# AI Dungeon

9 Hacker News commenters recommended AI Dungeon and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for open-ended text adventures that could produce almost anything, especially the early GPT-3 version. Critics point to a lack of rails that made it less fun.

## Why people recommend it

- Vast, unpredictable storytelling possibilities (2 comments): "There was a whole human universe in there. You never knew what you could get it to spit out." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48434042)) "It was the first time I'd seen something like that, and the wild implications felt clear." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48422749))
- Beloved GPT-3 era version (2 comments): "I also miss the 2020 GPT-3 based AI Dungeon fine tune." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49487842)) "AI Dungeon 2 was peak AI." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46132598))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Zork](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zork.md): 20 recommend
- [Colossal Cave Adventure](https://hackerapproved.com/p/colossal-cave-adventure.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://aidungeon.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AI Dungeon", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ai-dungeon/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).