reviewed The Book of Adventure Games in Space Gamer No. 70. Varney commented that "The Book of Adventure Games is worth the money to any aficionado of 'interactive fiction'." Mike Nicita and Roun Petrusha of Popular Computing commented that "frustrated players will appreciate Schuette's treatment of 77 of the best-known adventure games for its help in learning to play and enjoy them." Similarly, Russ Lockwood of Creative Computing concluded "if you need help with a pre-1984 adventure game, The Book of Adventure Games just might be your salvation."