Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

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Featuring the GRAMMY ® Award-winning score by Winifred Phillips! Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is a full 3D remake of the first game in the legendary Wizardry series of RPGs.

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Developer:
Digital Eclipse
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
23 May 2024
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Recent Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (14)
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (1131)

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Description

Featuring the GRAMMY® Award-winning score by Winifred Phillips!

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

The first party-based RPG video game ever released, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord was a direct inspiration to series like Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Digital Eclipse's revival preserves the appeal of the classic, with many upgrades for modern role-playing game fans.

Dungeon Crawling, Deluxe

Craft your own party of adventurers and head into the labyrinth at the behest of the mad overlord Trebor, in search of the amulet stolen by the evil wizard Werdna. Battle groups of challenging enemies, avoid hidden traps, and make your way deeper into the dungeon as you prepare for the ultimate battle: Facing Werdna himself.

Commitment to Accuracy

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is built directly on top of the original 1981 game's code. Although it looks all new, underneath the hood is the authentic game. You can even view the original Apple II interface as you play.

Challenge Without Hassle

While the well-known difficulty of the enemies has not been altered, quality-of-life improvements have been added in every area. Party management, navigation, spellcasting, and combat have all been significantly enhanced.

A Legend Reborn

If you're just discovering the legendary Wizardry franchise, Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord is the perfect jumping-in point for new players. Series veterans will love the gorgeous new graphics and sound, and the streamlined interface.

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
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

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
Windows 10
Processor:
Intel Core i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
GeForce GTX 970
Storage:
2 GB available space

User reviews

Rei
Not recommended | 10 Apr 2026
4.6h played

Love the game, but during my very short playtime I ran into multiple game breaking bugs. Twice a lost a character during leveling up (character simply got overwritten by a level 0 nameless character). Therefore, cannot

Helpful: 29
Draescan
Not recommended | 23 Apr 2026
53 min played

There are too many unfortunate bugs that cause the game to have to be closed via the task manager and I ran into a nasty bug that completely deleted my character's identity entirely, their class/equipment/name/portrait

Helpful: 17
darksiegestudios
Recommended | 27 Mar 2026
26.3h played

As a player of the original Wizardry for the Apple as a thirteen-year-old in 1981 and the first computer RPG for both myself and my next door neighbor, whos father worked for IBM and bought the game for us to play on

Helpful: 8
Hsanrb
Not recommended | 10 Mar 2026
11.7h played

I originally refunded this game, but needing to learn mapping software (Grid Cartographer) some of the new school functions would help me verify my accuracy. I rebought it. The game runs, ok... but it's a buggy ok. The

Helpful: 7
Xeuix
Recommended | 11 Mar 2026
25.6h played

I'm not sure why this is currently sitting at Mostly Positive. I experienced no bugs (other than not using the first save slot as instructed which has a habit of being overwritten, and turned off cloud saves) and it ran

Helpful: 4
xxadonisxx
Recommended | 23 Apr 2026
14.8h played

Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord as revived by Digital Eclipse and published alongside Atari is less a remake in the modern sense and more a careful act of preservation that happens to be playable by

Helpful: 4