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Avadon: The Black Fortress cover art

Avadon: The Black Fortress

Spiderweb Software · 2011-08-17

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 17, 2011 (Linux), Aug 17, 2011 (Mac), 2012 (Android), Nov 29, 2012 (iOS), Aug 17, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)

Avadon: The Black Fortress is a 2011 Indie and RPG game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (81% of 622 reviews).

4
playing now
81%
positive of 622 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Avadon: The Black Fortress is a single-player role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It is the first game in the Avadon trilogy. The game was released for Mac OS X in February 2011, and for Windows in May. Another version was released for the iPad on June 18. It was later released for Android and Linux, and included in the Humble Bundle for Android 2.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 49,587 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 25k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 622 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2014-04-28) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 67 of 82 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-09-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
332Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 33 · peak 70Dec 2012 — avg 23 · peak 48May 2013 — avg 11 · peak 26Oct 2013 — avg 11 · peak 41Mar 2014 — avg 15 · peak 42Aug 2014 — avg 8 · peak 24Jan 2015 — avg 11 · peak 29Jun 2015 — avg 7 · peak 22Nov 2015 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2016 — avg 6 · peak 21Sep 2016 — avg 12 · peak 34Feb 2017 — avg 10 · peak 27Jul 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23Dec 2017 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2018 — avg 6 · peak 16Oct 2018 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2019 — avg 9 · peak 21Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2020 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Jan 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-06-14 — best price $9.992015-11-23 — best price $9.992016-04-18 — best price $2.992016-09-27 — best price $2.492016-12-22 — best price $2.992017-06-22 — best price $2.992017-11-13 — best price $2.992018-01-31 — best price $2.992018-06-19 — best price $9.992018-12-06 — best price $2.992019-03-04 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992020-03-16 — best price $2.992020-07-13 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $3.992021-09-02 — best price $3.992022-02-14 — best price $3.992022-08-22 — best price $3.992023-01-03 — best price $9.992023-06-11 — best price $2.992023-12-06 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $9.992024-06-19 — best price $2.992024-10-16 — best price $2.992025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-05-16 — best price $9.992025-08-24 — best price $9.992025-10-28 — best price $3.992026-02-12 — best price $3.992026-05-19 — best price $2.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-09-15 — best price $2.992026-09-25 — best price $2.992026-10-05 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2012026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 9 pageviews2026-06-08 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-16 — 2 pageviews2026-06-20 — 11 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1 pageviews2026-06-28 — 10 pageviews2026-07-02 — 12 pageviews2026-07-06 — 3 pageviews2026-07-10 — 7 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-22 — 9 pageviews2026-07-26 — 20 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-03 — 10 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 13 pageviews2026-08-19 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 8 pageviews2026-09-04 — 5 pageviews2026-09-08 — 3 pageviews2026-09-12 — 7 pageviews2026-09-16 — 4 pageviews2026-09-20 — 12 pageviews2026-09-24 — 1 pageviews2026-09-28 — 7 pageviews2026-10-02 — 7 pageviews2026-10-06 — 10 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
40.7%
earned "Your New Employer"
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsStatsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,6282%30

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DRPGCRPGIndieRetroFantasyIsometricOld SchoolStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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