Games like Avernum 4
If Avernum 4 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Avernum 6, Avadon: The Black Fortress and Avernum: Escape From the Pit — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its character customization feels deep, tactical positioning matters and unforgiving but fair combat. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Avernum 4: Avernum 4 is the first chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.
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Avernum 6
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Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Top pick for Avernum 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avernum 6 is the final chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your weary land’s final destiny.
Avadon: The Black Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Second-strongest match for Avernum 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)
Avernum: Escape From the Pit
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Third-strongest match for Avernum 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
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.
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Ranked #4 for Avernum 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.
Avadon 2: The Corruption
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Ranked #5 for Avernum 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avadon 2: The Corruption is a huge, indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the second chapter in the epic Avadon trilogy. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law.
Avernum 5
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Ranked #6 for Avernum 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
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.
Avadon 3: The Warborn
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Avernum 4.
Ranked #7 for Avernum 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. Features an epic story and tactical, turn-based combat. Explore cunning dungeons, hunt for 100s of magical artifacts, and use dozens of magical abilities. Many different endings. Will you save your people or betray them? It's up to you.
Lords of Xulima
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Ranked #8 for Avernum 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
Lords of Xulima is a challenging Role-playing game set on the mythical continent of Xulima, where Gods and humans once walked side by side. Experience a genuine RPG featuring over 100 hours of gameplay, and discover one of the most epic sagas ever told.
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Mass Effect (2007)
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Shares an immersive mood with Avernum 4.
Reviewers of Avernum 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
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Shares an immersive mood with Avernum 4.
Reviewers of Avernum 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Reviewers of Avernum 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
Exile
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Avernum 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Avernum 4.
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Avernum 4 at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Avernum 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Avernum 4.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
The Test
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Priced ~60% under Avernum 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under Avernum 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Avernum 4.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under Avernum 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Avernum 4.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under Avernum 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
The Test: Final Revelation
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Priced ~60% under Avernum 4 on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
The third chapter in The Test Trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover who you really are as a person. The Final Revelation is upon us... but are you sure you TRULY want the answers you seek?
The NOexistenceN of you AND me
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Priced ~60% under Avernum 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Avernum 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Avernum 4.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Path of Exile
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avernum 4.
You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.
Clicker Heroes
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avernum 4.
Click your way through hordes of monsters, earn gold, and recruit quirky heroes with powerful skills. Progress even while you're idle, and watch the numbers climb into the absurd. It’s a never-ending journey of clicks, crits, and colossal damage.
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More from Spiderweb Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Spiderweb Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Avernum: Escape From the Pit
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum 4. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
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.
Avadon: The Black Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum 4. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum 4. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.
Geneforge 1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum 4. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Geneforge is an Indie fantasy role-playing game, the first game in the five-part Geneforge Saga. It features an enormous world, the ability to create your own army of lethal, totally obedient creatures, and a cunning enemy AI with foes who can go on patrols, stalk you, and run for help. Geneforge has a huge and open storyline.
Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
WHY THIS
Shares skill point allocation and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum 4. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
At last, the Queen has given you power and freedom! The cost? You must rebuild her Empire. Will you? In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose. Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat.
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum 4. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.
Avernum 3: Ruined World
WHY THIS
Shares character customization and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum 4. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
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!
Avadon 2: The Corruption
WHY THIS
Shares turn based combat and an atmospheric mood with Avernum 4.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum 4. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avadon 2: The Corruption is a huge, indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the second chapter in the epic Avadon trilogy. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law.
Frequently asked about Avernum 4
- How much does Avernum 4 cost?
- Avernum 4 is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Avernum 4?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Avernum 4 are Avernum 6, Avadon: The Black Fortress, Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
- Who developed Avernum 4?
- Avernum 4 was developed by Spiderweb Software.
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