# BatMUD

Summer DB entity ID: 8aa1ac97\-78ae\-4348\-96e6\-6d2faf8ef382

Steam App ID: 616920

Disclaimer about BatMUD   BatMUD is  a text\-based game , hence buyer discretion is advised\! All graphics in this game are solely for enhancing/supporting the text\-gaming experience \(read: this game does not contain graphics\)\.     TL;DR  BatMUD is pure text\. Yes, ASCII\-characters, words and even elaborate sentences\. Like a book that you interact with\. However, it's not a multiple choice book but more of an open\-ended choice\. Play as you like, alone or with hundreds of others simultaneously online\.   About the Game  There's a MUD on Steam\.   Forge artifacts of power\. Sail to faraway lands\. Build a city in your name\.  Establish your legacy\. Perish, and be born anew\.  See guilds fall, races become extinct \- or be one to nurture them\.  Explore the realm and roam free\.  Hone your craft, by forge or by arcane arts, and empower yourself \- or others, for a price\.  \-\-  BatMUD is a text\-based medieval fantasy game with an extremely rich set of features\.  We offer a significant player to player commerce system; and experienced players can build their own items, including seafaring vessels and even cities\. Play anything you wish; build your character, reincarnate\. Find locked races and establish secret societies\. Enjoy the massive open realm, roam free\. Create, trade, quest, amass wealth and equipment\. Make friends within the vibrant and colourful player community\.  A detailed combat system, familiars, mounts and hundreds of custom zones built over 25 years\. Constantly evolving, always under further development\. BatMUD is the predecessor of MMOs and a hidden jewel of the Internet\.  Come, become a newbie once again\.   \(This store item is a 'MUD client' for playing BatMUD\. You can also play the game online without this game client\.\)

## Game information

- Type: game

- 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

- Release date: Nov 19, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Massively Multiplayer, RPG

- Categories: Multi\-player, MMO, PvP, Online PvP, Co\-op, Online Co\-op, Cross\-Platform Multiplayer, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows, mac, linux

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/616920/ss\_890ebdfb67fd326facb2664cd51714b01012a1e6\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700655180, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/616920/ss\_5750e4829113a8c70daea288dd810bb6d55133df\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700655180, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/616920/ss\_b39eccf984e67b970449a898df8894c715ec2058\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700655180, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/616920/ss\_614cbda962d4a6720218d83aa723cd78ac5c46c2\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700655180, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/616920/ss\_48a4193d9691e9fe5bae8e73cafe4edca5629b40\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1700655180

- Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 35

- Steam review count: 191

- Steam positive reviews: 162

- Steam negative reviews: 29

- Steam positive percentage: 84.81675392670157%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}

## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/8aa1ac97-78ae-4348-96e6-6d2faf8ef382/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/8aa1ac97-78ae-4348-96e6-6d2faf8ef382/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T20:51:03\.271969\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T20:51:06\.562927\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T20:51:06\.303352\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

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