NetHack
The home of NetHack, the classic roguelike dungeon-crawling game.
NetHack is a classic, free, open-source roguelike dungeon-crawling game with a decades-long history. Players navigate procedurally generated dungeons in ASCII, facing permadeath and deep game mechanics. The project is maintained by a volunteer development team and supports multiple platforms including Windows, Linux, Amiga, and Atari.
Players download and run the game on their platform of choice, exploring procedurally generated dungeons in a text/ASCII interface with turn-based gameplay.
roguelike game enthusiasts and retro computing fans
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- free
- Company
- The NetHack DevTeam
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