Wizardry: The Five Ordeals coming to Switch on January 30, 2025 [Update: Physical edition delayed to February 27]
Currently available for PC.
Game*Spark Publishing and developer 59studio will release a Switch version of Wizardry: The Five Ordeals on January 30, 2025, the companies announced. It will be playable at Tokyo Game Show 2024, which will run from September 26 to 29 at Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.
In Japan, the Switch version will be priced at 3,980 yen for the digital edition, 4,980 yen for the physical edition, and 9,980 yen for the Collector’s Edition. The latter includes a download code for the downloadable content scenario “The Absence of Misericordia,” a one-disc original soundtrack CD for “The Five Ordeals” and “The Absence of Misericordia,” an acrylic stand, and a set of “The Five Ordeals” monster cards.
Update 11/29/24: Game*Spark Publishing and 59studio have delayed the physical edition to February 27. The digital edition will still launch on January 30 as planned.
The Switch version includes the default scenario “The Price of Deception,” as well as the five scenarios “Traveler’s Property,” “Children of the King Selene,” “The Devoid of Apotheosis,” “The Pickled Man of Galvan,” and “The Wheels of Flame,” each of which can be played from anywhere between 10 to many dozens of hours. Support for user-created “User Scenarios” will also be added in a day one update.
The downloadable content scenarios “Prisoners of the Battles” and “The Absence of Misericordia” will be available at launch for 2,480 yen and 1,480 yen, respectively.
Wizardry: The Five Ordeals is currently available for PC via Steam.
Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:
About
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 user interface 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 six members. The turn based combat mixes the simplicity of Japanese RPGs 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 user interface has been improved for a modern audience.
Improvements include:
- Widescreen / high-resolution support with new user interface and 3D mazes with high-resolution monsters.
- In-game scenario selection.
- Gamepad support.
- Steam cloud support.
- Custom portraits support.
Watch a new trailer below.