OrbQuest is an adventure/fantasy role-playing game that involves a powerful, mystic object known as the Orb, which has been shattered into seven pieces called Wards.

The player character must resume the quest of King Cricken by finding all the pieces of the Orb and reassemble the device to end the spread of Evil.

The character has the attributes of Strength, Intelligence, Wisdom, Dexterity, Charisma and Constitution, each of which is determined randomly by the computer, although the player can reroll as many times as desired.

The three available player classes are fighter, spellcaster, and thief, and the available races are elf, dwarf, halfling, half-orc, and human.

[3] Macworld praises OrbQuest's large map, stating that "The best feature of OrbQuest is its grand scope: the great distances to be traveled and the exhaustive search, which is the essence of a good quest" but criticizes its unoriginality, expressing that "unfortunately, the game lacks imaginative twists.

"[4] MacUser gave OrbQuest a 4 out of 5 rating, describing it as a "very solid, very playable adventure game" with similar gameplay to Ultima, but lacking the sophistication of that series.