diff --git a/dvc/dagascii.py b/dvc/dagascii.py
--- a/dvc/dagascii.py
+++ b/dvc/dagascii.py
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+import logging
 import math
+import os
+import pydoc
 import sys
 
 from grandalf.graphs import Edge
@@ -12,6 +15,42 @@
 from grandalf.routing import EdgeViewer
 from grandalf.routing import route_with_lines
 
+from dvc.env import DVC_PAGER
+
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+DEFAULT_PAGER = "less"
+DEFAULT_PAGER_FORMATTED = "{} --chop-long-lines --clear-screen".format(
+    DEFAULT_PAGER
+)
+
+
+def make_pager(cmd):
+    def pager(text):
+        return pydoc.tempfilepager(pydoc.plain(text), cmd)
+
+    return pager
+
+
+def find_pager():
+    if not sys.stdout.isatty():
+        return pydoc.plainpager
+
+    env_pager = os.getenv(DVC_PAGER)
+    if env_pager:
+        return make_pager(env_pager)
+
+    if os.system("({}) 2>{}".format(DEFAULT_PAGER, os.devnull)) == 0:
+        return make_pager(DEFAULT_PAGER_FORMATTED)
+
+    logger.warning(
+        "Unable to find `less` in the PATH. Check out "
+        "man.dvc.org/doc/command-reference/pipeline/show for more info."
+    )
+    return pydoc.plainpager
+
 
 class VertexViewer(object):
     """Class to define vertex box boundaries that will be accounted for during
@@ -60,99 +99,10 @@ def __init__(self, cols, lines):
 
     def draw(self):
         """Draws ASCII canvas on the screen."""
-        if sys.stdout.isatty():  # pragma: no cover
-            from asciimatics.screen import Screen
-
-            Screen.wrapper(self._do_draw)
-        else:
-            for line in self.canvas:
-                print("".join(line))
-
-    def _do_draw(self, screen):  # pragma: no cover
-        # pylint: disable=too-many-locals
-        # pylint: disable=too-many-branches, too-many-statements
-        from dvc.system import System
-        from asciimatics.event import KeyboardEvent
-
-        offset_x = 0
-        offset_y = 0
-        smaxrow, smaxcol = screen.dimensions
-        assert smaxrow > 1
-        assert smaxcol > 1
-        smaxrow -= 1
-        smaxcol -= 1
-
-        if self.lines + 1 > smaxrow:
-            max_y = self.lines + 1 - smaxrow
-        else:
-            max_y = 0
-
-        if self.cols + 1 > smaxcol:
-            max_x = self.cols + 1 - smaxcol
-        else:
-            max_x = 0
-
-        while True:
-            for y in range(smaxrow + 1):
-                y_index = offset_y + y
-                line = []
-                for x in range(smaxcol + 1):
-                    x_index = offset_x + x
-                    if (
-                        len(self.canvas) > y_index
-                        and len(self.canvas[y_index]) > x_index
-                    ):
-                        line.append(self.canvas[y_index][x_index])
-                    else:
-                        line.append(" ")
-                assert len(line) == (smaxcol + 1)
-                screen.print_at("".join(line), 0, y)
-
-            screen.refresh()
-
-            # NOTE: get_event() doesn't block by itself,
-            # so we have to do the blocking ourselves.
-            #
-            # NOTE: using this workaround while waiting for PR [1]
-            # to get merged and released. After that need to adjust
-            # asciimatics version requirements.
-            #
-            # [1] https://github.com/peterbrittain/asciimatics/pull/188
-            System.wait_for_input(self.TIMEOUT)
-
-            event = screen.get_event()
-            if not isinstance(event, KeyboardEvent):
-                continue
-
-            k = event.key_code
-            if k == screen.KEY_DOWN or k == ord("s"):
-                offset_y += 1
-            elif k == screen.KEY_PAGE_DOWN or k == ord("S"):
-                offset_y += smaxrow
-            elif k == screen.KEY_UP or k == ord("w"):
-                offset_y -= 1
-            elif k == screen.KEY_PAGE_UP or k == ord("W"):
-                offset_y -= smaxrow
-            elif k == screen.KEY_RIGHT or k == ord("d"):
-                offset_x += 1
-            elif k == ord("D"):
-                offset_x += smaxcol
-            elif k == screen.KEY_LEFT or k == ord("a"):
-                offset_x -= 1
-            elif k == ord("A"):
-                offset_x -= smaxcol
-            elif k == ord("q") or k == ord("Q"):
-                break
-
-            if offset_y > max_y:
-                offset_y = max_y
-            elif offset_y < 0:
-                offset_y = 0
-
-            if offset_x > max_x:
-                offset_x = max_x
-            elif offset_x < 0:
-                offset_x = 0
+        pager = find_pager()
+        lines = map("".join, self.canvas)
+        joined_lines = os.linesep.join(lines)
+        pager(joined_lines)
 
     def point(self, x, y, char):
         """Create a point on ASCII canvas.
diff --git a/dvc/env.py b/dvc/env.py
--- a/dvc/env.py
+++ b/dvc/env.py
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 DVC_DAEMON = "DVC_DAEMON"
+DVC_PAGER = "DVC_PAGER"
diff --git a/dvc/system.py b/dvc/system.py
--- a/dvc/system.py
+++ b/dvc/system.py
@@ -218,41 +218,6 @@ def inode(path):
         assert inode < 2 ** 64
         return inode
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _wait_for_input_windows(timeout):
-        import sys
-        import ctypes
-        import msvcrt
-        from ctypes.wintypes import DWORD, HANDLE
-
-        # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/desktop/api/synchapi/nf-synchapi-waitforsingleobject
-        from win32event import WAIT_OBJECT_0, WAIT_TIMEOUT
-
-        func = ctypes.windll.kernel32.WaitForSingleObject
-        func.argtypes = [HANDLE, DWORD]
-        func.restype = DWORD
-
-        rc = func(msvcrt.get_osfhandle(sys.stdin.fileno()), timeout * 1000)
-        if rc not in [WAIT_OBJECT_0, WAIT_TIMEOUT]:
-            raise RuntimeError(rc)
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def _wait_for_input_posix(timeout):
-        import sys
-        import select
-
-        try:
-            select.select([sys.stdin], [], [], timeout)
-        except select.error:
-            pass
-
-    @staticmethod
-    def wait_for_input(timeout):
-        if System.is_unix():
-            return System._wait_for_input_posix(timeout)
-        else:
-            return System._wait_for_input_windows(timeout)
-
     @staticmethod
     def is_symlink(path):
         path = fspath(path)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ def run(self):
     "jsonpath-ng>=1.4.3",
     "requests>=2.22.0",
     "grandalf==0.6",
-    "asciimatics>=1.10.0",
     "distro>=1.3.0",
     "appdirs>=1.4.3",
     "treelib>=1.5.5",

I'll take it.  @efiop If you have any hints to make work more efficient, I'll grateful :)
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_dagascii.py b/tests/unit/test_dagascii.py
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_dagascii.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+from dvc import dagascii
+from dvc.env import DVC_PAGER
+
+
+def test_find_pager_uses_default_pager_when_found(mocker):
+    mocker.patch("sys.stdout.isatty", return_value=True)
+    mocker.patch("os.system", return_value=0)
+    m_make_pager = mocker.patch.object(dagascii, "make_pager")
+
+    dagascii.find_pager()
+
+    m_make_pager.assert_called_once_with(dagascii.DEFAULT_PAGER_FORMATTED)
+
+
+def test_find_pager_returns_plain_pager_when_default_missing(mocker):
+    mocker.patch("sys.stdout.isatty", return_value=True)
+    mocker.patch("os.system", return_value=1)
+
+    pager = dagascii.find_pager()
+
+    assert pager.__name__ == "plainpager"
+
+
+def test_find_pager_uses_custom_pager_when_env_var_is_defined(
+    mocker, monkeypatch
+):
+    mocker.patch("sys.stdout.isatty", return_value=True)
+    m_make_pager = mocker.patch.object(dagascii, "make_pager")
+    monkeypatch.setenv(DVC_PAGER, dagascii.DEFAULT_PAGER)
+
+    dagascii.find_pager()
+
+    m_make_pager.assert_called_once_with(dagascii.DEFAULT_PAGER)
+
+
+def test_find_pager_returns_plain_pager_when_is_not_atty(mocker):
+    mocker.patch("sys.stdout.isatty", return_value=False)
+
+    pager = dagascii.find_pager()
+
+    assert pager.__name__ == "plainpager"

pipeline show: use pager instead of rendering ourselves
After many discussions https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/2420 https://github.com/iterative/dvc/issues/2768 about why our --ascii rendering is bad, I've finally remembered 🤦‍♂  that I should probably check how git does it and, lo and behold, git does use `less` https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.24.0/pager.c#L8 or whatever is configured to show you things like `git log` instead of rendering it by itself using ncurses. We should do the same.

tests/unit/test_dagascii.py::test_find_pager_uses_default_pager_when_found tests/unit/test_dagascii.py::test_find_pager_returns_plain_pager_when_default_missing tests/unit/test_dagascii.py::test_find_pager_uses_custom_pager_when_env_var_is_defined tests/unit/test_dagascii.py::test_find_pager_returns_plain_pager_when_is_not_atty