The game takes place in Tibet. The player named Mac Steele is an archaeologist, who tries to find a valuable diamond called "The Serpent's Star". He needs 13 scrolls, which provide advice to the diamond's hideout in the town of Kara-Koram. Therefore, Mac Steele has to travel through Tibet, to solve a lot of puzzles and to meet other non-player characters, e.g. Buddhist monks.[4]
The single-player adventure is controlled via typed keyboard commands. Words and simple sentences are entered in a text parser.[5]
Reception
Softline stated, "if you liked Mask of the Sun, you'll probably like Serpent's Star. Most of us did".[6]Antic called it "a good, challenging game".[7] A reviewer for German magazine Happy Computer praised the thrilling, atmospheric storyline, the complexity of the riddles, and the graphics.[8]