Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
First-person party RPG remaking a punishing 1981 dungeon crawl
Digital Eclipse · Published by Digital Eclipse, Atari · Released May 23, 2024
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 77% of 1,281
- Recent reviews
- Mixed
- 68% of 41 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 63
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Aug 22, 2024
What is Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord?
A single-player, first-person party RPG and full 3D remake of the 1981 original. Create a group of adventurers, explore a fantasy labyrinth floor by floor, fight enemies in turn-based battles, avoid traps, and recover an amulet stolen by the wizard Werdna.
For you if...
- +you enjoy unforgiving, old-school dungeon crawls and careful mapping
- +you like creating and managing a customizable adventuring party
- +you want classic mechanics with modern quality-of-life options
Not for you if...
- −you want forgiving progression without grinding or lost parties
- −you prefer modern RPG systems over faithful 1981 design
- −you dislike complex mazes and frequent backtracking
What players say
77% of 1,281 reviews are positive · 68% of 41 in the last 30 days
Players praise the updated graphics, music, interface, and mapping options while retaining the original mazes and difficulty. The most common complaints concern soft locks during combat or party management, crashes, save problems, and bugs that corrupt or erase characters.
Screenshots and trailer
Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 GPU
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel Core i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 970
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 28
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese.
Tags
- Dungeon Crawler
- Party-Based RPG
- CRPG
- Exploration
- RPG
- Turn-Based Strategy
- First-Person
- Character Customization
- Dark Fantasy
- Dragons
- Fantasy
- Demons
- Dark
- Magic
- Werewolves
- Old School
Recent updates
- Aug 22, 2024 · Update Notes for 1.1.1 (Hotfix)
- Aug 21, 2024 · Update 1.1: The Fast Combat Update
- May 23, 2024 · Update Notes for 1.0
- Apr 12, 2024 · Update Notes for Patch 0.4.1
- Mar 20, 2024 · Update Notes for 0.4: March of the Mad Overlord
1 DLC available.
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