throughout the years of development. And being the only person to collaborate closely with Jagex directly on this project is a dream come true,” he says. “I never imagined that I would eventually receive the backing of the same studio which inspired me in the first place.

Making the jump from hobbyist to fan project was obviously terrifying and yet, when I look back at where I’ve ended up and the help I’ve received since establishing Games by Malcs as an new studio, it’s definitely worked out for the best.”

Despite the close ties to Melvor Idle and RuneScape, and the direct involvement of Jagex The publisher chose to keep the game as an original IP and not launch it as an officially-licensed RuneScape spin-off. In part, this was recognition of the fact Malcolm had succeeded in a place that Jagex has failed.

“We considered the idea of creating some kind of idle RuneScape game some years ago when we launched RuneScape: Idle Adventures,” Pfeiffer tells. “In Alpha, we stopped development in order to concentrate effort on main RuneScape games.

We have always believed that RuneScape’s game has potential in the idle space , and Melvor Idle more than demonstrates that RuneScape is able to inspire an amazing idle game. However, Melvor Idle stands up on its own merits as well, as we wanted to remain as true to runescape gold cheap the original vision of Melvor Idle that Brendan initially had when he began creating this game.”