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Avernum 3: Ruined World

Spiderweb Software · 2018-01-31

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 31, 2018 (Mac), Jan 31, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 18, 2018 (iOS)

Wander free through this epic, indie fantasy adventure. Explore a huge world that evolves as time passes. Towns fight battles. Refugees flee. Disasters happen. Features cunning adventures, great depth, and unlimited freedom. Be a merchant or bounty hunter, buy a home, save the world!

Avernum 3: Ruined World is a 2018 Adventure, Indie, RPG, and Strategy game priced at $7.99, with a Very Positive sentiment from 84% of 335 reviews and an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners.

4
playing now
84%
positive of 335 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Avernum 3: Ruined World is a single-player role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It is the third game in the Avernum series. The game was released for macOS and Windows in January 2018. An iOS version was released on April 18, 2018.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (38 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.4k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 335 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2022-10-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 75 of 96 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
373720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 01:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 5 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 4 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1340Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Mar 2018 — avg 39 · peak 99Jun 2018 — avg 14 · peak 29Sep 2018 — avg 9 · peak 20Dec 2018 — avg 9 · peak 25Mar 2019 — avg 11 · peak 24Jun 2019 — avg 8 · peak 19Sep 2019 — avg 11 · peak 27Dec 2019 — avg 14 · peak 34Mar 2020 — avg 9 · peak 21Jun 2020 — avg 12 · peak 23Sep 2020 — avg 8 · peak 19Dec 2020 — avg 9 · peak 23Mar 2021 — avg 10 · peak 26Jun 2021 — avg 8 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 16Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Jun 2022 — avg 8 · peak 17Sep 2022 — avg 8 · peak 21Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 13Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2025 — avg 8 · peak 17Jun 2025 — avg 6 · peak 14Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 19Mar 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.00$3.992018-01-312026-10-142018-01-31 — best price $17.992018-08-30 — best price $16.002019-01-14 — best price $19.992019-06-08 — best price $9.992019-09-12 — best price $20.002019-12-06 — best price $9.992020-03-06 — best price $9.992020-07-06 — best price $7.992020-10-29 — best price $7.992021-01-18 — best price $7.992021-05-18 — best price $20.002021-08-23 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-03-31 — best price $7.992022-06-23 — best price $7.992022-10-25 — best price $3.992023-01-09 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992023-10-23 — best price $19.992024-01-08 — best price $7.992024-03-20 — best price $7.992024-06-14 — best price $7.992024-09-10 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $7.992025-03-03 — best price $19.992025-05-19 — best price $7.992025-07-31 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-01 — best price $7.992026-03-11 — best price $5.992026-05-16 — best price $19.992026-08-14 — best price $5.992026-09-06 — best price $5.992026-09-18 — best price $5.992026-09-30 — best price $5.992026-10-12 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1912026-05-30 — 6 pageviews2026-06-03 — 3 pageviews2026-06-07 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 3 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-19 — 5 pageviews2026-06-23 — 13 pageviews2026-06-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-01 — 17 pageviews2026-07-05 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 7 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 16 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-06 — 12 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 5 pageviews2026-08-26 — 3 pageviews2026-08-30 — 5 pageviews2026-09-03 — 6 pageviews2026-09-07 — 8 pageviews2026-09-11 — 6 pageviews2026-09-15 — 7 pageviews2026-09-19 — 7 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1 pageviews2026-09-27 — 3 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
25.3%
earned "The Surface, At Last"
6.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-01-31 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5275%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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