# angband/angband

A free, single-player roguelike dungeon exploration game

Repository: https://github.com/angband/angband
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/angband
Language: C
License Family: other
Topics: game, roguelike, c, angband
Last push: 2026-08-25T12:47:57+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 75/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 29, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5788, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 260, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1554, forks 391 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:03.002144+00:00)

## What it is
Angband is a free, single-player roguelike dungeon exploration game in the vein of Rogue and NetHack, using textual characters to represent dungeon walls, floors, and inhabitants. It is a long-running graphical dungeon adventure game written in C with active releases.

## Use cases
- play a classic roguelike dungeon crawler
- find a free single-player dungeon exploration game
- play a NetHack or Rogue alternative
- explore procedurally generated dungeons with permadeath
- study the source code of a long-running roguelike written in C

## When to choose
- you want a deep, traditional roguelike with decades of development
- you prefer turn-based single-player dungeon crawling
- you want a game that runs on many platforms including terminals

## When to avoid
- you want modern 3D graphics or real-time action
- you need a multiplayer or online game
- you want a casual short-session mobile game

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: game, gui, terminal-ui
- domain: gaming-tools, entertainment
- platform: cross-platform, windows, cli
- tags: roguelike, dungeon-crawler, single-player, c, open-source-game, game-development, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- angband/angband (main) score 75

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.002144+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:30:04.642148+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/angband/angband (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:03.002144+00:00, sha 5da527d39e75)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.