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Avadon: The Black Fortress cover art

Avadon: The Black Fortress

Spiderweb Software · 2011-08-17

SteamGOG

IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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.)

3
playing now
81%
positive of 619 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
62/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 08:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 32% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 619 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 28 of 43 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-11 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 5 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 09:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 08:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.002015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $2.992026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2312026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 13 pageviews2026-06-12 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 13 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-21 — 12 pageviews2026-06-24 — 1 pageviews2026-06-27 — 5 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 3 pageviews2026-07-09 — 13 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 14 pageviews2026-07-18 — 7 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 11 pageviews2026-07-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 12 pageviews2026-08-05 — 14 pageviews2026-08-08 — 14 pageviews2026-08-11 — 8 pageviews2026-08-14 — 9 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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