Discworld MUD
Shares rank 11 of 15 MMORPGs by recommenders
A long-running free text game set in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, which many players have kept returning to for years.
A long-running free text game set in Terry Pratchett's Discworld, which many players have kept returning to for years.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 88%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
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
Long-term players keep returning for years
“Oh wow, the Discworld MUD was my mainstay in my early teens.”
Comment from 14 Nov 2025 in “Multi-User Dungeon (MUD)” “past ~7 years or so, i just log into discworld”
Comment from 8 Jan 2026 in “Play Aardwolf MUD” “still totally worth playing”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Can a MUD evaluate LLMs? A $99 proof of concept”
Other MMORPGs people recommend
The four most recommended other MMORPGs, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| World of Warcraft | 67 | 65 | 51% | 12 | 20 yrs5 owners | — |
| EVE Online | 52 | 23 | 69% | 11 | 11 yrs7 owners | Approved |
| Ultima Online | 44 | 5 | 90% | 9 | — | Approved |
| RuneScape | 35 | 18 | 66% | 8 | 20 yrs3 owners | — |
| Discworld MUDThis page | 7 | 1 | 88% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“still totally worth playing”
“past ~7 years or so, i just log into discworld”
“alas it will not let me type”
“Oh wow, the Discworld MUD was my mainstay in my early teens.”
“it still has the same community / tone, a small relic of what the internet used to be”
“I can't describe the excitement I felt on finding a game where the world continued when I was offline.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.