Best MUD Games: Current Player Rankings
Top 44 Ranked Games
Compare the games receiving the most support from MUDVerse visitors during the current month.
Abandoned Realms
Fantasy setting, RP enforced, PK encouraged, completely FREE, constantly updated, inclusive community!
Harshlands
Harshlands is a free, low fantasy, high magic medieval skill-based MUD set on the secluded Hârn Isle
Aardwolf
Aardwolf Mud is based in the fantasy world of Andolor where magic is common.
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.
Astaria
Some MUDs disappeared. ~ Astaria didn't. ~ Spawning dragons since 1994.
DragonBall: Infinity
DragonBall: Infinity is one of the longest running DB themed MUDs.
DartMUD
A classic, complex, and brutal experience over 30 years in the making!
The Two Towers MUD
A free, text-based multiplayer online RPG set entirely within Tolkien's world of Middle-earth.
Sindome: Cyberpunk Roleplaying
Sindome is a cyberpunk environment that rewards roleplaying over stat grinding.
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.
NexusRPG WEB ONLY
One character. Eight Classes. Build, craft and explore a persistent fantasy world in your browser. 18+.
Geas
A unique RPI MUD with a rich world and an unmatched combat system. Class-less, level-less and sophisticated.
Whispering Winds WEB ONLY
A moon-sized Wind Chime has fallen out of tune. Explore, fight, and restore the harmony.
Nightmist Legacy WEB ONLY
A browser reboot of the classic MUD Nightmist — real-time combat, clans and PvP. Now in Open Beta.
Elysium RPG
Free-to-play and a level-less player progression are hallmarks of Elysium.
Rites of Passage MUD
PvP, PvPvE, Good vs Evil, Professions, Extensive Remort Options, 18000+ rooms, 80+ zones, Quests, Achievements
The Inquisition: Legacy
The Inquisition: Legacy is an RP Focused game started in 1999 with an original, dark fantasy theme.
Sundering Shadows
Lovers of Pathfinder and D&D will feel right at home in this heavily customizable fantasy setting.
Cooldown MMO WEB ONLY
Free browser fantasy MMO. Cooldown actions: explore Sunveld & Amberfall, fight, gather, craft, dungeons, exped
Darker Realms
Darker Realms is a huge MUD, the oldest continually running LPMud in the US.
The Forest's Edge
Medieval fantasy theme, grind to boost stats with rare gear and remorts. Botting legal. RP not enforced.
CyberASSAULT
Pain slams into you as you open your eyes. The radioactive desert sands blister your skin and...
The Mud With No Name
A heavily modified diku engine with many quests and tasks to complete, and tons of gear and items to find!
Dark Pawns
Dark Pawns is a fantasy MUD first opened in 1994, preserved and running again.
TempusMUD
Play as a time-travelling adventurer in a world of ancient magic and futuristic technology.
Fablerift WEB ONLY
Browser MUD, no install. Seven regions with weather and day/night, crafting, dungeons, guilds and housing.
The Garden
A philosophical multiplayer RPG where arguments replace combat, beliefs shape your journey, and secrets await.
Grimwych WEB ONLY
A character-driven dark fantasy RP where strangers wake in a lake and discover they cannot leave Grimwych...
Iron & Velvet
Beyond the rain-slicked glass, is a city where power is earned and pleasure is currency.
Northern Crossroads
Northern Crossroads is a MUD or Multi-User Dungeon. It is a multiplayer real-time virtual text based world.
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!
ThresholdRPG
Fantasy roleplaying game with required roleplay and limited PK.
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