 Lacey heralded the gameplay to be "purely addicting" and considered "Blackwyche" to the best of the series.Harding opinionated the game to be "miles better" than its predecessor, whereas Cooke thought the gameplay was repetitive, owing to its number of locations.Reviewers of "Zzap!64" criticised the overall gameplay, stating that the puzzles were poor, unchallenging and often gave them the sense of "deja-vu" with its similarities to its predecessors.