Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord
Give it 10 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 2 reviews are negative (54%); after 20h it's 1 in 7 (13%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- The opening is criticised more than in 83% of games we track.
- Few early reviews, so this is a rough estimate.
- 11% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Permanent Resident” (Defeat Murphy’s Ghost on Floor 1): only 37% of starters get there.
- 82% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 1,315 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 20.6h for positive, 3.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (82.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Permanent Resident Defeat Murphy’s Ghost on Floor 1 Most players quit here 37% −63
- Rod & Ring Defeat Monster Allocation Center Encounter on Floor 4 23% −13
- The Overlord's Honor Guard Defeat Werdna and recover the Amulet 11% −12
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (28)
story milestone ending side
- It's All Down From Here Enter the maze for the first time 100%
- The Act of Creation Create a character in the Training Grounds 84%
- Welcome Back Raise a character from the dead 69%
- Novice Adventurer Reach level 5 with a character 52%
- Sleep for a Year Stay 52 times at The Adventurers' Inn 47%
- Centurion Kill 100 enemies with a single character 40%
- TKO Put a whole group of enemies to sleep 37%
- Permanent Resident Defeat Murphy’s Ghost on Floor 1 37%
- Experienced Adventurer Reach level 10 with a character 29%
- Secret Admirer Open 100 secret doors 25%
- Heal Thyself Recover 500HP by casting spells 24%
- Rod & Ring Defeat Monster Allocation Center Encounter on Floor 4 23%
- Personal Growth Change the class of a Level 5+ character in the Training Grounds 23%
- All Access Collect all key items in the Maze 23%
- Supportive Cast party / character buff spells 25 times 17%
- Boltac's Summer Home Spend 50,000 GP at Boltac’s Trading Post 17%
- Tricky Disarm all trap types 17%
- Begone! Dispel 50 enemies 16%
- Better Know a Monster Fully inspect 20 enemies 14%
- Tithe is Money Donate 40,000 GP amount of gold to Cant 13%
- Master Adventurer Reach level 15 with a character 13%
- Stats All, Folks Increase all stats of a character to 18 12%
- The Overlord's Honor Guard Defeat Werdna and recover the Amulet 11%
- Class Act Create or recruit a character of every class 6.2%
- To Fight Another Day Run from 10 fights 6.1%
- Baker's Dozen Recruit 13 Characters 3.8%
- Meet and Beat Encounter all enemies 1.9%
- Gotta Catch 'Em All Fully inspect all enemies 1.1%
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