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Wizardry 8 cover art

Wizardry 8

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

SteamGOG

AdventureRPG

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

Releases: Sep 10, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 10, 2013 (Mac)

A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.

Wizardry 8 is an Adventure, RPG game released in 2013, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1226 reviews).

30
playing now
89%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (6.1k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$9.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Wizardry 8 is the last installment in the Wizardry series of role-playing video games developed by Sir-Tech Canada. Serving as the third game in the "Dark Savant trilogy," it follows Wizardry VI: Bane of the Cosmic Forge and Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant. Originally published in 2001 by Sir-Tech, it was re-released by Night Dive Studios on GOG.com and Steam in 2013.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 52 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 49k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,226 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-85%
Steam$1.99-80%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2014-12-12) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 80 of 104 observed days · $8.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4902026-09-15 00:00 — 39 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 46 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 32 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 30 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 32 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 19 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 34 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 49 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 23 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 36 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 24 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 32 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 34 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 28 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 36 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 37 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 33 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 28 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 22 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8520Sep 2013Aug 2026Sep 2013 — avg 85 · peak 167Jan 2014 — avg 67 · peak 212May 2014 — avg 26 · peak 68Sep 2014 — avg 20 · peak 38Jan 2015 — avg 33 · peak 72May 2015 — avg 24 · peak 46Sep 2015 — avg 24 · peak 56Jan 2016 — avg 34 · peak 68May 2016 — avg 35 · peak 85Sep 2016 — avg 25 · peak 61Jan 2017 — avg 36 · peak 72May 2017 — avg 29 · peak 60Sep 2017 — avg 28 · peak 61Jan 2018 — avg 34 · peak 66May 2018 — avg 24 · peak 51Sep 2018 — avg 28 · peak 54Jan 2019 — avg 36 · peak 73May 2019 — avg 25 · peak 55Sep 2019 — avg 28 · peak 55Jan 2020 — avg 32 · peak 63May 2020 — avg 55 · peak 100Sep 2020 — avg 26 · peak 51Jan 2021 — avg 36 · peak 70May 2021 — avg 32 · peak 57Sep 2021 — avg 31 · peak 53Jan 2022 — avg 38 · peak 76May 2022 — avg 31 · peak 62Sep 2022 — avg 30 · peak 70Jan 2023 — avg 35 · peak 63May 2023 — avg 34 · peak 65Sep 2023 — avg 31 · peak 61Jan 2024 — avg 36 · peak 67May 2024 — avg 30 · peak 55Sep 2024 — avg 36 · peak 70Jan 2025 — avg 35 · peak 62May 2025 — avg 31 · peak 64Sep 2025 — avg 29 · peak 55Jan 2026 — avg 36 · peak 69May 2026 — avg 29 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 32 · peak 57
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-21 — best price $9.992015-12-12 — best price $1.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-08-25 — best price $9.992018-02-16 — best price $2.492018-07-17 — best price $7.992019-06-25 — best price $2.492019-12-19 — best price $1.992020-04-27 — best price $8.282020-06-24 — best price $8.282021-01-12 — best price $9.992021-02-07 — best price $8.382021-03-04 — best price $9.992021-03-26 — best price $8.382021-04-19 — best price $9.992021-05-11 — best price $8.382021-06-03 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $3.492022-11-29 — best price $9.992024-02-02 — best price $9.992024-08-17 — best price $9.992025-02-05 — best price $4.992025-06-18 — best price $9.992025-10-12 — best price $1.492026-03-04 — best price $1.492026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-08-14 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.492026-09-14 — best price $1.492026-09-29 — best price $1.492026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

179582026-05-29 — 83 pageviews2026-06-02 — 81 pageviews2026-06-06 — 90 pageviews2026-06-10 — 79 pageviews2026-06-14 — 97 pageviews2026-06-18 — 70 pageviews2026-06-22 — 69 pageviews2026-06-26 — 82 pageviews2026-06-30 — 137 pageviews2026-07-04 — 99 pageviews2026-07-08 — 97 pageviews2026-07-12 — 82 pageviews2026-07-16 — 76 pageviews2026-07-20 — 58 pageviews2026-07-24 — 73 pageviews2026-07-28 — 69 pageviews2026-08-01 — 77 pageviews2026-08-05 — 67 pageviews2026-08-09 — 125 pageviews2026-08-13 — 119 pageviews2026-08-17 — 114 pageviews2026-08-21 — 118 pageviews2026-08-25 — 73 pageviews2026-08-29 — 179 pageviews2026-09-02 — 112 pageviews2026-09-06 — 137 pageviews2026-09-10 — 98 pageviews2026-09-14 — 98 pageviews2026-09-18 — 89 pageviews2026-09-22 — 74 pageviews2026-09-26 — 82 pageviews2026-09-30 — 74 pageviews2026-10-04 — 91 pageviews2026-10-07 — 90 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGCRPGSci-fiClassicFantasyAdventureOld SchoolTurn-BasedAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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