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Avernum 2: Crystal Souls cover art

Avernum 2: Crystal Souls

Spiderweb Software · 2015-01-14

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 15, 2015 (iOS), Jan 14, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 14, 2015 (Mac)

Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.

Avernum 2: Crystal Souls is a 2015 Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy title priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (90% of 334 reviews).

5
playing now
90%
positive of 334 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Avernum 2: Crystal Souls is a role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It is the second game in the Avernum series. The game was released for OS X and Microsoft Windows in January 2015, The iPad version was released on the App Store on April 15, 2015.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.3k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 334 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Steam$5.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at GOG (2019-06-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 78 of 99 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162026Week of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 8 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1153Jan 2015Aug 2026Jan 2015 — avg 115 · peak 305May 2015 — avg 11 · peak 32Sep 2015 — avg 13 · peak 32Jan 2016 — avg 13 · peak 39May 2016 — avg 9 · peak 22Sep 2016 — avg 11 · peak 27Jan 2017 — avg 11 · peak 27May 2017 — avg 8 · peak 20Sep 2017 — avg 11 · peak 31Jan 2018 — avg 11 · peak 25May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 24Sep 2018 — avg 9 · peak 23Jan 2019 — avg 9 · peak 21May 2019 — avg 7 · peak 27Sep 2019 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2020 — avg 8 · peak 24May 2020 — avg 10 · peak 28Sep 2020 — avg 7 · peak 18Jan 2021 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2021 — avg 8 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16Jan 2022 — avg 8 · peak 19May 2022 — avg 6 · peak 13Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 21May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 7 · peak 15May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 16May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Jan 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 15
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.00$3.992015-01-132026-10-152015-01-13 — best price $19.992015-06-10 — best price $19.992015-08-28 — best price $14.992015-12-10 — best price $9.992016-03-07 — best price $9.992016-07-14 — best price $19.992016-11-29 — best price $19.992017-04-03 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $19.992018-01-31 — best price $4.992018-07-16 — best price $19.992019-02-04 — best price $5.992019-06-25 — best price $5.992019-11-28 — best price $5.992020-03-16 — best price $5.992020-09-07 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-05-18 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-02-14 — best price $7.992022-06-23 — best price $5.992022-11-22 — best price $5.992023-02-21 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-22 — best price $5.992024-06-04 — best price $5.992024-09-23 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-04-14 — best price $19.992025-07-15 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-18 — best price $19.992026-04-03 — best price $5.192026-07-24 — best price $4.992026-09-02 — best price $4.992026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $4.992026-10-15 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1512026-05-31 — 2 pageviews2026-06-04 — 3 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 4 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 5 pageviews2026-06-28 — 3 pageviews2026-07-02 — 3 pageviews2026-07-06 — 3 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 3 pageviews2026-07-22 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 2 pageviews2026-07-30 — 4 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 3 pageviews2026-08-23 — 6 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-31 — 5 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 3 pageviews2026-09-12 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 3 pageviews2026-09-20 — 2 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 6 pageviews2026-10-03 — 1 pageviews2026-10-07 — 7 pageviews2026-10-09 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
62.4%
earned "The Ambush"
18.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8784%35

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

Player tags

2DRPGCRPGIndieRetroFantasyStrategyAdventureIsometricOld School

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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