Games like Zork

Zork is one of the earliest interactive fiction computer games, with roots drawn from the original genre game, Colossal Cave Adventure. The first version of Zork was written in 1977–1979 using the MDL programming language on a DEC PDP-10 computer.

In "Sable's Grimoire," players step into the shoes of Sable, a skilled alchemist, as she uncovers the truth about her past and a mysterious book of magic. With puzzles to solve, spells to learn, and ancient secrets to unravel, this action-adventure game immerses players in a beautifully designed, hand-drawn world. Sable's journey will take her through various environments, meeting unique characters, and battling enemies to unlock the true power of her grimoire.

"Zork Anthology" is a collection of text-based adventure games that takes you through the Great Underground Empire. It includes Zork I, II, III, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, and Planetfall, all with unique stories, characters, and challenging puzzles. The games are known for their twisted humor, abstract solutions, and intriguing world-building. Immerse yourself in a realistic and imaginative experience that will test your problem-solving skills and wit.

"Hostil" is a single-player mystery point and click game with an interesting plot, taking place on a dangerous planet where a young astronaut is stranded. The game features excellent visuals, atmospheric music, and immersive sound effects across 12 hand-drawn scenes and 250 paragraphs of story. With 40 minutes of gameplay, narrative and musical puzzles, and original soundtrack, players can uncover 12 secrets and achievements. Suitable for all ages, "Hostil" offers a short, emotional, and captivating interactive tale, encouraging support for the developer through full-price purchase.

ROPOKO is an interactive fiction-style adventure game. Players become the robot Ropoko and must escape from a maze-like laboratory with the help of "Doctor." Learn words through conversations and use the vocabulary you've acquired to solve various puzzles! The Steam version is an enhanced adaptation of the original MZ-700 version, improving playability with features like word selectio…

50 Years of Text Games (2023) told the story of the first half century of interactive fiction in a whirlwind tour of fifty text-based computer games, one for each year between 1971 and 2020. Now available as a standalone volume is this companion book, stuffed with extra chapters and bonus materials that couldn't fit in the main volume. Inside you'll find twelve new chapters and 85 pages covering …

Imperium is a 2D Lo-fi, Sci-fi Puzzle Adventure game set in a dystopian future where you take on the role of BS-23, a former scientist of the condemned scientific organisation known as The Betterment. Imprisoned due to their involvement with the original Betterment, BS-23 is sent out onto dangerous missions alone and unarmed with the objective to obtain vital data at the behest of the Galactic Cou…

The "first graphic adventure" (according to itself), and the game that launched Sierra On-Line, with over 80,000 units sold worldwide, is now available for the Pico-8. Do **YOU** have what it takes to find the killer's treasure and become "a guru wizard?" This conversion of the Apple 2 classic brings the full game, all text, graphics, ***and bugs***,  to your favorite virtual console. The entire …

Enchanter is a 1983 interactive fiction computer game written by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling and published by Infocom. It belongs to the fantasy genre and was the first fantasy game published by Infocom after the Zork trilogy (it was originally intended to be Zork IV). The game had a parser that understood over 700 words, making it the most advanced interactive fiction game of its time. It was Inf…

Your father has been killed in a assassination attack on your life, trying to stay alive and avenge your father the best way you can you make life making the decisions that most people wouldn't even dream of making. Man or Woman doesn't matter, because in this computer game YOU ARE THE CHARACTER! In this game isn't only fueled by your decisions but also by your pure imagination and my creative sto…