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376 games like Border Zone · 1974 – 2025
Magnetic Scrolls · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +10
Just when a man thinks his luck is running out, things start getting even worse. He gets run over by a bus. Sprayed with cheese sandwich by a supernatural being. Smashed against a tunnel by a speeding train. He gets incinerated, widdled on,
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Magnetic Scrolls · Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amstrad CPC +10
The Guild of Thieves is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls first published by Rainbird in 1987. The game also takes place in Kerovnia like the previous game The Pawn. The player's character is "an aspiring member of the infamo
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Brian Howarth · Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro +9
You fell asleep in the waxworks at a fair and now you have to find your way out.
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Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64 +4
A text adeventure written by Tim Wilson and published by Sirius Software for various 8-bit platforms.
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Nintendo exclusive
n-Space · Nintendo 3DS
HEROES OF RUIN uses StreetPass to create an inventive in-game 'Traders' Network' where players can buy and sell rare and powerful items picked up in battle. With an ever-changing inventory updated from each player passed in public, characte
61 rating3 listsOften paired
Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore 16 +3
A text-adventure written by John Rausch and the first installment of the Other Venture series published by Adventure International.
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PlayStation exclusive
LEVEL-5 · PlayStation Portable
Originally released in 2011 for Playstation Portable, Denball senki became more popular and known in the west later in 2015 as "LBX: Little Battlers eXperience". The original version of the game was announced and planned before the manga an
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Digital Fantasia · Acorn Electron, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System +5
In order for Andromeda to become your, Perseus', wife, you have have to slay the hideous Medusa.
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Legacy Computer, MS-DOS
An interactive fiction game / interactive fiction creation utility pre-dating the release of Colossal Cave Adventure.
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Apple II
After having reclaimed the High One's lost orb and having become the Lord Lapour in "Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure" you have to face a new meance. The technically more advanced race of the Atlanteans wants to subdue all of the other race
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Nintendo exclusive
Nintendo development teams · NES, Wii, Wii U
Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II is an action-adventure game for the Nintendo Entertainment System and the sequel to StarTropics. The game follows Mike Jones as he travels through different time periods to recover the Tetrads and confront the
80 rating5 listsOften paired
Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX +1
Medieval Text Adventure game with graphics.
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Ant Software · MS-DOS, Windows
Similar to Prince of Persia, there are two major parts of play in Shadows of Cairn, both of which take place in the game itself. There's the platforming aspect of the game where you must guide Quinn over pits and through obstacles by runnin
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Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +14
A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Switch, iOS
Goblin Sword is a retro-inspired action platformer with light rpg elements. An army of monsters led by an evil wizard have invaded your hometown. Slay as many monsters as you can, collect loot, avoid dangerous traps and defeat menacing bos
98 rating1 listOften paired
Level 9 Computing · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW +9
A text adventure centering around a gnome called Ingrid Bottomlow.
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PlayStation exclusive
tri-Ace · PS2
Radiata Stories is a fantasy role-playing game set in a world where humans and fairies have peacefully coexisted. Now a war has broken out, and you must guide two young protagonists in a mission to save Radiata from destruction. Combat feat
75 rating2 listsOften paired
Acorn Electron, BBC Microcomputer System
Castle of Riddles is a text-adventure game, first released for the BBC Micro in 1982. It was primarily written and designed by Peter Killworth.
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Microcabin · Game Gear, MSX, PC-8800 Series +2
Fray in Magical Adventure, also known as just Fray (フレイ) and Fray-Xak Epilogue (Gai-den), is a 1990 spin-off "gaiden" (sidestory) game in a role-playing video game series Xak developed and published by the Japanese software developer MicroC
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Nintendo exclusive
Switch
The brothers return for a brand new adventure on the high seas! Set sail with Mario and Luigi on Shipshape Island (part ship, part island) and journey through the vast world of Concordia. Launch out of Shipshape’s cannon to visit, explore,
77 rating7 listsOften paired
Switch, PS4, PS5 +1
The Librarian Ariana’s mission is to repair the Seven Hero Codices, which have been altered. Due to the terrible damages, magic has vanished from the world. By utilizing special Librarian magic that allows her to enter Codices, Ariana seek
77 rating2 lists13 h main storyOften paired
Kru Interactive · Windows
MapleStory 2 is a new MMORPG set in a colorful 3D block universe. Embark on epic quests, build your dream world, and explore a new dimension of MapleStory!
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Eko Software · PS4, PS5, Windows +2
In a world ravaged by war and dominated by magic, you must rise up to face the Chaos hordes. Playing solo or with up to four in local or online co-op, choose a hero from four character classes and prepare for epic battles wielding some of t
68 rating6 lists10 h main storyOften paired
Level 9 Computing · Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, BBC Microcomputer System +3
Loosely based on the 1983 children's novel of the same name by Terry Jones.
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Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, BBC Microcomputer System +3
The Price of Magik is the sequel to the previous game; Myglar the Magician. The guardian of the Crystal has become insane and is draining its energy for his own use; he must be defeated before it is exhausted.
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Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum
You play Trixie Trinian and muist find out why everybody at St. Brides Boarding School thinks she is living in the 1920s and must restore normality.
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Scott Adams · Acorn Electron, Apple II, Atari 8-bit +13
A text based Adventure Game for the TRS-80, later enhanced with visual scenes in various ports. Only allowed 2-Word input and was largely based on Colossal Cave Adventure.
60 rating8 lists
Nintendo exclusive
Game Boy, Game Boy Color
You'll need all your angling and survival skills to succeed in this unique fishing RPG. On a perilous quest to capture a mysterious and mystical fish, you'll deploy a variety of tackle in both quiet lakes and raging rapids. Along the shores
80 rating4 listsOften paired
Windows
Seal Online is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing game launched in 2007 on United States by Playwith Interactive being one of the most durable and remarkable tittles nowadays. All begins when the world was first created, it was pea
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Nintendo exclusive
Game Boy Advance
Back to Stone follows the adventure of the unwitting subject of horrible magical experiments. Following the conquest of his world by a race of demons, the hero became a guinea pig for the demons. Now a hybrid, half demon, half human; in exc
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Timed Nintendo exclusive
Phoenix Labs · Switch, PS4, PS5 +3
Escape to the fairytale life of your dreams in Fae Farm, a cozy farm-sim RPG for 1-4 players. Craft, cultivate, and decorate to grow your shared homestead—and use spellbinding magic to explore the enchanted island of Azoria.
78 rating6 lists31 h main story
Adventure Soft · Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, BBC Microcomputer System +3
Masters of the Universe: Super Adventure, also known as Masters of the Universe in Terraquake, is an interactive fiction video game developed by Adventure Soft and published by U.S. Gold in 1986. The game is part of the Masters of the Unive
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Spinnaker Software · Apple II, Atari ST, Atari ST/STE +3
An Interactive Fiction game based on the fantasy novel with the same name.
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Android, iOS
An epic Tale that unfolds from 21 different points of view. 21 vibrant protagonists meet, clash over opposing justice, forge bonds, and grow as people. Play through each character's journey to reveal their motivations and uncover hidden tru
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Apple II, Commodore PET, TRS-80 +1
By traveling back into 14 different eras the player has to obtain 14 rings.
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Amazon Fire, Android, Windows +1
Brave Frontier is a mobile-based RPG game combining elements of trading card games, collection/evolution-based games, and traditional RPGs. Players act as a "summoner", calling upon creatives and heroes of the 6 elements (fire, earth, water
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Westwood Studios · MS-DOS
Circuit's Edge is a computer game developed by Westwood Associates and released by Infocom in 1989. It is based on George Alec Effinger's 1987 novel When Gravity Fails. The game is a hybrid interactive fiction/role-playing game; it contains
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Sirius Software · Apple II, FM-7, NEC PC-8800 series +3
A graphical text-adventure in which the player has to escape from the mid-African nation of Rungistan.
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Nintendo exclusiveEA Seattle · SNES
Based on the cartoon series of the same name, King Arthur and the knights of Camelot have been encased inside glass by Morgana Le Faye. Only the Spell of Spells would be able to free them. Merlin, knowing that the world would come to ruin w
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Spectral Associates · Dragon 32/64, TRS-80 Color Computer
In the Cretan labyrinth of King Minos beneath Knossos you have to find 16 hidden treasures while evading seven mythical monsters.
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PlayStation exclusive
PlayStation Vita
Valhalla Knights 3 marks the return of the gritty action RPG series, now taking full advantage of the powerful PS Vita hardware to provide intense real-time battle and smooth seven-on-seven party-based combat. After creating a main characte
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Roy Trubshaw · Apple II, mainframe computer
Multi-User Dungeon, or MUD (referred to as MUD1, to distinguish it from its successor, MUD2, and the MUD genre in general) is an early MUD and one of the oldest examples of a virtual world in existence.
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KOG Studios · Windows
free-to-play, two-dimensional side-scrolling MMORPG.
66 rating3 lists19 h main story
Funcom · Windows
Age of Conan: Unchained is an award-winning and critically acclaimed massively multiplayer online game set in the sexy, savage and brutal world of Conan the Barbarian. Tread in the footsteps of the greatest fantasy hero of all time, and exp
73 rating3 lists119 h main story
Michael S. Gentry · Browser, Linux, Windows +2
Travel to the haunted coastal town of Anchorhead, Massachusetts and uncover the roots of a horrific conspiracy inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Search through musty archives and tomes of esoteric lore; dodge hostile townsfolk; comb
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Datasoft · Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX +2
In this side-scrolling fantasy game, originally released in 1987, take on the role of a lone hero, fighting to defeat an evil warlock. Utilise a wide range of magical spells. Collect experience points to upgrade your character, until you ar
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Donald Brown · Apple II, MS-DOS
Eamon, sometimes known by the longer title The Wonderful World of Eamon, is a role-playing adventure game created by Donald Brown and released for the Apple II in 1980. The game is a text adventure similar to other early titles like Adventu
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Angelsoft, Inc. · Apple II, MS-DOS, macOS
"James Bond 007: A View to a Kill" is a text adventure based on the James Bond film of the same name. Released in 1985 for DOS, Macintosh and Apple II computers, it was developed by Angelsoft, Inc. and published by Mindscape Inc.
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