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role-playing video game
Avernum IV
By Spiderweb Software, released 1 Jan 2012
- Microsoft Windows
- macOS
What it is
Avernum IV is a fantasy role-playing game from Spiderweb Software, released in 2012 for Windows and macOS. It opens the Great Trials Trilogy, whose three games tell of Avernum facing powerful forces that threaten the underground nation. The setting is a vast subterranean land where rogues, misfits, and brigands struggle to survive and find wealth amid monsters. Players explore a large world populated by many characters, with hundreds of side quests as well as traps, tricks, and treasure. The game focuses on single-player adventure; Steam also lists Family Sharing. Its Steam genres are RPG and Indie. The release is also described as available for Windows on Steam, while the broader platform listing includes macOS as well. Avernum IV is the first chapter in a continuing trilogy, so its story is part of a larger account of the nation’s struggle.
What players like, and what they don't
- Hundreds of side quests
- Large underground world to explore
- Available for Windows and macOS
- Single-player only
- Part of a three-game trilogy
Who it suits
A fit for single-player RPG players who want to explore a large underground setting with side quests, characters, traps, and treasure. It begins a trilogy about Avernum's struggle against powerful threats.
Avernum IV offers a large subterranean RPG setting and begins the Great Trials Trilogy. Players should know it is a single-player opening chapter in a three-game story.
