The best interactive fiction games

Interactive fiction games (or text adventures) are adventure games in which the player gives textual commands in order to act within the given story. The story itself is told both using text and static pictures or with no graphics of any kind, just text. The genre's stepping stones are Adventure (developed in 1975) and the Zork series. Infocom, Legend Entertainment and Magnetic scrolls were some of the most popular interactive fiction developers of the 80s.

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The Lurking Horror

DOS19874.1/5 Infocom

Sherlock: The Riddle of the Crown Jewels

DOS19884.1/5 Challenge

Circuit's Edge

DOS19904.1/5 Westwood Studios

Circuit's Edge is a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game developed by Westwood Associates and published by Infocom. It was released in 1990 for MS-DOS. Set in a dystopian future, Circuit's Edge takes place in the fictional city of Rhoes Island, a dark and gritty urban landscape filled with crime, corruption, and advanced technology. Players take on t...

Zork III: The Dungeon Master

DOS19844/5 Infocom

Star Trek: The Promethean Prophecy

DOSMac OS19864/5 TRANS Fiction Systems

Transylvania

DOS1986freeware4/5 Polarware

Star Trek: the Kobayashi alternative

DOS19854/5 Micromosaics

Sex Vixens from Space

DOS1989NSFW4/5 Free Spirit Software

Amnesia

DOS19864/5 Cognetics corporation

The Fellowship of the Ring

DOS19864/5 Beam Software

Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz

DOS19894/5 Infocom

Arthur: The Quest for Excalibur

DOS19894/5 Infocom

Corruption

DOS19884/5 Magnetic Scrolls

Forbidden Castle

DOS19854/5 Angelsoft

Jinxter

DOS19884/5 Magnetic Scrolls

Legend of the Sword

DOS19884/5 Silicon Software

Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers

DOS19964/5

Seastalker

DOS19844/5 Infocom

Sherlock Holmes: The Vatican Cameos

DOS19864/5 Magicom Multimedia

Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance

DOS1991protectedNSFW4/5 Legend Entertainment

Spellcasting 201: The Sorcerer's Appliance is an adventure game released in 1991, developed by Steve Meretzky and published by Legend Entertainment. It’s the second installment in the "Spellcasting" series. In Spellcasting 201, you reprise the role of Ernie Eaglebeak, an apprentice wizard who is attending the Sorcerer University. The sto...