This time Nikademus had fashioned an evil orb, and with it he cast a curse on a beautiful island named Ferronrah and enslaved its people.

in 1986 recommended it to those seeking a more traditional role–playing game than SSI's Rings of Zilfin or who enjoyed Phantasie.

[4] Scorpia criticized Phantasie II for not changing its predecessor's "infamous Distribution and Selling rigamarole", including a bug with the handling of money.

[5][6][7] Reviewing the Atari ST version, Antic in 1987 liked the lack of disk-based copy protection and permadeath.

The magazine concluded that Phantasie II "is very fun to play, and you will spend much time solving the puzzles".