# Discworld MUD Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/discworld-mud/ 7 people recommended Discworld MUD in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 4 of the 7 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)”. **Verdict:** A long-running free text game set in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, which many players have kept returning to for years. Summary written by Claude from 6 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Long-term players keep returning for years (3 comments in the sample): "Oh wow, the Discworld MUD was my mainstay in my early teens." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45925156)) "past ~7 years or so, i just log into discworld" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46541424)) "still totally worth playing" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49011265)) ## Other MMORPGs people recommend - [World of Warcraft](https://hackerapproved.com/p/world-of-warcraft/): 39 recommend, 22 mixed, 61 criticize - [EVE Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/eve-online/): 28 recommend, 18 mixed, 18 criticize - [RuneScape](https://hackerapproved.com/p/runescape/): 23 recommend, 11 mixed, 16 criticize - [Ultima Online](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ultima-online/): 21 recommend, 4 mixed, 4 criticize ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "Discworld MUD", https://hackerapproved.com/p/discworld-mud/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.