Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Worth it · RPG · 2012
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 65% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$3.4965% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.24/hr
- ReviewsA
- 91% of 1,329
- Critics
- 76 players 15 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 2% RPG
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $3.49 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 41h
- To 100%
- 87.2h 2.1x the story
- Achievements
- 35
Price and sales
- Sales
- 119 on record
- Typical cut
- 70% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 June 2015
- Sale every
- 39d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 11 now
- Cheaper than
- 38% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 95% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
75% start to 1% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 119 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 70 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 95 percent. The nearest things to it, Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition ($39.99, scores 81) and Torment: Tides of Numenera ($34.99, scores 27), are both worse buys on this math.
More about Avernum: Escape From the Pit
The press gave it 76; the people who bought it give it 91 percent. A 15-point gap in the buyer's favour.
Of the 345 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026.
The main story runs 41 hours. Doing everything runs 87, 2.1 times as long.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Played Exile back as a kid and always loved Spiderweb and Fantasoft games. This one is an oldie but a good one if you like old school not necessarily DnD RPGs.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Amazing game so far i did not feel lost or confused so and im 7 hours into this game and it doesnt feel crazy unfair even on max difficulty is like a mix of baldurs gate and a little bit of Arx fatalis.
It's banana that a dev choose to totally give up balancing the game since it has to put in too much effort.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 256 MB of memory, 3D accelerated graphics card, Open GL compliant, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
Avernum: Escape From the Pit scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/208400/avernum-escape-from-the-pitReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.