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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a full 3D remake of the first game in the legendary Wizardry series of RPGs.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a dungeon crawler, crpg and party-based rpg game developed and published by Digital Eclipse.
Released on May 23rd 2024 is available only on Windows in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Japanese.

It has received 947 reviews of which 751 were positive and 196 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.6 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 33.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Eneba.

The Steam community has classified Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord into these genres:

Dungeon Crawler CRPG Party-Based RPG Exploration RPG Turn-Based Strategy Character Customization First-Person Dark Fantasy Dragons Demons Fantasy Dark Magic Werewolves Old School Zombies Singleplayer Vampire Class-Based

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 3750H
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 GPU
  • Storage: 2 GB available space

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Dec. 2025
Overall: 7 / 10 (would be 9/10 if not for unresolved bugs). Similar to the original in being a brutally unforgiving game. Unlike the original; the player can tell what is going on around them. The graphics, music, gameplay, and algorithms are SIGNIFICANTLY improved. Wizardry is not a game for all people. It's not really a game for most people. But for the niche few of us out there who enjoy an 'olde-timey' dungeon crawl; this one is DEFINITELY for us. There's a few bugs, but all of the ones I have found are resolved by pressing Alt + F4; which is annoying, but manageable.
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July 2025
Oh, this REALLY takes me back. I remember playing the original version back in the early 80's and spending a whole lot of hours on it in the school's computer lab. I even programmed my own version in Apple Basic with Hi-Res graphics for my computer class project. This? Absolutely stellar. The O.G. Still a terribly difficult game, so prepare to die. A lot. And don't let a TPK make you rage quit. That's simply part of it's charm. Here's a money-saving tip. Create a bishop and leave him in town. Whenever you pick up treasure items, when you come back to town, swap him out with a current character, so he can Identify the items. Then swap him back into the Inn. That'll save you a ton and let you keep a full wizard and full priest in the party and leveling up. All in all, I can't recommend this enough. I have had a couple of glitches where the game froze up in the Tavern when I was moving characters around and once in combat. But other than that, it's a seamless remake that keeps the old charm--and the old game--intact.
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June 2025
Taking me back to the summer of 1984, when I played this for the first time on my Apple 2e!! I don't know what inspired the guy to decompile the UCSD Pascal and put it on the internet, but wow, I am glad he did. I love what you guys have done with this. This is a VERY fun edition of the game and the little tweaks you can use to make the game play more like a modern RPG were a nice touch! Being able to see the mini Apple 2 screen in the corner is really awesome (and you can make it bigger or turn it off, nice!) This was my only way to play a D&D style RPG back in the day. My religious parents wouldn't let me have D&D in the house and this allowed me to play in secret :) Thanks for making this great version and walk down memory lane!!
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April 2025
This is a nostalgia game, if you are old enough to have played the original on the Apple ][ in 1981, you'll love it. If you are looking for something modern, move along, not the dragons you're looking for. This was the first 3D graphics game, and as such, it was just barely 3D. Perspective drawing with corners at 45deg, and moves in increments of 1 block. As simple as it could be, and pushing the envelope of a 48k system. Yes, 48 Kilobytes. Less memory than is probably taken up by the dialog window I'm typing this in. It has both original and slightly renovated modes, and some updated graphics that are fine for what they are, This is turn based RPG, so don't expect much. The original combat was text based only. But anyway, for us old guys, this is a visit back to childhood, and a total blast. It was one of the best games of it's time. Just remember that it's time was about 1981.
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March 2025
It's just amazing, fun, challenging, crazy, fun. The "monsters" are so well drawn. I LOVe LOVE LOVE the Gas Dragons. Years ago my then 11 yr old son and I enjoyed the Wizardry on the Apple 2 e. Back then it was just lines on the monitor, but we loved it just the same. The graphics now are very nice and now my son, age 54, and I text back and forth about monsters we crush and mysteries we solve. And after all is said and done, there is always Tiltowat.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is currently priced at 33.99€ on Steam.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 33.99€ on Steam.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord received 751 positive votes out of a total of 947 achieving a rating of 7.56.
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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord was developed and published by Digital Eclipse.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is not playable on MacOS.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is not playable on Linux.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a single-player game.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord does not currently offer any DLC.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord does not support Steam Remote Play.

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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