Stendhal
A fun, friendly, and free multiplayer online adventure game with old school feel.

Stendhal is a free, open-source multiplayer online role-playing game (MORPG) featuring a rich world with cities, forests, dungeons, and monsters to fight. Players can complete quests, interact with NPCs, and progress their characters in a classic 2D adventure setting. The source code is publicly available, allowing community members to contribute their own ideas and content.
Players create an account, download the client, and explore a persistent online world where they can fight monsters, complete quests, and interact with other players and NPCs.
Fans of classic 2D multiplayer role-playing games and open-source contributors
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- free
- Company
- Arianne
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