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Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Digital Eclipse · 2024-05-23

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ActionRPG

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

Releases: Sep 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2024 (PlayStation 5), May 23, 2024 (PlayStation 4), May 23, 2024 (Xbox One), May 23, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), May 23, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

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 an Action and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 1259 reviews).

51
playing now
77%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3
Nexus mods (251 downloads)
4.13★
PlayStation Store rating (905 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 51 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 160 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–57k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,259 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$10.49-70%
Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.04 at GameBillet (2026-09-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 100 of 151 observed days · $1.45 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10010020232026Week of 2023-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8702026-09-15 00:00 — 86 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 55 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 75 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 80 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 76 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 66 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 32 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 65 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 58 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 37 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 37 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 34 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 39 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 52 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 60 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 44 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 44 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 45 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 59 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 61 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 51 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 55 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 51 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20932Sep 2023Aug 2026Sep 2023 — avg 123 · peak 233Oct 2023 — avg 80 · peak 170Nov 2023 — avg 66 · peak 141Dec 2023 — avg 49 · peak 83Jan 2024 — avg 46 · peak 88Feb 2024 — avg 42 · peak 99Mar 2024 — avg 44 · peak 88Apr 2024 — avg 39 · peak 70May 2024 — avg 116 · peak 602Jun 2024 — avg 209 · peak 594Jul 2024 — avg 112 · peak 233Aug 2024 — avg 87 · peak 195Sep 2024 — avg 78 · peak 154Oct 2024 — avg 67 · peak 141Nov 2024 — avg 43 · peak 82Dec 2024 — avg 59 · peak 98Jan 2025 — avg 52 · peak 105Feb 2025 — avg 49 · peak 103Mar 2025 — avg 41 · peak 74Apr 2025 — avg 42 · peak 90May 2025 — avg 35 · peak 70Jun 2025 — avg 32 · peak 69Jul 2025 — avg 44 · peak 79Aug 2025 — avg 34 · peak 75Sep 2025 — avg 41 · peak 87Oct 2025 — avg 47 · peak 100Nov 2025 — avg 39 · peak 72Dec 2025 — avg 43 · peak 72Jan 2026 — avg 47 · peak 90Feb 2026 — avg 32 · peak 58Mar 2026 — avg 39 · peak 66Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 67May 2026 — avg 37 · peak 75Jun 2026 — avg 45 · peak 85Jul 2026 — avg 43 · peak 85Aug 2026 — avg 32 · peak 54
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$10.492023-09-152026-10-142023-09-15 — best price $25.192023-11-29 — best price $29.992024-02-15 — best price $23.992024-07-11 — best price $34.992024-09-25 — best price $26.242024-11-26 — best price $24.492024-12-26 — best price $34.992025-01-14 — best price $31.142025-02-13 — best price $20.992025-03-19 — best price $19.242025-04-09 — best price $17.212025-04-25 — best price $34.992025-05-22 — best price $19.242025-06-18 — best price $17.492025-07-13 — best price $29.022025-07-27 — best price $34.992025-08-19 — best price $15.572025-09-06 — best price $17.502025-09-20 — best price $15.722025-10-07 — best price $15.572025-11-03 — best price $34.992025-11-13 — best price $15.742025-11-25 — best price $15.742025-12-23 — best price $12.882026-01-13 — best price $29.392026-02-04 — best price $34.992026-03-09 — best price $12.052026-03-27 — best price $12.292026-05-01 — best price $12.072026-05-30 — best price $34.992026-06-17 — best price $12.252026-07-22 — best price $34.992026-08-21 — best price $28.992026-09-02 — best price $12.252026-09-10 — best price $34.992026-09-18 — best price $34.992026-09-26 — best price $10.492026-10-04 — best price $10.492026-10-12 — best price $10.492026-10-14 — best price $10.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
81.3%
earned "It's All Down From Here"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2026-02-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7492%28
PS5 (PlayStation)59317%29
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3577%28
Switch (Nintendo)490%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGCRPGDarkMagicDemonsDragonsFantasyWerewolvesExplorationDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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