Avernum 4

Released May 2012

Avernum 4 is the first chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.

84% positive · 113 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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All announced content has been released

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Evaluation

Avernum 4 is a classic single-player RPG that launched on May 11, 2012 as a complete, standalone game. The store description presents it as a finished, self-contained adventure — there is no mention of downloadable content, expansions, post-launch updates, or ongoing development for this title. The one developer news post associated with this game's Steam page (August 9, 2019) is simply an announcement for a different Spiderweb Software game, Queen's Wish: The Conqueror, and contains no reference to new content for Avernum 4. There are no DLC listings and no history of post-launch content updates. The game shipped as a complete product in 2012 and has remained unchanged since.

Evidence

Store description presents Avernum 4 as a complete standalone RPG adventure with no mention of planned DLC or post-launch content

description · May 11, 2012 source content shipped

high

The only developer news post is an announcement for a different game (Queen's Wish: The Conqueror) with no reference to new Avernum 4 content

news post · Aug 9, 2019 source ambiguous

low

Media

Details

Developer

Spiderweb Software

Publisher

Spiderweb Software

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

RPG Indie Isometric Turn-Based Fantasy Old School CRPG Party-Based RPG

About this game

Avernum is one of the great tales of indie gaming, an epic series of fantasy role-playing adventurers set in an enormous, subterranean nation. Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival and wealth in the monster-infested darkness. Avernum 4 is the first chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.

Avernum 4 is an enormous fantasy role-playing adventure. Wander a gigantic world, full of multitudes of characters, hundreds of side quests, and traps, tricks, and treasure in every corner. Experience the life of an adventurer: the fame, the wealth, the hapless townsfolk begging you for help at every turn! This epic tale is guaranteed to give you weeks of entertainment, with an impossibly huge world that dares you to uncover all of its secrets.

Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026