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MUDs (Multi-User Dungeons) may not be as
popular as MMORPGs, but the genre still thrives. Most
MUDs are text-based, and usually offer more depth
than their MMO cousins. Furthermore, a large
majority of MUDs are free.
Free
Online RPGs
Free multiplayer online-only games with RPG
elements.
Free
MMORPGs
Check out free multiplayer games on a massive
scale.
MUDs
Realms
of Despair
The development grounds for the SMAUG code and
remains one of the most stable and popular MUDs.
RoD is newbie-friendly and has clans, guilds,
orders, and councils.
Wheel
of Time MUD
Text-based RPG based on Robert Jordan's
fantasy book series.
Gekkeiju
Online
Free fantasy MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) that
boasts 3D graphics.
Multi
Users in Middle Earth
Free text-based multiplayer RPG based J.R.R.
Tolkien's Middle Earth.
Achaea
Incredibly deep MUD that has been open to the
public since 1997.
Terra
Firma
Old school MUD (Multi User Dungeon) that tries to
capture your imagination with text and excellent
game-play instead of jaw-dropping graphics.
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Star
Wars MUD
Heavily modified MUD based on the vaunted Star
Wars universe.
Mozart
MUD
One of the oldest MUDs on the Internet.
Aetolia
Factions of darkness struggle against each other.
Medievia
Free text-based multi-player virtual environment
in which users play the role of a character in a
highly-developed Medieval fantasy realm.
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Kingdom
of Heroes
The game
world incorporates a living breathing city where
new stories and plots develop each hour. The
dungeons are sprawling and jam packed with
monsters, tricks, traps and puzzles. The land is
rich with quests that can take weeks to solve and
that link together to form epic stories.
Armed
Kingdom
Fantasy text game where players use armies of
elves, ogres, orcs, humans, wizards, and dwarves
to try to vanquish other players.
Lusternia
Text-based MUD set in a multi-planar universe
where factions battle over reservoirs of magical
energy.
Shadows
of Isildur
A roleplaying-intensive, completely free and
non-commercial Tolkien-based MUD.
The
World Called Hollow
Established web-based RPG where graphics
are replaced by intense role-playing.
Realms
of Chaos
Very long running
text-based online RPG.
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