Best MUD Games: Current Player Rankings
Top 55 Ranked Games
Compare the games receiving the most support from MUDVerse visitors during the current month.
Aardwolf
Aardwolf Mud is based in the fantasy world of Andolor where magic is common.
Harshlands
Harshlands is a free, low fantasy, high magic medieval skill-based MUD set on the secluded Hârn Isle
Moral Decay
A living, breathing world of shadow and conflict. Choose your path, and discover what lurks in the darkness.
Icesus MUD
⚡ Free fantasy MUD since 1995: 20-50 online, active wizards, custom Mudlet package, and instant web client.
DragonBall: Infinity
DragonBall: Infinity is one of the longest running DB themed MUDs.
Abandoned Realms
Fantasy setting, RP enforced, PK encouraged, completely FREE, constantly updated, inclusive community!
DartMUD
A classic, complex, and brutal experience over 30 years in the making!
Sindome: Cyberpunk Roleplaying
Sindome is a cyberpunk environment that rewards roleplaying over stat grinding.
Astaria
Some MUDs disappeared. ~ Astaria didn't. ~ Spawning dragons since 1994.
NexusRPG WEB ONLY
One character. Eight Classes. Build, craft and explore a persistent fantasy world in your browser. 18+.
Shadowrealm: Age of Darkness WEB ONLY
A dark fantasy browser RPG: crimes, jailbreaks, PvP, arena seasons, city bosses and guilds in a ruined realm.
MUME - Multi-Users in Middle-earth
A free PvP MUD based upon The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. Join the epic war between Sauron and the West.
Grimwych WEB ONLY
A character-driven dark fantasy RP where strangers wake in a lake and discover they cannot leave Grimwych...
Geas
A unique RPI MUD with a rich world and an unmatched combat system. Class-less, level-less and sophisticated.
Nightmist Legacy WEB ONLY
A browser reboot of the classic MUD Nightmist — real-time combat, clans and PvP. Now in Open Beta.
The Two Towers MUD
A free, text-based multiplayer online RPG set entirely within Tolkien's world of Middle-earth.
Elysium RPG
Free-to-play and a level-less player progression are hallmarks of Elysium.
Sundering Shadows
Lovers of Pathfinder and D&D will feel right at home in this heavily customizable fantasy setting.
GemStone IV WEB ONLY
Join thousands in the rich world of GemStone IV, the oldest and largest persistent massively multiplayer MUD!
The Forest's Edge
Medieval fantasy theme, grind to boost stats with rare gear and remorts. Botting legal. RP not enforced.
The Inquisition: Legacy
The Inquisition: Legacy is an RP Focused game started in 1999 with an original, dark fantasy theme.
TempusMUD
Play as a time-travelling adventurer in a world of ancient magic and futuristic technology.
Mortals and Monsters
Roleplay-driven MUD in the world of Supernatural. Hunters, vampires, angels, demons share one Earth.
The Land of Karchan WEB ONLY
Karchan is a fantasy MUD with many areas to explore, a full pantheon, and quests to fill the gaps between rps.
CyberASSAULT
Pain slams into you as you open your eyes. The radioactive desert sands blister your skin and...
Cooldown MMO WEB ONLY
Free browser fantasy MMO. Cooldown actions: explore Sunveld & Amberfall, fight, gather, craft, dungeons, exped
End of the Line
Two Rules:
1) have fun
2) don't piss off someone bigger than you
Northern Crossroads
Northern Crossroads is a MUD or Multi-User Dungeon. It is a multiplayer real-time virtual text based world.
Radiant Heart MUSH
Radiant Heart MUSH - A Magical Girl/Mahou Shoujo Themed MUSH
Iron & Velvet
Beyond the rain-slicked glass, is a city where power is earned and pleasure is currency.
Dark Knights Remorted
Dark Knights Remorted is a fork of the classic Dark Pawns. Check out the new class Necromancer.
Midnight, Equestria
A co-operative, slice-of-life, dungeon-crawling MUD set in the world of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic!
Dreams of the Fallen
A persistent multiplayer fantasy world built around exploration, discovery and character progression
ClamberMUD
Climb a deadly tower before your timer runs out, live on a show nobody agreed to be on. Permadeath, open PvP.
DurisMUD: The Land of Bloodlust
1995 racewar PK MUD: good vs evil, full player killing. Full wipe 28 Oct 2026, everyone starts at level 1.
Realms of Simulacra
The world is a simulation. The monsters still bite. Jack in, level up and claim your place in the Realms.
Tirradyn
The realm of Tirradyn has been an active and role-play intensive wonder of words.
Dragon's Exodus
Long standing Fantasy MUD with a custom work and class/leveling system
Beyond TOS
TrekMUSH for people addicted to such games back in the day to get together and maybe build something
Divinity Wars
Divinity Wars is a long-form game where every hunt, quest, upgrade, and market decision determines outcome.
Rites of Passage MUD
PvP, PvPvE, Good vs Evil, Professions, Extensive Remort Options, 18000+ rooms, 80+ zones, Quests, Achievements
NukeFire
Post apocalyptic, some Lovecraft, some pop culture, permanent tattoos and implants, huge world. Great people!
Dark-Legacy MUD
If you like deep roguelikes and rich features and an active discord, this is the game for you!
Darker Realms
Darker Realms is a huge MUD, the oldest continually running LPMud in the US.
EmpireMUD
Gather, build, craft, and RULE on a huge, persistent world map -- or explore exciting hand-crafted adventures!
Procedural Realms
Casual hack and slash, looting, crafting, and turn-based combat
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