Visitor Voted Top 100 Best Text Adventures

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This is the top 100 of best text adventures, as voted for by the visitors of WoS, updated daily.

In brackets after the score is the number of votes received.

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Pos Score Title Year Publisher Type
1. 8.60 (22) Bugsy 1986 CRL Group PLC Adventure: Text
2. 8.54 (207) Hobbit, The 1982 Melbourne House Adventure: Text
3. 8.48 (27) Big Sleaze, The 1987 Piranha Adventure: Text
4. 8.44 (62) Sherlock 1984 Melbourne House Adventure: Text
8.44 (36) Runestone 1986 Games Workshop Adventure: Text
6. 8.42 (38) Kayleth 1986 US Gold Ltd Adventure: Text
7. 8.38 (46) Valkyrie 17 1984 The RamJam Corporation Adventure: Text
8. 8.37 (29) Guild of Thieves, The 1988 Rainbird Software Ltd Adventure: Text
9. 8.35 (17) Witch’s Cauldron, The 1985 Mikro-Gen Ltd Adventure: Text
10. 8.34 (34) Red Moon 1985 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
11. 8.33 (29) Snowball 1983 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
8.33 (35) Price of Magik, The 1986 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
8.33 (26) Lancelot 1988 Mandarin Software Adventure: Text
8.33 (26) Bored of the Rings 1985 Delta 4 Software Adventure: Text
15. 8.32 (24) Scapeghost 1989 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
16. 8.29 (30) Dracula 1986 CRL Group PLC Adventure: Text
17. 8.28 (18) Run, Bronwynn, Run! 1992 FSF Adventures Adventure: Text
8.28 (18) Gnome Ranger 1987 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
19. 8.27 (11) Microfair Madness 1991 Delbert the Hamster Software Adventure: Text
20. 8.26 (29) Twin Kingdom Valley 1984 Bug-Byte Software Ltd Adventure: Text
8.26 (41) Gremlins 1985 Adventure International Adventure: Text
22. 8.25 (16) Jinxter 1988 Rainbird Software Ltd Adventure: Text
8.25 (26) House on the Tor, The 1990 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
24. 8.24 (17) Famous Five 1, The 1990 Enigma Variations Ltd Adventure: Text
8.24 (27) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1988 The Essential Myth Adventure: Text
26. 8.23 (24) Rigel’s Revenge 1987 Bulldog Software [1] Adventure: Text
8.23 (37) Knight Orc 1987 Rainbird Software Ltd Adventure: Text
28. 8.22 (38) NeverEnding Story, The 1985 Ocean Software Ltd Adventure: Text
29. 8.21 (21) Dusk over Elfinton 1987 Skyslip Software Adventure: Text
8.21 (21) Colour of Magic, The 1986 Piranha Adventure: Text
31. 8.19 (23) Stranded 1992 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
8.19 (23) Quest Adventure 1983 Hewson Consultants Ltd Adventure: Text
8.19 (16) Perseus & Andromeda 1983 Digital Fantasia Adventure: Text
8.19 (16) Heroes of Karn 1984 Interceptor Software Adventure: Text
35. 8.17 (50) Worm in Paradise, The 1985 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
8.17 (12) Personal Computer Whirled! 1992 Delbert the Hamster Software Adventure: Text
8.17 (44) Lords of Time 1983 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
8.17 (20) Colditz 1984 Phipps Associates Adventure: Text
8.17 (20) Adventure Quest 1983 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
40. 8.16 (19) Colossal Adventure 1983 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
41. 8.15 (28) Pawn, The 1987 Rainbird Software Ltd Adventure: Text
42. 8.14 (14) Very Big Cave Adventure, The 1986 CRL Group PLC Adventure: Text
43. 8.13 (15) Fish! 1989 Rainbird Software Ltd Adventure: Text
44. 8.12 (16) Wizards Spell 1986 Tynesoft Adventure: Text
8.12 (17) Mordon’s Quest 1985 Melbourne House Adventure: Text
8.12 (17) Axe of Kolt, The 1990 FSF Adventures Adventure: Text
8.12 (17) Alien Research Centre 1990 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
48. 8.10 (10) Dark Tower, The 1992 River Software Adventure: Text
49. 8.09 (60) Urban Upstart 1983 Richard Shepherd Software Ltd Adventure: Text
8.09 (11) Balrog and the Cat, The 1988 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
51. 8.08 (12) Sorcerer of Claymorgue Castle, The 1985 Adventure International Adventure: Text
8.08 (13) Murder – He Said 1993 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
8.08 (12) Bulbo and the Lizard-King 1987 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
54. 8.07 (15) Custerd’s Quest 1986 Alpha-Omega Software Adventure: Text
55. 8.06 (16) Temple of Vran 1984 Incentive Software Ltd Adventure: Text
8.06 (16) Shadows of Mordor 1987 Melbourne House Adventure: Text
8.06 (17) Mindshadow 1985 Activision Inc Adventure: Text
8.06 (20) Boggit, The 1986 CRL Group PLC Adventure: Text
59. 8.05 (22) Land Beyond Time, The 2006 Simon Allan Software Adventure: Text
60. 8.04 (28) Return to Eden 1984 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
8.04 (29) Hulk, The 1984 Adventure International Adventure: Text
62. 8.03 (40) Lord of the Rings 1986 Melbourne House Adventure: Text
8.03 (33) Hampstead 1984 Melbourne House Adventure: Text
64. 8.00 (18) Timewise 1986 HoopSnake Design Adventure: Text
8.00 (22) Sorderon’s Shadow 1985 Beyond Software Adventure: Text
8.00 (20) Robin of Sherwood: The Touchstones of Rhiannon 1985 Adventure International Adventure: Text
8.00 (19) Rebel Planet 1986 US Gold Ltd Adventure: Text
8.00 (12) One of our Wombats is Missing 1990 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
8.00 (12) Girl Who Was Death, The 1986 Stephen Preston Adventure: Text
8.00 (9) Giant Killer 1988 Topologika Adventure: Text
8.00 (10) Everyday Tale of a Seeker of Gold, An 1986 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
8.00 (10) Corruption 1988 Rainbird Software Ltd Adventure: Text
8.00 (8) Blood of Bogmole, The 1991 Compass Software Adventure: Text
8.00 (9) Bardic Rite, The 1994 Zenobi Software Adventure: Text
75. 7.95 (19) Raven, The 1988 8th Day Software Adventure: Text
76. 7.94 (18) Temple of Terror 1987 US Gold Ltd Adventure: Text
7.94 (34) Seabase Delta 1985 Firebird Software Ltd Adventure: Text
7.94 (16) Moonscape – Escape from the Moon 2008 Simon Allan Software Adventure: Text
7.94 (16) Masters of the Universe – The Super Adventure 1987 US Gold Ltd Adventure: Text
7.94 (20) Dungeon Master, The 1983 Crystal Computing Adventure: Dungeon Crawl
7.94 (17) Blizzard Pass 1986 Adventuresoft UK Ltd Adventure: Text
82. 7.93 (15) Wiz-Biz 1987 Alternative Software Ltd Adventure: Text
7.93 (14) Puzzled! 1990 The Guild Adventure: Text
84. 7.92 (12) Twice Shy 1986 Mosaic Publishing Ltd Adventure: Text
7.92 (26) Spider-Man 1984 Adventure International Adventure: Text
7.92 (13) Shadows of the Past 1990 Compass Software Adventure: Text
7.92 (12) Magic Mountain 1983 Phipps Associates Adventure: Text
7.92 (12) Ingrid’s Back 1988 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
7.92 (13) Hermitage, The 1989 Pegasus Software Adventure: Text
7.92 (13) Harvesting Moon, A 1985 8th Day Software Adventure: Text
7.92 (12) H.R.H. 1986 8th Day Software Adventure: Text
7.92 (13) Demon from the Darkside 1986 Compass Software Adventure: Text
93. 7.91 (11) Skelvullyn Twine 1986 Peter G. Pointon Adventure: Text
94. 7.90 (10) Fantasia Diamond 1984 Hewson Consultants Ltd Adventure: Text
7.90 (10) Davy Jones Locker 1987 River Software Adventure: Text
96. 7.88 (17) Saga of Erik the Viking, The 1984 Mosaic Publishing Ltd Adventure: Text
7.88 (17) Emerald Isle 1985 Level 9 Computing Ltd Adventure: Text
98. 7.86 (23) Wolfman 1988 CRL Group PLC Adventure: Text
7.86 (46) Subsunk 1985 Firebird Software Ltd Adventure: Text
100. 7.85 (22) Loads of Midnight 1987 CRL Group PLC Adventure: Text