BatMUD
Finnish-run medieval fantasy MUD online since 1990, with a huge open world, many guilds and races, and an optional graphical client on Steam.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Games Like Ancient Anguish
Multiplayer games that share genres, features and gameplay with Ancient Anguish, ordered by similarity.
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Alter Aeon
Fantasy MUD with free multiclassing across six classes, over 1,000 quests and strong support for blind and visually impaired players.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and character classes
DurisMUD
Full-loot PvP fantasy MUD where good and evil races wage a constant war across a surface world and the Underdark.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Realms of Despair
The original SMAUG MUD, a free medieval fantasy world open since 1994 with prestige classes, clans, orders and nations.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Carrion Fields
Hardcore, roleplay-required dark fantasy MUD with cabal faction wars, 21 races and 17 classes, entirely free with no paid perks.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Medievia
Free fantasy MUD from the early 1990s with a large wilderness, ships and an undersea world, dragons, trade caravans and player towns.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP and pvE
Genesis MUD
The first LPMud, created in Sweden in 1989 and still running as a free fantasy text adventure with races, guilds and crafting.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
DragonRealms
Skill-based fantasy text MMORPG from Simutronics, set in Elanthia, where characters advance through guilds and live GameMaster events.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
3Kingdoms
LPMud spanning fantasy, post-apocalyptic science and chaos realms around the town of Pinnacle, with 15+ guilds and 700+ areas.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Materia Magica
Fantasy MUD set in the world of Alyria, free to play with an optional subscription and a strong focus on screen reader accessibility.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and character classes
Aardwolf
Free fantasy MUD known for its large world, hundreds of quests, a custom client with maps, and a progression system built around levels and remorts.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and character classes
GemStone IV
Simutronics' flagship fantasy text MMORPG set in Elanthia, known for live GameMaster events and a lineage of games dating back to 1988.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and character classes
Starmourn
Free science fiction MUD from Iron Realms with customizable starships, space combat, a hacking skill tree and a cure-free combat system.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Discworld MUD
Fan-run, humorous text MUD set in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, with over a million rooms, seven guilds and player-made law.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Imperian
PvP-focused Iron Realms fantasy MUD, kept online in Legacy Mode since 2023 with open player conflict and no real-money purchases.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Threshold RPG
High fantasy MUD where roleplay is required and enforced, open since 1996 with guilds, religions, clans and player-made law.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Aetolia
Dark fantasy MUD from Iron Realms where vampires, necromancers and holy orders vie for control of a world in its Midnight Age.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Achaea
Long-running fantasy MUD from Iron Realms with city-state politics, a deep class roster and a combat system built around afflictions and cures.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Lusternia
Iron Realms fantasy MUD built around rival city-states and nature communes, yearly story arcs and a wide range of trade skills.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Federation 2
Text space trading game where players haul cargo, rise through ranks and eventually own and run their own planets.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvE
Sindome
Roleplay-required cyberpunk MOO set in a domed city in 2105, with permanent consequences and character-driven play.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP
4Story
A fantasy MMORPG centered on three-nation PvP, castle conquest and regional control in the land of Iberia.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
MU Online
One of the early Korean 3D MMORPGs, a medieval fantasy hunting game with heavy item upgrading and castle sieges.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds
Conquer Online
A long-running martial arts MMORPG from NetDragon, with Eastern myth settings, guild wars and class-based PvP.
- MMORPG
- RPG
Shared: MMORPG / RPG, with pvP, pvE and guilds