MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic war between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples.



Mudlet is described as 'Freshly-minted MUD client, designed to take mudding to a new level' and is a Adventure Game in the development category. There are seven alternatives to Mudlet for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Web-based. The best Mudlet alternative is MUME, which is free. Other great apps like Mudlet are TinTin++, Text Fiction, BlowTorch and MUSHclient.
MUME, Multi-Users in Middle-earth, is a multiplayer text-based online game based upon J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth during the epic war between the forces of the Dark Lord and the armies of the Free peoples.



TinTin++, aka tt++, is a free MUD client for Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows. The Windows port named WinTin++ (using the PuTTY derived mintty terminal) is available for those who do not use Cygwin (A Linux/Unix emulator for Windows) and runs on Windows Xp, Windows Vista, and...




With interactive fiction novels you're more than just a passive book reader, following the adventures of the hero. Instead, you become the hero! Explore the world, make decissions and ultimately decide on the outcome.



BlowTorch is a basic telnet client that supports the following features that people find helpful for playing MUDs.


32-bit MUD/telnet client, supporting ANSI color, macros, triggers, scripting in LUA, built-in timers, MXP and MCCP support. MUSHclient is user friendly, and quite a powerful MU* client.


Are you tired of the constant grind of the graphical MMO games? Tired of paying monthly subscription fees? Try playing one of the hundreds of free text-based adventure games on the Internet using CMUD: The fastest and most versatile MUD client from the creator of zMUD.



Mudlet is for connecting to MUDs while Text Fiction is for singleplayer interactive fiction.