My Favorite Parser Games by Year
Recommendations by Edo1. Adventure
by William Crowther and Donald Woods
(1976)
Average member rating: 
(91 ratings)
2. Aldebaran III, by Peter Langston (1977)
Average member rating: (1 rating)
3. Pirate Adventure
by Scott Adams and Alexis Adams
(1978)
Average member rating: (32 ratings)
4. Strange Odyssey
by Scott Adams
(1979)
Average member rating: (7 ratings)
5. Zork I
by Marc Blank and Dave Lebling
(1980)
Average member rating: (202 ratings)
6. Zork II
by Dave Lebling, Marc Blank
(1981)
Average member rating: (85 ratings)
7. Starcross
by Dave Lebling
(1982)
Average member rating: (47 ratings)
8. Planetfall
by Steve Meretzky
(1983)
Average member rating: (112 ratings)
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky
(1984)
Average member rating: (175 ratings)
10. A Mind Forever Voyaging
by Steve Meretzky
(1985)
Average member rating: (104 ratings)
11. Trinity
by Brian Moriarty
(1986)
Average member rating: (93 ratings)
12. The Lurking Horror
by Dave Lebling
(1987)
Average member rating: (84 ratings)
13. Zork Zero
by Steve Meretzky
(1988)
Average member rating: (52 ratings)
14. Arthur
by Bob Bates
(1989)
Average member rating: (26 ratings)
15. Ditch Day Drifter
by Michael J. Roberts
(1990)
Average member rating: (22 ratings)
16. Cosmoserve, by Judith Pintar (1991)
Average member rating: (5 ratings)
17. Shades of Gray, by Mark Baker, Steve Bauman, Belisana, Mike Laskey, Judith Pintar, Cindy Yans, and Hercules (1992)
Average member rating: (6 ratings)
18. Curses
by Graham Nelson
(1993)
Average member rating: (122 ratings)
19. Balances
by Graham Nelson
(1994)
Average member rating: (34 ratings)
20. A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin (1995)
Average member rating: (63 ratings)
21. So Far, by Andrew Plotkin (1996)
Average member rating: (67 ratings)
22. Babel
by Ian Finley
(1997)
Average member rating: (141 ratings)
23. Photopia
by Adam Cadre
(1998)
Average member rating: (528 ratings)
24. Worlds Apart
by Suzanne Britton
(1999)
Average member rating: (83 ratings)
25. Metamorphoses
by Emily Short
(2000)
Average member rating: (118 ratings)
26. All Roads
by Jon Ingold
(2001)
Average member rating: (148 ratings)
27. Savoir-Faire
by Emily Short
(2002)
Average member rating: (122 ratings)
28. Slouching Towards Bedlam
by Star Foster and Daniel Ravipinto
(2003)
Average member rating: (201 ratings)
29. The Dreamhold
by Andrew Plotkin
(2004)
Average member rating: (167 ratings)
30. Vespers, by Jason Devlin (2005)
Average member rating: (167 ratings)
31. Floatpoint
by Emily Short
(2006)
Average member rating: (96 ratings)
32. Lost Pig
by Admiral Jota
(2007)
Average member rating: (454 ratings)
33. Blue Lacuna
by Aaron A. Reed
(2008)
Average member rating: (98 ratings)
34. The Shadow in the Cathedral
by Ian Finley and Jon Ingold
(2009)
Average member rating: (26 ratings)
35. Aotearoa
by Matt Wigdahl
(2010)
Average member rating: (59 ratings)
36. Cryptozookeeper
by Robb Sherwin
(2011)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)
37. Counterfeit Monkey
by Emily Short
(2012)
Average member rating: (207 ratings)
38. Coloratura
by Lynnea Glasser
(2013)
Average member rating: (96 ratings)
39. Weird City Interloper
by C.E.J. Pacian
(2014)
Average member rating: (48 ratings)
40. Chlorophyll
by Steph Cherrywell
(2015)
Average member rating: (52 ratings)
41. Superluminal Vagrant Twin
by C.E.J. Pacian
(2016)
Average member rating: (100 ratings)
42. The Wizard Sniffer
by Buster Hudson
(2017)
Average member rating: (104 ratings)
43. Junior Arithmancer
by Mike Spivey
(2018)
Average member rating: (42 ratings)
44. Ryan Veeder's Authentic Fly Fishing
by Ryan Veeder
(2019)
Average member rating: (11 ratings)
45. Tristam Island
by Hugo Labrande
(2020)
Average member rating: (8 ratings)
46. The Weight of a Soul
by Chin Kee Yong
(2021)
Average member rating: (21 ratings)
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