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Avernum 3: Ruined World
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“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…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“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.”
— a player, Steam review · 84 hrs played“Ok, for whatever reason a save game got lost, so I'm using that as an excuse to make a strategic retreat from Avernum 3. But I have thoughts. The good: First, I enjoyed the story a lot more than Escape from the Pit. It'll run on a potato. Some minor art by OG comic book artist…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 21:45 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy |
| Player tags | RPG · Indie · Adventure · Strategy · Isometric · CRPG · Fantasy · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Party-Based RPG · Old School · Retro (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 35 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.avernum.com/avernum3/index.html |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Vista or Later Processor: 1.2 GHZ Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: 256 MB VRAM Storage: 500 MB available space