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Vulture for NetHack
Vulture for NetHack is an isometric graphical interface for the roguelike engine: NetHack.
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 reccomend this if you're new to the roguelike genre or maybe, like myself, can only immerse with good visual appeal. It's probably the best Nethack texture pack there is. But I would agree that it's sad that it doesn't get updated. I wouldn't call it a scam how all people call…”
— a player, Steam review · 116 hrs played“Current version crashes when fullscreened on Linux. Otherwise decent client for nethack.”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs played“How is this still legal? Do not support this! You can literally download this for free on the internet even with graphics. NetHack is a free open-source game. It is stated in the copying policies: "your modified NetHack or program containing parts of NetHack MUST remain freely…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.
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Latest official news
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NetHack 3.6.6 Update!
Finally! A long time coming ... NetHack 3.6.6 The underlying game engine, for NetHack, has been updated to the most recent version of NetHack bringing Vulture back up to date with the most recent unde
NetHack 3.6.0 has arrived!
NetHack 3.6.0 is now available to play. Also, there are some changes to NetHack 3.4.3 as well as Slash'EM - most significant being the change of the way the map looks (when pressing TAB) and the compl
NetHack 3.6.0 has arrived!
NetHack 3.6.0 is now available to play. Also, there are some changes to NetHack 3.4.3 as well as Slash'EM - most significant being the change of the way the map looks (when pressing TAB) and the compl
Vulture for Slash'EM is here!
The free DLC adding a second game engine, Vulture for Slashem, is now available ! Slash'EM, or, Super Lots of Added Stuff Hack with Extra Magic makes many changes to the base NetHack game, adding not
Vulture for Slash'EM is here!
The free DLC adding a second game engine, Vulture for Slashem, is now available ! Slash'EM, or, Super Lots of Added Stuff Hack with Extra Magic makes many changes to the base NetHack game, adding not
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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 | Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | Traditional Roguelike · RPG · Rogue-like · Procedural Generation · Isometric · Indie · Strategy · Difficult · Perma Death · Dungeon Crawler · Fantasy · Turn-Based (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture-for-nethack |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP or higher Processor: Celeron, Pentium or higher Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: Any graphics card Storage: 135 MB available space Sound Card: Optional Additional Notes: OpenGL will be required in the future