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1981

A classic text adventure where you type commands to explore a perilous realm of tricky puzzles, treasures and dry humor. The Wizard of Frobozz throws odd obstacles in your way, and the treasures must be used cleverly to reach the goal.

  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Fantasy setting
  • Lots to discover
  • Challenging difficulty

The closest matches for Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz are King's Quest: Quest for the Crown, King's Quest III: To Heir is Human and King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder!. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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King's Quest: Quest for the Crown

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1984PC

Brings what grabs you about Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz: puzzles to figure out, a fantasy setting and lots to discover.

A genre-defining classic that helped establish the graphical adventure: as Sir Graham you roam a fairy-tale kingdom, gather items and solve puzzles to recover three lost treasures. The world is full of traps and sudden deaths, which rewards experimentation.

King's Quest III: To Heir is Human

Challenging difficulty

As the enslaved boy Gwydion, you secretly learn magic under the watchful eye of the evil wizard Manannan, solving puzzles and escaping to uncover your identity as the lost prince of Daventry. A classic Sierra adventure with time pressure and unforgiving puzzles.

Lure of the Temptress

Pure single-player experience

A classic point-and-click adventure from Revolution Software in which you play Diermot and free a medieval town from a wicked sorceress. Its Virtual Theatre system gives NPCs their own routines and makes the world feel alive.

Hadean Lands

Challenging difficulty

A pure text adventure about alchemy aboard a crashed starship. You solve intricate, interlocking puzzles by planning rituals and typing commands, making for a demanding and rewarding experience.

Shadowgate

Challenging difficulty

A classic point-and-click adventure where you explore a cursed castle as the chosen hero, solving tough inventory puzzles and surviving countless deadly traps to stop the Warlock Lord.

Simon the Sorcerer

Lots of humour

A classic point-and-click adventure where a sarcastic teenager is pulled into a fairy-tale world and solves inventory puzzles. Its cheeky humor and parodies of fantasy classics and fairy tales are the main draw.

King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow

Lots to discover

A classic point-and-click adventure where Prince Alexander travels the mythology-inspired Green Isles to rescue Princess Cassima. It offers inventory puzzles, multiple solution paths and a fairy-tale atmosphere.

The Legend of Kyrandia 2: The Hand of Fate

Lots to discover

A classic point-and-click adventure in which you play a young mystic travelling through a crumbling, quirky fairy-tale land, brewing potions and casting spells. Its appeal lies in creative inventory puzzles and a whimsical fantasy world.

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