"an exciting quest that doesn't concede much to rival RPG releases." Paul Presley of PC Zone called Stonekeep "a case of gloss but no substance", which failed to offer "something over and above that which Eye of the Beholder was delivering all that time ago." Andy Butcher reviewed Stonekeep for Arcane magazine, rating it a 7 out of 10 overall. Butcher comments that "Although the 'plot' as such is somewhat weak, and the game quickly falls into an 'explore the level, kill the monsters, solve the puzzles' affair, Stonekeep is engaging and surprisingly addictive." In 1996, editors of Computer Gaming World ranked it as the tenth top vaporware title in computer game history (due 1991, delivered 1996), stating that "after seeing the same basic demo for years, the game finally shipped, as an anti-climax." Stonekeep was also ranked at number six on GameSpot's top ten vaporware hall of shame. In 2009, GamesRadar also included Stonekeep among the games "with untapped franchise potential" due to the cancelation of Stonekeep 2: Godmaker. In 1996, GamesMaster ranked Stonekeep 56th on their "Top 100 Games of All Time." LegacyThe Oath of Stonekeep, a novel set in the world of Stonekeep, was written by Troy Denning and published 1999 by Berkley Boulevard Books. Interplay's Black Isle Studios worked on a sequel, Stonekeep 2: Godmaker, for roughly five years, before eventually cancelling it in 2001 in order to work on Icewind Dale II and Baldur's Gate III: The Black Hound. The game and its novelization would remain the only entry in its series until the 2010 announcement of Stonekeep: Bones of the Ancestors, a game developed for Interplay by Alpine Studios. It is not a sequel to Stonekeep, but rather an all-new game and a standalone entry in the franchise. Bones of the Ancestors'' was released in 2012 as downloadable content at WiiWare. References External links Stonekeep Stonekeep on Steam Stonekeep Stonekeep on Gog.com 1995 video games DOS games Fantasy novels Fantasy video games First-person party-based dungeon crawler video games Games commercially released with DOSBox Interplay Entertainment games Novels based on video games Role-playing video games Single-player video games Windows games Video games about witchcraft Video games developed in the United States