Rated 6.0/10 by Jeff Sengstack. "Phantasmagoria is Sierra's first attempt at a full-blown, live-action, interactive video adventure, and their ambition far outweighs the results." Reader reviews.

Rated C- by Ray Ivey. "I think Sierra and Roberta Williams squandered an opportunity to make a really fine, groundbreaking, and new type of game and instead went for the low road."

"Phantasmagoria shows that there is certainly room for this new genre of the 'interactive movie' where the emphasis is not on solving puzzles, but rather on the more leisurely pursuit of exploration and watching a story unfold." By Rosemary Young and Gordon Aplin.