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title: "iNethack2 - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: ""NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Your goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and escape the Mazes of Menace alive."  --  iNethack2 is an iOS p"
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# iNethack2 — United States

![iNethack2 App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/d3/2f/d9/d32fd9ce-3b6f-3487-94d5-de718f548562/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-10-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Future Shock Software](https://apptail.io/developer/future-shock-software-nPpc)
**Category:** Games
**Rating:** 4.4/5 (148 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.futureshocksoftware.inethack2
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 2.1.5 (released 2025-03-24)
**Original Release:** 2015-02-27
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id962114968)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/inethack2-OOOc/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/inethack2-OOOc/united-states)

## iNethack2 Description
"NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game. Your goal is to grab as much treasure as you can, retrieve the Amulet of Yendor, and escape the Mazes of Menace alive."

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iNethack2 is an iOS port of Nethack 3.6.7. 
Original port in 2009 by Dirk Zimmermann which was called iNethack. 
Updated by Jeff King to work on modern devices, and renamed iNethack2.
Initial 3.6 update by Joe Doucette.
Various other contributions from the open source community.


iNethack2 features:
· 9 graphical tilesets (plus IBMGraphics mode, and regular ASCII mode in color and monochrome)
· 1 animated tileset: DawnHack Animated
· Touchscreen gesture controls: swipe to pan, pinch to zoom
· Customizable keyboard shortcut controls
· Hearse (bones file sharing) integration
· Works on iOS12+

Some facts about NetHack:
· The first version of NetHack was released in 1987
· NetHack was a roguelike before people used the term roguelike
· You can play NetHack for years and still make new discoveries
· NetHack is one of the greatest games of all time

## iNethack2 Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/50/6f/38/506f38bc-2652-2bfe-a526-e1c055200824/537a8491-23d3-4d23-898b-4d47a41ce874_01-IMG_9671.png/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/93/f6/4e/93f64ec6-aef6-3760-1d80-e183e070f8c6/ef0e0f79-e5df-45f0-95e5-06c418e961d9_02-IMG_9684.png/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/a3/13/6c/a3136cf6-390c-e45f-0cb5-d64b363e6376/dde90260-7146-4e62-b3aa-3aebf218cbe4_03-IMG_9674.png/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/95/d6/83/95d68342-5db3-9f16-d41e-2dd079540a2b/cb946f9b-382c-4912-adb8-4c9ae54b2812_IMG_2662.PNG/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/b4/6f/b7/b46fb7af-dbf2-56e1-521c-408270a0c6b0/49d36542-5367-4ef6-8c69-fd57761f4107_03-Nevanda.png/2688x1242.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/dc/20/32/dc203292-9920-0efb-9fd3-c1b6162c51f5/b3b33b95-5619-4eeb-99b8-498332c9fe23_04-IMG_9680.png/2688x1242.png)

## iNethack2 Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 102 (69%)
- 4 stars: 25 (17%)
- 3 stars: 9 (6%)
- 2 stars: 3 (2%)
- 1 stars: 9 (6%)

## iNethack2 Reviews in United States

### ***** "Finally ascended after 10 years!"
Love the game and love the app. No bugs over the hundreds (thousands?) of hours I’ve played over the last decade. Thank you for making this app and making it ad-free!!
-- milesofsmiles644, 2026-05-05

### ****- "Great potential; needs mobile-friendly interface."
Great game. I almost love this mobile version of the game if not for the lack of easy controls, which makes it basically unplayable.

Every action takes so long to scroll through a menu and find. Better controls would make a huge difference. 

This could be fixed by making it so that keyboard shortcuts only show up when you are able to use them. That way, the controls you need are always on screen. 

Movement controls are very difficult, and it’s very easy to miss-click and have the character move a mile and die of hunger. Adding 8 large movement arrows would be very helpful. Alternatively, allowing the character move in the direction of swiping the screen would fix this. 

Simple changes like this would make the game infinitely more playable. 

I wish the mobile controls were better. It would I would honestly play this game on mobile all the time if it were better. I really hope this gets improved. 

Thanks for reading. Please improve the mobile interface.
-- 77 kittens, 2026-04-03

### ***** "NetHack is The Ultimate RogueLike"
Turn into a dragon. Be female (or become female). Lay eggs. Hatch a dragon army that calls you mommy. They grow up and leave the nest. You find them many turns later and they murder you. Then you discover your grave 20 games later and they kill your reincarnation. 

“Do you want your possessions identified?”

Read a scroll. What class of monsters do you wish to genocide? Genocide mindflayers (h) but you’re a dwarf (h) and perish instantly with or without lifesaving. 

“DYWYPI?”

Get a wish. Wish for a powerful artifact. The Orb of Fate. It’s intelligent and blasts you when it enters your grasp. You die. 

“DYWYPI?”

Zap an unidentified wand. The beam of disintegration rebounds off the wall and hits you. You die. 

“DYWYPI?”

You are blind. You hear an unseen monster hiss. You throw Mjolnir, killing it, but it returns and strikes you because you can’t see it. Your rings and wands get shocked and explode. You feel for loot and your ungloved hand brushes the cockatrice corpse. You turn to stone. 

“DYWYPI?”

Get swallowed by a purple worm. It’s cozy in here. You are being digested. But at least your safe from the arch lich out there. Buuurp! You get digested.

“DYWYPI?”

You’re levitating across a body of water. Eels snap at your heels but slide off your oilskin cloak.  A nymph blocks the shore. You strike them with Excalibur. They wake up, and pluck the ring of levitation from your finger. You drown.

“DYWYPI?”

You kick down the door. It’s a shop, the shopkeeper gets angry and demands 750 zorkmids as payment. You refuse. They blast you with magic missile. You die. 

“DYWYPI?”

 It has been in development since the 80’s and was one of the first open-source projects developed entirely remotely. 

It may be part of a museum exhibit, but this game is a fast-paced, polished, and filled to bursting with witty and deep mechanics that will make you laugh and cry. 

I love NetHack. Every game I learn something new. Have played since I was a kid.
-- Lidl Raccoon, 2026-03-28

### ***** "Just download it"
Title
-- 666Typhon, 2026-03-22

### ***** "Good, Solid App of Nethack"
Been playing Nethack for over 30 years, and although I love the game I find it difficult to sit down at my computer to play regularly. 

Having it on my phone allows me to play in small increments while in the go. The updated color and font scheme for the items and monster also works well. 

If you have never played NetHack and like dungeon crawls then I highly recommend you give it try. If you love NetHack and need an easy, accessible way to play when you have little to no time, this app is perfect for you.
-- CthulhuWho, 2026-02-07

### ****- "Get rid of the Orc level at mine town"
Its called the Gnomish mines for a reason.  Whoever added that really did this game a huge disservice.  Part of getting to Mine Town is so you can go shopping.  Get rid of Orc Town and it will be 5 stars
-- nethacklovr, 2026-01-21

### ***** "Fun game, here’s some tips (for beginners)"
Quite fun once you get to know it, but it’ll take a while before you get to know it. Of course, this is by design, but I think a little bit of knowledge at first would help make the game more accessible. 

Ok you got me I just made this review just to give tips.

1. Eat your fallen enemies (just do it)   
2. Sacrifice your fallen enemies (to an altar, any altar)
3. Stuck? Use “s” to find hidden doors and passages (may need to do more than once)
4. Don’t be (too) afraid to use things lying on the ground
5. “AC” is short for armor class; smaller number = less damage 
6. Not sure of something? Experiment!

a. Go to the app’s settings to change your name, the symbol boulders use and other mostly cosmetic stuff (and also enable wizard mode to be able to not die and stuff)
b. Tap and hold one of the buttons for a second on the bar to add, remove or edit a button
c. There are multiple commands that are not readily available on the bar by default; press the “abc” button to bring up the keyboard, then input “&” followed by another command to figure out what it does (my favorite is /)
d. In, for example, the drop menu, tap and hold on an item until its background becomes a mildly brighter shade if grey, then swipe left to specify amounts
-- Funni_Dot, 2025-09-14

### ***** "So good"
Been playing this for years. Just something about it that feels like there are a million fun secrets
-- haydorb, 2025-08-08

### ****- "A bug"
Any keyboard input in Chinese pinyin keyboard cause the game to freeze and crash
-- Random mem, 2025-05-27

### ****- "Love it, it’s almost perfect"
Nearly perfect port of nethack, but please let me turn off the sparkles, the fire plane is pain 😭
-- werndog96, 2025-04-24

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## iNethack2 Discovered Keywords
- pathos
- inethack2

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