diff --git a/pkgs/games/rpg-cli/default.nix b/pkgs/games/rpg-cli/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1e07c3418fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/games/rpg-cli/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{ rustPlatform, fetchFromGitHub, lib }:
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  pname = "rpg-cli";
+  version = "unstable-2021-05-27";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "facundoolano";
+    repo = pname;
+    # certain revision because the Cargo.lock was checked-in in that commit
+    rev = "4d8a1dac79a1d29d79c0c874475037769dcef5a1";
+    sha256 = "sha256-qfj1uij9lYyfyHFUnVi9I0ELOoObjFG2NS9UreC/xio=";
+  };
+
+  cargoSha256 = "sha256-I+rSfuiGFdzA5zqPfvMPcERaQfiX92LW2NKjazWh9c4=";
+
+  # tests assume the authors macbook, and thus fail
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Your filesystem as a dungeon";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/facundoolano/rpg-cli";
+    license = licenses.mit;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ legendofmiracles ];
+    mainProgram = "rpg-cli";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 922489ca1cfc..e83b57c579c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -8263,6 +8263,8 @@ in
 
   rowhammer-test = callPackage ../tools/system/rowhammer-test { };
 
+  rpg-cli = callPackage ../games/rpg-cli { };
+
   rpPPPoE = callPackage ../tools/networking/rp-pppoe { };
 
   rpi-imager = libsForQt5.callPackage ../tools/misc/rpi-imager { };