▸ A Hardcore Crime MUD
"You start at the bottom. The only way out is through."
An AI-driven crime MUD inspired by Dope Wars and Sim Gangster. You arrive with nothing — a few crumpled bills and a name nobody knows yet. Buy low, sell high, build your empire, and watch the city react to every move you make.
Six districts. Three factions. One city that remembers every move you make.
Eight substances, six districts, prices that drift every five minutes. Spot the arbitrage, move fast, and don't get caught holding when the market turns. This is how you go from broke to paid.
Rob, deal, and fight — but every crime raises your heat. Five wanted stars later you're dodging patrol stops, outrunning police chases, and pricing out bail. Too hot, and bounty hunters start tracking you across the city.
NPCs remember your history. The city newspaper reports on player actions. Story arcs evolve based on your choices. The LLM narrates — but code decides every outcome.
Three criminal organizations fight for control of the city's six districts. Align with one, play them against each other, or go independent and take territory for yourself.
Rent a safehouse, upgrade its security, stash your contraband. Recruit crew through a Fixer, send them on jobs, and have them guard your operation while you're out building the empire.
Serious crimes don't fade. Victims retaliate — stash raids, hideout attacks, informant betrayals — and the worst spawn avengers: persistent hunters who track you across the city.
Play in your browser with a clean noir interface: a live HUD tracking your cash, heat, HP and district, event alerts as they happen — and everything else one quick command away. Works great on a phone.
Register for free. No download required — the game runs entirely in your browser via the web client, or connect via any telnet/MUD client to lowlifecity.xyz:4000.
You start in Downtown with a small stake and nothing else.
Check prices with price, buy low with
buy <drug> <qty>, and travel to
other districts with go <district>.
Launder your dirty cash, rent a hideout, recruit crew, align with a faction, and start taking territory. The city reacts to everything — and so do the other players.
Every crime you commit raises your heat level (0–100). Manage it or face the consequences.
None of them are looking for a partner — they're looking for someone expendable. Prove yourself and that changes.
The old-money mafia. They've run this city for decades, operating out of upscale fronts in Downtown and Uptown. Organized, well-connected, and they don't tolerate amateurs.
A street gang that grew up around the docks. They control the import pipelines — anything that comes in by boat pays them a cut. Rough, numerous, and fiercely territorial.
A loose coalition of dealers, hustlers, and fixers who operate out of the entertainment district. Less organized than the others but well-connected and adaptable.