Avernum is a European & American style indie RPG game series, developed and issued by the famous independent RPG game company Spiderweb Software, as one of the five game series making this company repeatedly get rewards (other four series: Geneforge, Nethergate, Exile and Avadon). Each work can be called an epic.

Avernum series include a total of 8 games, seven of which are the main games with a continuous plot and one gaiden game - Blades of Avernum. The story of Avernum tells about kindness and enmity among an underground kingdom, an empire on the ground and the underground non-human races.

The former three parts of Avernum series are upgrades of the Exile trilogy; Blades of Avernum upgrades from Blades of Exile; the remaining three parts use a new game engine, that means they are all brand-new sequels.

Key Features

  • Unusually large map - according to the proportion of conversion, its size can be equivalent to the area of Australia in real life.
  • Hundreds of tasks, dungeons, enemy fortresses
  • Hundreds of learning skills
  • Plenty of races and roles for players to explore
  • Powerful and tortuous, fantastic plots - the game developer Jeff is also a novelist, which makes every game well-rounded like an epic novel
  • Hundreds of hours of game time (even if only do the main mission in every game, you will also need about one month time at least to pass through. If you want to explore every corner of the game, that will need several months)
  • All kinds of interesting Easter eggs and secret switches may be related to win instead of lose
  • Open plot - the end of game is not the only onr or even completely different
  • Some important choices from players will lead to the overturn of entire game world, which makes the game still has the replay value after playing through
  • A very high degree of freedom - most of the missions can be accomplished in several ways
  • The entire plot of Avernum series is continuous, but you can completely play them out of order.

System Requirements

for Avernum: Escape from the Pit:
  • DirectX
  • VCredict
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable Package

Official Demo Video

Edition Statement

Over the past twenty years, Avernum experienced official remakes and upgrades for many times, which led to the chaotic editions of Avernum series. Below we sorted them out as follows.

How To Use

for Setup version:
  1. Download and install the demo version from official site
  2. Download and run the corresponding keymaker to activate
  3. All done, enjoy!
for Portable version:
  • Just extract to play
for Android version:
  1. Install the APK file
  2. Copy the OBB file (entire folder) to the following path:
    • /Android/obb/
  3. Done

All Avernum & Exile Official Forums

Download Links

Year Game Version Version Notes Official Setup Keymaker
1994 Exile: Escape from the Pit v1.0 n/a n/a n/a
1995 Exile II: Crystal Souls v1.0 n/a n/a n/a
1996 Exile: Escape from the Pit v2.0 Final Fully Registered AppNee.com n/a
1996 Exile II: Crystal Souls v2.0.1 Final Fully Registered AppNee.com n/a
1998 Exile III: Ruined World v1.0 Final Fully Registered AppNee.com n/a
2000 Blades of Exile v1.0 Final Fully Registered AppNee.com n/a
2000 Avernum 1 v1.0.3 Exile's Remake AppNee.com
2001 Avernum 2 v1.0.1 Exile II's Remake AppNee.com
2002 Avernum 3 v1.1.4 Exile III's Remake AppNee.com
2004 Blades of Avernum v1.0.3 Blades of Exile's Remake AppNee.com
2006 Avernum 4 v1.0.1 Oberon/Reflexive AppNee.com
2021 v1.0.1S reserved n/a
2007 Blades of Exile Open Source Project Release 3 Blades of Exile Source Code AppNee.com n/a
2008 Avernum 5 v1.0.1 Reflexive AppNee.com
2010 Avernum 6 v1.0.1 Reflexive AppNee.com
2012 Avernum: Escape from the Pit n/a Avernum 1's Remake
2014 Avernum 2: Crystal Souls n/a Avernum 2's Remake
2016 Avernum 3: Ruined World v1.0.3 Exile III: Ruined World's Remake AppNee.com
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