Return to Zork (2017)

Developer

Activision

Platforms

Windows

Genres

Adventure

Rating

4.4 of 5, 70 player ratings

Typical playtime

about 5.1 hours

Where to get it

Steam

How it feels

Return to Zork feels like a classic FMV puzzle adventure with a mysterious and slightly unsettling atmosphere, where you explore and solve puzzles in a world of vanished buildings and spreading nightmares.

puzzlingatmosphericmysteriouspoint and clickclassicfmvintriguingunsettling

What players say

Players are split on this 1990s FMV adventure. Nostalgic fans praise its quirky world and challenging puzzles that require thinking outside the box. Others find the puzzle logic incoherent and the plot nonsensical, making it frustrating rather than fun.

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