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Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge cover art

Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge

Sir-Tech · Drecom Co., Ltd. · 2013-09-10

Steam

AdventureRPG

Franchise: Wizardry · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 10, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2013 (Mac), 1995 (Super Famicom), 1991 (FM Towns), May 21, 1990 (Amiga), May 21, 1990 (DOS)

FULL-COLOR ANIMATED graphics DIGITIZED sound (NO add-on cards required)HARD DISK supported11 Races, 14 Professions (with rankings!)Weaponry, Physical and Academia SkillsSix Spellbooks, 462 CombinationsNon-Player CharactersAn arsenal of over 400 researched itemsVaried Fighting ModesPrimary and Secondary AttackContinuous JourneyUnlimited...

Wizardry 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is an Adventure and RPG game released in 2013, priced at $4.99, with Mostly Positive sentiment (77% of 290 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

9
playing now
77%
positive of 290 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
99/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (12 downloads)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge is the sixth game in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games. It was the first in the trilogy surrounding the Dark Savant, which was followed by Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant and Wizardry 8. The game was developed by Sir-Tech and published for the Amiga and MS-DOS in 1990 by the same company. Versions for the Super Famicom, FM Towns, and PC-98 were later released in Japan by ASCII.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 12k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 290 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420152026Week of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1332026-09-15 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
223Sep 2013Aug 2026Sep 2013 — avg 22 · peak 54Jan 2014 — avg 14 · peak 40May 2014 — avg 10 · peak 29Sep 2014 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2015 — avg 10 · peak 25May 2015 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2015 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2016 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2016 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 10Jan 2017 — avg 7 · peak 17May 2017 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2017 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2018 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2018 — avg 6 · peak 15Jan 2019 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2020 — avg 6 · peak 15Sep 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17May 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 15Jan 2022 — avg 6 · peak 12May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 15Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 16May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 11Jan 2024 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 16Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 19Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 13Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 17May 2026 — avg 6 · peak 12Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012021-02-152015-01-01 — best price $1.242015-06-11 — best price $1.242015-11-25 — best price $1.242015-12-22 — best price $1.242016-02-05 — best price $1.242016-04-22 — best price $1.242016-04-28 — best price $1.242016-06-23 — best price $1.242018-06-21 — best price $1.242018-07-31 — best price $0.992018-11-21 — best price $1.242018-12-03 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-02-11 — best price $4.992019-07-10 — best price $4.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

98232026-05-29 — 36 pageviews2026-06-02 — 54 pageviews2026-06-06 — 37 pageviews2026-06-10 — 39 pageviews2026-06-14 — 50 pageviews2026-06-18 — 35 pageviews2026-06-22 — 33 pageviews2026-06-26 — 32 pageviews2026-06-30 — 40 pageviews2026-07-04 — 68 pageviews2026-07-08 — 57 pageviews2026-07-12 — 56 pageviews2026-07-16 — 46 pageviews2026-07-20 — 49 pageviews2026-07-24 — 41 pageviews2026-07-28 — 26 pageviews2026-08-01 — 46 pageviews2026-08-05 — 58 pageviews2026-08-09 — 53 pageviews2026-08-13 — 51 pageviews2026-08-17 — 63 pageviews2026-08-21 — 66 pageviews2026-08-25 — 41 pageviews2026-08-29 — 83 pageviews2026-09-02 — 67 pageviews2026-09-06 — 66 pageviews2026-09-10 — 47 pageviews2026-09-14 — 63 pageviews2026-09-18 — 56 pageviews2026-09-22 — 58 pageviews2026-09-26 — 42 pageviews2026-09-30 — 40 pageviews2026-10-04 — 47 pageviews2026-10-07 — 51 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Player tags

RPGCRPGRetroNudityClassicFantasyAdventureOld SchoolTurn-BasedFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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