Posted on: July 16, 2025
DIntent
Verified ownerGames: 160 Reviews: 4
This is Old School RPG!
Hail to Spiderweb Software!!!!
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Avernum: Escape From the Pit
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Avernum: Escape From the Pit is an epic fantasy role-playing adventure in a unique and deadly world. Fight to complete up to three game-winning quests. Explore a massive nation of tunnels and caverns, seeking out eighty towns and dungeons. Master over 50 spells and battle disciplines and hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts.
You have been banished to the underworld, never to see the light of day again.
The surface is ruled by the cruel Emperor Hawthorne, master of the Empire. All of the known lands are subject to his brutal command. Everyone who speaks out, who misbehaves, who doesn’t fit in is cast into the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, far below the surface. There, you are expected to die, a victim of starvation, horrible monsters, or simple despair.
But not all of the Avernites have surrendered. With magic and steel, they are forging a new nation deep underground. You can join them and fight for safety. Or freedom. Or even, if you dare, revenge on the surface-dwellers who tried to destroy you.
You have been banished to the underworld, never to see the light of day again.
The surface is ruled by the cruel Emperor Hawthorne, master of the Empire. All of the known lands are subject to his brutal command. Everyone who speaks out, who misbehaves, who doesn’t fit in is cast into the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, far below the surface. There, you are expected to die, a victim of starvation, horrible monsters, or simple despair.
But not all of the Avernites have surrendered. With magic and steel, they are forging a new nation deep underground. You can join them and fight for safety. Or freedom. Or even, if you dare, revenge on the surface-dwellers who tried to destroy you.
- Epic fantasy adventure in an enormous underworld. Huge outdoors and eighty towns and dungeons. Dozens of side quests and hundreds of magical artifacts.
- Unique races and settings make Avernum different from any adventure out there.
- Three separate game-winning quests. Seek safety, escape or revenge. Do just one of them or all three!
- Rich game system with over 50 spells and battle disciplines and a multitude of beneficial character traits to choose from.
Copyright 2012-14, Spiderweb Software
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Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility.
Mac OS X 10.11 notice: The "System Integrity Protection Feature" must be disabled before playing this game.
Recommended system requirements:
Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility.
Mac OS X 10.11 notice: The "System Integrity Protection Feature" must be disabled before playing this game.
Time to beat
41 hMain
60.5 h Main + Sides
86 h Completionist
64 h All Styles
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Indie, Fantasy, Story Rich, Role-playing, 2D,
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Exploration, Turn-Based, Classic, Open World, Isometric, CRPG, Remake
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User reviews
Posted on: September 13, 2025
Naelmonk
Verified ownerGames: 119 Reviews: 4
A Golden Piece
I Highly recommend this piece of art. For everyone who is into story/narrative driven games, this is for you. A valuable treasure in your collection, to come back to when the stress of the outer world lets you relax. And the best part? There is the whole series!
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Posted on: September 20, 2025
Meatwaud27
Verified ownerGames: 70 Reviews: 1
I have been searching for this!
I remember the sleepless nights and countless hours I spent playing Spiderweb's games under a blanket on my 1995 Toshiba laptop back in the early 2000's instead of cramming for the math test I was about to take. Lately I have been having dreams about the original Exile and Nethergate games but couldn't remember what they were exactly called. While scrolling through GOG the Avernum games popped up on sale and WOW was it a blast of nostalgia!! These games are amazing and have such an engaging story that is so incredibly rare for modern games. I just texted my supervisor and told him that I'm probably going to be sick on Monday while I spend this entire weekend marathoning these classic games.
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Posted on: September 6, 2024
osculton
Verified ownerGames: 85 Reviews: 2
Game seems Good, I just cant play it
Game seems promising and I like vibes and story and style... And one hour later I just quit cause I was becaming blind trying to loock at it and reading it. Text is just incredible small in a normal screen resolution (and Im in bit text, not sure text size just in normal mode). Icons are tiny, mouse is tiny, everyting is just soooo small, UI is a disaster, maybe its ready for a 720p resolution or a 480p, not sure, I wish I could play it, I just cant.
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Posted on: November 1, 2017
eneset
Verified ownerGames: 268 Reviews: 2
Very addictive
I just wanted to have a look at this game. It made me stop playing Oblivion and Pillars of Eternity. Sooo addictive, it's pass the midnight already and I can't get myself to go to sleep. Just a little bit more...
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