"Ancient Domains of Mystery" has established a strong fan base that started gathering since 1997 at Usenet group "rec.games.roguelike.adom", sporting 2,000-3,000 messages monthly in years of active development, although lately the activity has been ceasing.Given that "Ancient Domains of Mystery" was a long-lasting development effort and new versions of the game were regularly released over the years, "Ancient Domains of Mystery" has received many critical reviews over many varied versions.