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BatMUD

BatMUD

BatMUD is a text-based medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online game with an extremely rich set of features - constantly in development since 1990.

Released Nov 19, 2019 Developer Antti A. Luostarinen, Emil Nilimaa, Niklas Lindroos, Matti A. Virtanen, Riku-Ville Mäkelä, Lauri Holmas, Polar Night Software Sp. z o.o. Publisher Balanced Alternative Techniques ry Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux RPGMassively MultiplayerText-Based
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-09-28)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.

84.8%positive191 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Great immersive text based Mud.”

— a player, Steam review · 402 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“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 played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

73all-time peak
0 25 50 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 42 avg · Jan 2026

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.

$4.99current · sampled 2026-09-28 23:18 UTC
$4.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-28
US4.99 USD
EU4.99 EUR
UK3.99 GBP
Australia7.50 AUD
Canada5.69 CAD
Japan520 JPY
Brazil10.89 BRL
China22.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$2.1 China Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$5.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-28). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 11, 2024
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

Aug 30, 2023
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-

Jul 10, 2023
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

May 24, 2023
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

Nov 23, 2022
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

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.

GenresMassively Multiplayer, RPG
Player tagsRPG · Massively Multiplayer · Text-Based (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesMulti-player · MMO · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Cross-Platform Multiplayer · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish
Official sitehttps://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