AI Dungeon
Ranked 2 of 3 text adventure games by recommenders
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.
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.
12 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 9
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 75%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 9 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Vast, unpredictable storytelling possibilities
“There was a whole human universe in there. You never knew what you could get it to spit out.”
Comment from 7 Jun 2026 in “What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI?” “It was the first time I'd seen something like that, and the wild implications felt clear.”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “What was your "Oh Shit" moment with GenAI?” Beloved GPT-3 era version
“I also miss the 2020 GPT-3 based AI Dungeon fine tune.”
Comment from 29 Aug 2026 in “GLM-5.3 is now open-weight” “AI Dungeon 2 was peak AI.”
Comment from 3 Dec 2025 in “AI agents break rules under everyday pressure”
Other text adventure games people recommend
The two most recommended other text adventure games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zork | 20 | 8 | 71% | 8 | — | Approved |
| AI DungeonThis page | 9 | 3 | 75% | 4 | — | — |
| Colossal Cave Adventure | 5 | 1 | 83% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
11 of the 12 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I also miss the 2020 GPT-3 based AI Dungeon fine tune.”
“the smaller ones seem to have some mixed reviews”
“basically found all the issues I mentioned in my original message”
“They are used by the https://play.aidungeon.com website”
“It's plenty interactive enough.”
“There was a whole human universe in there. You never knew what you could get it to spit out.”
“AI Dungeon was pretty cool, and harmless.”
“It was the first time I'd seen something like that, and the wild implications felt clear.”
“Do you remember any characters from playing AI dungeon a few years ago?”
“the game wasn't a lot of fun when there were basically NO rails”
“AI Dungeon 2 was peak AI.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.