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BatMUD
BatMUD is a text-based medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online game with an extremely rich set of features - constantly in development since 1990.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“I finally feel compelled to write a review of BatMUD after all of my time spent with it, and the community. I will start this by saying that I began BatMUD with ZERO nostalgia factor involved (aside from Zork influence.) I am young, especially young for the MUD playerbases, but…”
— a player, Steam review · 479 hrs played“Great immersive text based Mud.”
— a player, Steam review · 402 hrs played“Font is too small on anything that is 1440 or over. I'm sure the game is great but you can play it for free on mud clients. I was hoping to play on this client since it makes things more smooth to play but, unfortunately, it is just too small to read anything.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-28. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
BatMUD game client v1.107 released
We're delighted to release v1.107 of our game client for the 34-year old BatMUD - an Internet legend in multiplayer hack'n slash style free world roaming text-based gaming. It's right now available fo
Hotfix to v1.106
Balanced Alternative Techniques ry ("B.A.T. ry") just released a hotfix to the version 1.106 of our game client for BatMUD on Steam for all of our currently supported platforms (Windows 64-bit and 32-
BatMUD game client v1.106 released
We're very proud to release yet another version of our beloved game client for BatMUD! It's available as both 64-bit and 32-bit builds on the Steam store for Windows and Linux. A codesigned MacOS vers
BatMUD game client v1.105 released
Finally! BatMUD game client v1.105 is out for Windows 64-bit and 32-bit, Linux 64-bit and 32-bit and of course Mac OS as well. Changelog (v1.105): Global font control! Change font size globally w/ a s
Update: Steam Cloud for BatMUD now allows 93 GB of storage space per user
We have extended the Steam Cloud storage from previous 943.45 MB to 93.12 GB for every BatMUD Steam game client player. Steam Cloud is best utilized for saving your game configuration/setup (and such
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Massively Multiplayer, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Massively Multiplayer · Text-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Multi-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://www.bat.org/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Any Processor: Any Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any (1024x768 minimum resolution) Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 256 MB available space Sound Card: n/a