Wizardry: The Five Ordeals

Create a party of up to six characters and take them into a series of dungeon scenarios. The game uses a shared ruleset across its official scenarios, with additional user-created scenarios available.

Explore first-person, grid-based mazes, keep track of your route, and manage your party’s resources as you go. Combat is turn-based, and battles and treasure chests can bring serious risks, including lethal traps.

Return from expeditions to develop your characters and manage their equipment before venturing back underground. Character loss can be permanent, making each expedition a high-stakes test of preparation and risk management.

Players who enjoy the game often praise its classic Wizardry-style dungeon crawling, especially the demanding combat and the tension of risking a developed party underground. Many also value the range of official and user-made scenarios, while custom portraits and the brisk pace appeal to some. Criticism in the sample focuses on the unforgiving losses, uneven scenario quality, interface friction, and weak English translation.