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Wizardry 8
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
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“[b]This review does not contain any spoilers.[/b] Really cool dungeon crawler with a surprising amount of voiceover, characters reacting to things happening. Lots of flexibility and some problems have multiple, creative solutions. The craziest thing is that on top of a topic…”
— a player, Steam review · 73 hrs played“The best Wizardry. I played this game all the way through 4 or 5 times years apart. Enjoy it each time. Old style dungeon crawling at its best.”
— a player, Steam review · 144 hrs played“I hear this is a great entry in the series but unfortunately it refuses to run on my M1 MacBook. The listing page doesn't point this out like other Intel Mac only games usually do, either. At least it was only like $8, I guess.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
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Latest official news
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Update #2 for Windows is available now
Hello Everyone, A small update is rolling out now for Windows which contains the following changes: Updated nGlide from 1.04 to 2.00, Updated install instructions to include DirectX 9.0c when first st
FLAC soundtrack added and MacOS version fixed
Hello adventurers, A small update is out now for Wizardry 8, no changes in the Windows version other than the addition of the FLAC version of the soundtrack. The MacOS version has received fixes which
FLAC soundtrack added and MacOS version fixed
Hello adventurers, A small update is out now for Wizardry 8, no changes in the Windows version other than the addition of the FLAC version of the soundtrack. The MacOS version has received fixes which
New update out now
Hello everyone, A small update for Wizardry 8 is available now. It contains the following: (Windows) nGlide was updated to 1.04 from 1.02 (Mac OS X) The game will now launch on OS X 10.11 (Mac OS X) W
New update out now
Hello everyone, A small update for Wizardry 8 is available now. It contains the following: (Windows) nGlide was updated to 1.04 from 1.02 (Mac OS X) The game will now launch on OS X 10.11 (Mac OS X) W
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Party-Based RPG · Dungeon Crawler · Turn-Based Combat · Classic · First-Person · Fantasy · Adventure · CRPG · Turn-Based · Singleplayer · Old School (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | http://www.nightdivestudios.com/games/wizardry-8/?utm_source=steampowered.com&utm_medium=product&utm_campaign=website%20-%20wizardry%208 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Pentium 233MHz Processor Memory: 64 MB RAM Graphics: 8MB 3D Accelerated Video Card DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9 compatible card or onboard sound Additional Notes: Sound Card and Mouse also required for the best experience