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Avernum 5 cover art

Avernum 5

Spiderweb Software · 2012-05-11

Steam

RPGIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 17, 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Avernum 5 is the second chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of this land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.

Avernum 5 is a 2012 RPG and Indie title priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (86% of 43 reviews).

1
playing now
86%
positive of 43 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 63% of 13,902 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2015-06-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220122026Week of 2012-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2012-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.95$0.492015-01-012024-03-212015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-02-09 — best price $11.992015-04-20 — best price $11.992015-06-15 — best price $0.492015-07-10 — best price $19.952015-08-25 — best price $4.992015-10-26 — best price $4.992015-12-02 — best price $19.952015-12-22 — best price $0.992016-01-18 — best price $11.992016-03-07 — best price $19.952016-03-22 — best price $4.992016-05-24 — best price $4.992016-08-02 — best price $3.592016-10-05 — best price $19.952016-11-23 — best price $1.492016-12-22 — best price $1.492017-03-27 — best price $19.952017-10-26 — best price $3.992017-11-28 — best price $4.992018-01-11 — best price $1.502018-06-08 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $1.492019-01-03 — best price $4.992019-02-19 — best price $1.242019-07-09 — best price $4.992019-11-26 — best price $1.492020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-05-21 — best price $1.492020-07-09 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $1.492021-01-05 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $1.492021-11-01 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-07-07 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $1.492023-03-23 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $1.492024-03-21 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGCRPGIndieFantasyIsometricTurn-BasedParty-Based RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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