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Steam app 616920 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:36 UTC

BatMUD

BatMUD is a text-based medieval fantasy massively multiplayer online game with an extremely rich set of features - constantly in development since 1990.

BatMUD Steam header artwork
Antti A. Luostarinen, Emil Nilimaa, Niklas Lindroos, Matti A. Virtanen, Riku-Ville Mäkelä, Lauri Holmas, Polar Night Software Sp. z o.o.Balanced Alternative Techniques ry
41playing now
5424-hour peak
73all-time peak
31average, last 30 days

The last 30 days

+1.4Gain+4.74%% gain57Peak

718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.

01531466213 Aug18 Aug23 Aug28 Aug02 Sep07 Sep12 SepThursday 13 August 202623 peakFriday 14 August 202649 peakSaturday 15 August 202640 peakSunday 16 August 202647 peakMonday 17 August 202644 peakTuesday 18 August 202649 peakWednesday 19 August 202643 peakThursday 20 August 202656 peakFriday 21 August 202646 peakSaturday 22 August 202644 peakSunday 23 August 202648 peakMonday 24 August 202650 peakTuesday 25 August 202651 peakWednesday 26 August 202646 peakThursday 27 August 202650 peakFriday 28 August 202646 peakSaturday 29 August 202640 peakSunday 30 August 202641 peakMonday 31 August 202646 peakTuesday 01 September 202650 peakWednesday 02 September 202642 peakThursday 03 September 202647 peakFriday 04 September 202638 peakSaturday 05 September 202647 peakSunday 06 September 202649 peakMonday 07 September 202657 peakTuesday 08 September 202644 peakWednesday 09 September 202650 peakThursday 10 September 202652 peakFriday 11 September 202652 peakSaturday 12 September 202654 peak
Daily peakEvery hourly sample

All time

83 months, November 2019 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.

0203959792019202020222023202420252026November 201933 monthly peakDecember 201949 monthly peakJanuary 202044 monthly peakFebruary 202044 monthly peakMarch 202040 monthly peakApril 202058 monthly peakMay 202051 monthly peakJune 202041 monthly peakJuly 202042 monthly peakAugust 202045 monthly peakSeptember 202042 monthly peakOctober 202052 monthly peakNovember 202055 monthly peakDecember 202053 monthly peakJanuary 202152 monthly peakFebruary 202150 monthly peakMarch 202154 monthly peakApril 202168 monthly peakMay 202158 monthly peakJune 202143 monthly peakJuly 202138 monthly peakAugust 202142 monthly peakSeptember 202146 monthly peakOctober 202145 monthly peakNovember 202140 monthly peakDecember 202149 monthly peakJanuary 202252 monthly peakFebruary 202250 monthly peakMarch 202244 monthly peakApril 202249 monthly peakMay 202252 monthly peakJune 202245 monthly peakJuly 202236 monthly peakAugust 202246 monthly peakSeptember 202251 monthly peakOctober 202247 monthly peakNovember 202250 monthly peakDecember 202260 monthly peakJanuary 202350 monthly peakFebruary 202346 monthly peakMarch 202347 monthly peakApril 202360 monthly peakMay 202347 monthly peakJune 202346 monthly peakJuly 202340 monthly peakAugust 202343 monthly peakSeptember 202353 monthly peakOctober 202345 monthly peakNovember 202348 monthly peakDecember 202357 monthly peakJanuary 202460 monthly peakFebruary 202455 monthly peakMarch 202452 monthly peakApril 202467 monthly peakMay 202457 monthly peakJune 202450 monthly peakJuly 202446 monthly peakAugust 202451 monthly peakSeptember 202449 monthly peakOctober 202450 monthly peakNovember 202452 monthly peakDecember 202463 monthly peakJanuary 202563 monthly peakFebruary 202559 monthly peakMarch 202555 monthly peakApril 202563 monthly peakMay 202565 monthly peakJune 202563 monthly peakJuly 202561 monthly peakAugust 202550 monthly peakSeptember 202553 monthly peakOctober 202561 monthly peakNovember 202563 monthly peakDecember 202573 monthly peakJanuary 202668 monthly peakFebruary 202671 monthly peakMarch 202664 monthly peakApril 202672 monthly peakMay 202665 monthly peakJune 202655 monthly peakJuly 202648 monthly peakAugust 202656 monthly peakSeptember 202657 monthly peak
Monthly peak

The last four months

Show:

The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.

015314662July 2026August 2026September 2026October 2026July 202648 peak — daily detail belowAugust 202656 peak — hourly detail belowSeptember 202657 peak — hourly detail below
Monthly peakHas finer data

July 2026

31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.

01326395201 Jul06 Jul11 Jul16 Jul21 Jul26 Jul31 JulWednesday 01 July 202641 peakThursday 02 July 202647 peakFriday 03 July 202641 peakSaturday 04 July 202637 peakSunday 05 July 202642 peakMonday 06 July 202648 peakTuesday 07 July 202644 peakWednesday 08 July 202637 peakThursday 09 July 202640 peakFriday 10 July 202641 peakSaturday 11 July 202644 peakSunday 12 July 202641 peakMonday 13 July 202644 peakTuesday 14 July 202635 peakWednesday 15 July 202637 peakThursday 16 July 202645 peakFriday 17 July 202645 peakSaturday 18 July 202640 peakSunday 19 July 202645 peakMonday 20 July 202646 peakTuesday 21 July 202644 peakWednesday 22 July 202646 peakThursday 23 July 202641 peakFriday 24 July 202642 peakSaturday 25 July 202636 peakSunday 26 July 202645 peakMonday 27 July 202644 peakTuesday 28 July 202644 peakWednesday 29 July 202642 peakThursday 30 July 202647 peakFriday 31 July 202642 peak

August 2026

31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 434 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.

01530456001 Aug06 Aug11 Aug16 Aug21 Aug26 Aug31 AugSaturday 01 August 202638 peakSunday 02 August 202645 peakMonday 03 August 202652 peakTuesday 04 August 202648 peakWednesday 05 August 202643 peakThursday 06 August 202642 peakFriday 07 August 202639 peakSaturday 08 August 202636 peakSunday 09 August 202639 peakMonday 10 August 202642 peakTuesday 11 August 202650 peakWednesday 12 August 202646 peakThursday 13 August 202645 peakFriday 14 August 202649 peakSaturday 15 August 202640 peakSunday 16 August 202647 peakMonday 17 August 202644 peakTuesday 18 August 202649 peakWednesday 19 August 202643 peakThursday 20 August 202656 peakFriday 21 August 202646 peakSaturday 22 August 202644 peakSunday 23 August 202648 peakMonday 24 August 202650 peakTuesday 25 August 202651 peakWednesday 26 August 202646 peakThursday 27 August 202650 peakFriday 28 August 202646 peakSaturday 29 August 202640 peakSunday 30 August 202641 peakMonday 31 August 202646 peak

September 2026

12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 284 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.

01531466201 Sep03 Sep05 Sep07 Sep09 Sep11 SepTuesday 01 September 202650 peakWednesday 02 September 202642 peakThursday 03 September 202647 peakFriday 04 September 202638 peakSaturday 05 September 202647 peakSunday 06 September 202649 peakMonday 07 September 202657 peakTuesday 08 September 202644 peakWednesday 09 September 202650 peakThursday 10 September 202652 peakFriday 11 September 202652 peakSaturday 12 September 202654 peak

October 2026

BatMUD was released on 19 Nov, 2019.

Not out yet.There is nothing to draw for this month.
Nothing here is interpolated or estimated; where a sample is missing the line is broken.

Game information

Updated 12 Sep 2026, 20:36 UTC
App ID
616920
Last updated
11 Aug 2024 build 15334551
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
19 Nov, 2019
Platforms
WindowsmacOSLinux
Download size
74 MB31 MB74 MB
Install size
232 MB116 MB239 MB
Genres
Massively Multiplayer, RPG
Game modes
Multi-player, MMO, PvP, Online PvP, Co-op, Online Co-op, Cross-Platform Multiplayer
Controller support
Unknown
Third-party account
character creation on BatMUD's website

Features & support

Steam features

Steam CloudFamily Sharing

Controllers & input

Accessibility

Popular tags

RPGMassively MultiplayerText-Based
About this gameFull description from Steam
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.)
Content & age ratingsSteam content notice · 2 regional ratings

Content notice

BatMUD contains hack n' slash features, therefore it has textual content where e.g. your character can attack and kill monsters or other beings. Sometimes these descriptions may be quite graphical, albeit in written form.

Regional ratings

DEJUS14Violência · Medo · Atos criminosos · Linguagem imprópria · Drogas lícitas
IGRS18Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya · Kekerasan · Horor
System requirementsMinimum and recommended hardware

Minimum

Minimum: OS: Any Processor: Any Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any (1024x768 minimum resolution) Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 256 MB available space Sound Card: n/a

Recommended

macOS

Minimum: OS: Any Processor: Any Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any (1024x768 minimum resolution) Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 256 MB available space Sound Card: n/a

Linux

Minimum: OS: Any Processor: Any Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Any (1024x768 minimum resolution) Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 256 MB available space Sound Card: n/a
Supported languages1 languages
LanguageFull audio
English

A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.

Screenshots & trailersScreenshots and trailers

Trailers

AchievementsTotal count and selected achievements

8 developer announcements, Nov 2019 to Aug 2024 · times in UTC

August

  1. BatMUD game client v1.107 released

    We're delighted to release v1.107 of our game client for the 34-year old BatMUD - an Internet legend in multiplayer hack'n slash style free world roaming text-based gaming. It's right now available for Windows and Linux (in 64-bit and…

    Axu

August

  1. Hotfix to v1.106

    Balanced Alternative Techniques ry ("B.A.T. ry") just released a hotfix to the version 1.106 of our game client for BatMUD on Steam for all of our currently supported platforms (Windows 64-bit and 32-bit, Linux 64-bit and 32-bit and MacOS).…

    Patch notes

July

  1. BatMUD game client v1.106 released

    We're very proud to release yet another version of our beloved game client for BatMUD! It's available as both 64-bit and 32-bit builds on the Steam store for Windows and Linux. A codesigned MacOS version is also available. Changelog…

    Axu

May

  1. BatMUD game client v1.105 released

    Finally! BatMUD game client v1.105 is out for Windows 64-bit and 32-bit, Linux 64-bit and 32-bit and of course Mac OS as well. Changelog (v1.105): Global font control! Change font size globally w/ a slider that adjusts (almost) all views…

    batry

November

  1. Update: Steam Cloud for BatMUD now allows 93 GB of storage space per user

    We have extended the Steam Cloud storage from previous 943.45 MB to 93.12 GB for every BatMUD Steam game client player. Steam Cloud is best utilized for saving your game configuration/setup (and such as scripts & triggers) in the Cloud in…

    Patch notes

October

  1. New playable race: The Harpy (and release of game client v1.103)

    {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35979769/01b2f20d214c813a4f338cb1d071090394c95312.png The lands around Shadowkeep are thriving, our villages growing into towns and towns into cities. Timber is in high demand, and although woodcutting trade is an arduous…

    Axu

April

  1. BatMUD; 30 years online on the Internet Today

    On the 14th of April in 1990, the Realm of our text-based fantasy game was born. Today, the harbinger of online gaming from Finland; BatMUD, has been online on the Internet for 30 years, keeping people at home. BatMUD turns 30 years old…

    batry

November

  1. BatMUD released on Steam

    After a massively long wait for the fans, BatMUD has now been made available on Steam store! This first release includes Windows, SteamOS and Linux versions. MacOS to follow later. Mudders and new players alike can now grab and purchase a…

    batry

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