Based on our record, NetHack should be more popular than Starbound. It has been mentiond 22 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Prior to 3.1.x the dat subdirectory didn't exist yet but data.base was present somewhere, possibly in the src subdirectory instead. I don't know whether it goes as far back as hack 1.x or even nethack 2.x. The source code for a bunch of old versions is present at https://nethackwiki.com/ but I'm not sure whether the data files are all there too. The source code for the most recent released version (3.6.7) is... Source: 12 months ago
I am not sure what extra benefits the Steam version has, but the game is available for free either as download on nethack.org, or to play online at something like alt.org/nethack or hardfought.org. Source: about 1 year ago
You don't even need two people to play D&D, Nethack is great! Source: about 1 year ago
I've always been fond of the last quote on nethack.org. Source: about 1 year ago
It was discussed here last fall, when the home page for nethack.org was updated to mention it. The blurb includes a few other tiny screen shots and says the exhibit is scheduled to be open until mid-July. Source: about 1 year ago
Terraria - This classic title has been around for a very long time. It's a game about exploration, base building, and adventuring in a sand box world filled with bosses. I haven't played much of Terraria, but if I remembered correctly, there are various classes you can choose to build your character into, such as a summoner, wizard, melee/dps, etc.. Another game with a similar element of play, but focusing more... Source: over 1 year ago
There's also something like Terraria and Starbound if you enjoy going on adventures with a bit of a RPG element as well as building. Source: over 1 year ago
Starbound has one of the best soundtracks of any video game I've played. Source: over 1 year ago
Starbound: Includes a race called The Glitch, a medieval society of robots created by persons unknown in an experiment to understand how societies form. I'm not actually sure if the post-beta builds did anything with that lore, but nevertheless you can play as one and find settlements of them out in space. Source: over 1 year ago
Terraria and Starbound (also great titles to play) is a pixel RPG adventure with build elements. Most of it is focused on the adventure/RPG with the building being a minor element to the game. Source: almost 2 years ago
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