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Avernum 5

Avernum is one of the great tales of indie gaming, an epic series of fantasy role-playing adventurers set in an enormous, subterranean nation. Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of…

17 February 2008

Avernum 5 is an indie developed by Spiderweb Software, released 17 February 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Avernum 5 is

Avernum 5 is an indie game developed by Spiderweb Software and released in 2008. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Avernum is one of the great tales of indie gaming, an epic series of fantasy role-playing adventurers set in an enormous, subterranean nation. Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival and wealth in the monster-infested darkness. 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.
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How it plays

Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Avernum 5 launched on 17 February 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf.

Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, God of War: Chains of Olympus, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.

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When did Avernum 5 come out?
Avernum 5 was released on 17 February 2008 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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