Wizardry: The Five Ordeals

Wizardry: The Five Ordeals

Released Oct 2023

Welcome to the world of dungeon crawling! The classic dungeon crawler released back in 2006, returns to Steam with improved UI and more.

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Steam $39.99
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Evaluation

Wizardry: The Five Ordeals launched in Early Access in late 2021 and graduated to its full 1.0 release on October 26, 2023, adding a new default scenario, "The Price of Deception." Since then, the developer (59 Studio) has maintained a steady stream of updates and new content. On the DLC front, two paid scenario DLCs were released before the full launch — "Prisoners of the Battles" (March 30, 2023) and "The Absence of Misericordia" (June 22, 2023). Post-launch, the developer released a free portrait pack ("Private," February 25, 2026) and two collaboration portrait packs in quick succession: "Maid Cafe on Electric Street" (March 12, 2026) and "The Fox's Way Home" (April 10, 2026). All six listed DLCs are currently released with no unreleased entries on the store. The developer has continued to actively communicate throughout this period. Multiple development status posts in 2024 confirmed that the team was working in parallel on the PC game, a scenario editor, and console ports. A February 2026 patch added infrastructure for future collaboration scenarios requiring an internet connection, and the developer stated they have "various plans for next year" and are preparing "various portraits in the future." A bug fix patch was published as recently as May 19, 2026. This combination of ongoing patches, recent DLC releases, and explicit developer statements about future content plans indicates that development is actively continuing. No announcement of a final update or conclusion of content support has been made.
Evidence
Collaboration portrait pack 'The Fox's Way Home' released April 10, 2026 — the most recent DLC shipped.
dlc listing · Apr 10, 2026 source content shipped
high
Collaboration portrait pack 'Maid Cafe on Electric Street' released March 12, 2026.
dlc listing · Mar 12, 2026 source content shipped
high

Content

6 of 6 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Game*Spark Publishing
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Classic hardcore gameplay. Experience a deep dungeon crawling RPG. This game was created by the main staff that worked on the popular RPG series back in 2006. In this game, players can experience many different dungeon crawler RPGs using the same base system. Available for the first time on Steam and outside of Japan with enhancements to the UI and much more. Official scenarios seen for the first time each with dozens of hours of gameplay.

Gameplay that is easy to get into. Players will create their own character - much like a traditional tabletop RPG - and venture into a grid based dungeon with a party of up to 6 members. The turn based combat mixes the simplicity of JRPGs with the difficulty of tabletop RPGs. (Our internal dice is not rigged!) Your character can be lost forever and saves will be overwritten. Get ready for a classic hardcore adventure.

Newly improved version

The Steam version has been overhauled using the Unity engine. While the core gameplay is left unchanged from 2006, the UI has been improved for a modern audience.

Improvements include
  • Wide screen/high resolution support with new UI and 3D mazes with high resolution monsters
  • In-game scenario selection
  • Gamepad support
  • Steam cloud support
  • Custom portraits support
Last evaluated Jun 16, 2026
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