Avernum 3: Ruined World
Fair · RPG · 2018
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 46h 74.6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.43/hr
- Reviews
- 85% of 336 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
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!
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 256 MB VRAM, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
Across all 86 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 89 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 82 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Avernum: Escape From the Pit ($9.99, scores 82) beats it on value, while it beats Torment: Tides of Numenera ($34.99, scores 27).
More about Avernum 3: Ruined World
Steam's global achievement data puts about 4 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 46-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.
The drop-off
25% start to 4% finishSteam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements
Players
- Players online
- 8 when we last checked, on Oct 10, 16:56 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
I've played every iteration of this game since finding a demo of Exile III on a shareware CD as a kid. It was my very first RPG, which really captured my imagination at the time, and still holds up quite well. It has some top-notch world-building and atmosphere, and it's still my favorite in the series. This is a solid remake, with polish added in the right places while leaving the best parts of the core game intact.
2 more reviews
My favorite game in the Avernum series. The world feels even larger and more immersive than the first two entries, with the large open world above ground now to explore. The biggest change is the addition of time triggered events. As time passes, things happen and emergencies will pop up that require your intervention. This isn't some anxiety inducing timed event where it's easy to mess up, you are given ample time...
This is a remake from a shareware Exile III from the late 90's. Its fun and funny and huge. If you like crawling through dungeons and unraveling a continent wide conspiracy, this game is for you.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Avernum 3: Ruined World scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/691830/avernum-3-ruined-worldReviews 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 Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.