The game was launched in Buy RS Gold the month of April and even the Early Access version proved this formula is popular with RPG gamers, having been downloaded over 600,000 times across Steam and the major online mobile apps stores. This is far more than what Malcolm's expectations were when he began. Naturally, he had hopes that his strategy would succeed but it wasn't a 'endgame goal in mind.

"Luckily the joy that I felt in these early days is still with me during the past few years of development, and being working together with Jagex in direct collaboration on this is a dream come true," he says. "I didn't think I would eventually receive the support of the very studio which inspired me in the beginning.

The transition from hobby to fan venture was certainly a scary experience and yet, looking at the places I've been and the assistance I've received for establishing Games by Malcs as an emerging studio, it's definitely paid off for the best."

Despite the strong connection that existed between Melvor Idle and RuneScape, and the involvement direct of Jagex in the game, the publisher chose to keep the game an original IP instead of create the official RuneScape spin-off. This was in part recognition of the fact that Malcolm had achieved in cheap rs gold osrs the place Jagex did not.