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xNetHack

xNetHack is a fork of the dungeon exploration game NetHack. It is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendant of the development version of NetHack 3.7. The main goals of xNetHack are to…

10 March 2018

xNetHack is a role-playing (rpg), released 10 March 2018 on DOS, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What xNetHack is

xNetHack was released in 2018. It is available on DOS, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

xNetHack is a fork of the dungeon exploration game NetHack. It is a distant descendent of Rogue and Hack, and a direct descendant of the development version of NetHack 3.7. The main goals of xNetHack are to take vanilla NetHack and: 1. Fix gameplay balance issues. 2. Remove tedious and frustrating parts of the game. 3. Make uninteresting parts of the game more interesting. 4. Experiment with new ideas from the community.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

xNetHack launched on 10 March 2018, within three weeks of Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out and Into the Breach.

Released around the same time: Far Cry 5, Sea of Thieves, A Way Out, Into the Breach.

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When did xNetHack come out?
xNetHack was released on 10 March 2018 for DOS, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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