Play Now — Rome: The Eternal City

We're currently in our Player Testing phase - the core game is complete and playable, and real players are exactly what we need. Found something broken or confusing once you're in? Type bug or idea in-game, or see the FAQ and Rules before you dive in.

What is a MUD?

Rome: The Eternal City is a roleplay-intensive MUD set during the peak of the Roman Empire. A MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) is a text-based online multiplayer game where players explore a shared world, roleplay characters, complete quests, and interact with other players in real time. Unlike modern graphical MMOs, MUDs rely on imagination, reading, and typing commands, offering a deeply narrative-driven experience.

Available Clients

There are several ways to connect to a MUD, each suited to different devices and preferences. Our own webclient runs directly in your browser with no setup - just click and play. Mudlet is a free desktop client with support for triggers, scripts, and mapping. MUSH clients are lightweight desktop clients for classic MUD/MUSH connections. MudRammer is a mobile/tablet app for iOS and Android.

Choose Your Client

Default: our own webclient - no download required, just click and play. You can also switch to other clients using the tabs.

Using a screen reader or braille display? Rome is plain text and works in any MUD client as well as the browser client. Type option SCREENREADER = on to drop decorative borders and prompt off to silence the status line after each command. Our testing with real screen readers is limited, so tell us what is hard and we will fix it - see the FAQ.

Web Client (Browser)

Play instantly in your browser - no download, no setup.

Open Web Client

Opens in a new tab. The web client runs entirely in your browser once it loads - nothing to install.