About MUDVerse

Our history

MUDVerse began in 2007 after a group of text-game players found that many existing directories were difficult to search or no longer maintained. The project grew from a simple listing catalog into a community resource with rankings, player reviews, owner-managed listings, connectivity history, MSSP observations, and a public API.

The site remains independent of the games it lists. A listing, ranking position, connectivity result, or appearance in an editorial guide is not a paid endorsement. Advertising is displayed separately and does not determine rankings or editorial inclusion.

How MUDVerse produces its information

• Listings: Game owners and community members submit descriptive information, tags, connection settings, websites, and community links. Owners can claim and update listings.
• Rankings: Monthly rankings reflect visitor votes subject to one vote per visitor per rolling 24 hours. They are not editorial scores and do not represent verified population or universal quality.
• Connectivity: Automated checks attempt to reach published MUD hosts. “Confirmed Online” and active-game pages use disclosed time windows; web-only games are excluded because their websites are not tested.
• Player observations: When a game publishes MSSP data, MUDVerse may display recent player-count observations. Missing samples are not treated as zero players.
• Editorial research: Guides and comparisons are checked against official project pages, stores, documentation, or release repositories where possible. Time-sensitive pages display a review date and disclose relevant relationships.

Methods and limitations are published near claims that depend on MUDVerse data. See the ranking methodology, active-game methodology, and MUD client research notes for details.