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Avernum: Escape From the Pit

Spiderweb Software · 2012-04-11

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 11, 2012 (Mac), Apr 03, 2012 (iOS), Apr 11, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 26, 2013 (Android)

Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.

Avernum: Escape From the Pit is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 1321 reviews).

16
playing now
91%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (17 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

16 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Avernum: Escape from the Pit is a role-playing video game developed by Spiderweb Software. It is the first game in the remade Avernum First Trilogy and the second ground-up rewrite of Exile: Escape from the Pit, released in 1995. The game was re-released as a graphics and game engine update, and it addressed Avernum incompatibilities with newer versions of Mac OS X 10.7 Lion and newer.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 16 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 53k–106k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,321 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-06-15) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 73 of 96 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2102026-09-15 00:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 12 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 17 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 16 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
686Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 68 · peak 125Dec 2012 — avg 23 · peak 51May 2013 — avg 15 · peak 31Oct 2013 — avg 12 · peak 27Mar 2014 — avg 12 · peak 55Aug 2014 — avg 25 · peak 65Jan 2015 — avg 63 · peak 190Jun 2015 — avg 31 · peak 73Nov 2015 — avg 23 · peak 62Apr 2016 — avg 19 · peak 48Sep 2016 — avg 17 · peak 42Feb 2017 — avg 24 · peak 56Jul 2017 — avg 22 · peak 51Dec 2017 — avg 19 · peak 42May 2018 — avg 17 · peak 40Oct 2018 — avg 13 · peak 34Mar 2019 — avg 23 · peak 50Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 34Jan 2020 — avg 18 · peak 39Jun 2020 — avg 20 · peak 48Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 35Apr 2021 — avg 16 · peak 33Sep 2021 — avg 13 · peak 31Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 31Jul 2022 — avg 13 · peak 30Dec 2022 — avg 14 · peak 31May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2023 — avg 11 · peak 25Mar 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27Jun 2025 — avg 11 · peak 31Nov 2025 — avg 20 · peak 35Apr 2026 — avg 12 · peak 25Aug 2026 — avg 12 · peak 24
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-06-15 — best price $0.992015-12-05 — best price $9.992016-03-28 — best price $9.992016-10-17 — best price $9.992017-03-24 — best price $4.992017-10-30 — best price $7.992018-02-06 — best price $9.992018-09-13 — best price $7.792019-05-20 — best price $9.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992020-03-30 — best price $9.992020-09-23 — best price $2.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-09-02 — best price $3.992022-01-24 — best price $3.992022-06-23 — best price $3.992022-12-05 — best price $3.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-08-28 — best price $2.992024-01-05 — best price $9.992024-04-15 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $2.992024-11-18 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-06-03 — best price $2.992025-09-12 — best price $3.992025-12-18 — best price $3.492026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-17 — best price $3.992026-09-02 — best price $3.992026-09-17 — best price $3.992026-10-02 — best price $3.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2232026-05-31 — 8 pageviews2026-06-04 — 4 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 10 pageviews2026-06-16 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 22 pageviews2026-06-24 — 18 pageviews2026-06-28 — 9 pageviews2026-07-02 — 10 pageviews2026-07-06 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 12 pageviews2026-07-22 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 10 pageviews2026-07-30 — 12 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 13 pageviews2026-08-23 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 7 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-04 — 11 pageviews2026-09-08 — 10 pageviews2026-09-12 — 6 pageviews2026-09-16 — 11 pageviews2026-09-20 — 7 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 9 pageviews2026-10-06 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
75%
earned "Reached Civilization"
13.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,2132%35

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

Player tags

2DRPGCRPGIndieRemakeFantasyStrategyIsometricOld SchoolStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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