Games like Avernum: Escape From the Pit
If Avernum: Escape From the Pit is your kind of game, the closest matches are Avadon: The Black Fortress, Avernum 2: Crystal Souls and Avadon 2: The Corruption — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its multiple endings and replayability, nostalgic yet modernized gameplay and tactical combat resolves quickly. 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: Escape From the Pit: 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.
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Avadon: The Black Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares party management and an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Top pick for Avernum: Escape From the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 2: Crystal Souls
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Second-strongest match for Avernum: Escape From the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Third-strongest match for Avernum: Escape From the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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.
Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Ranked #4 for Avernum: Escape From the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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.
Avernum 3: Ruined World
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Ranked #5 for Avernum: Escape From the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 3: The Warborn
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Ranked #6 for Avernum: Escape From the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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.
Geneforge 1
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Ranked #7 for Avernum: Escape From the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Ranked #8 for Avernum: Escape From the Pit fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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.
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X-COM: UFO Defense
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Reviewers of Avernum: Escape From the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
Nethergate: Resurrection
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Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Reviewers of Avernum: Escape From the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Spiderweb Software's classic adventure of treachery and battle in ancient times has returned! Travel back to ancient Britannia for a tale of cunning foes, vicious battles, and a race to rediscover the lost secrets of magic. Britannia is a land ravaged by war.
Fallout 4
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Reviewers of Avernum: Escape From the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Reviewers of Avernum: Escape From the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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.
Exile
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Avernum: Escape From the Pit cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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: Escape From the Pit at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Avernum: Escape From the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Avernum: Escape From the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Avernum: Escape From the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Avernum: Escape From the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Avernum: Escape From the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Avernum: Escape From the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Avernum: Escape From the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Avernum: Escape From the Pit on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Narrow it down
Head-to-head comparisons
More from Spiderweb Software
Other recommendable Steam games by Spiderweb Software, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Avadon: The Black Fortress
WHY THIS
Shares party management and an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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: Escape From the Pit.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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: Escape From the Pit.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
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 4: Greed and Glory
WHY THIS
Shares party management and an atmospheric mood with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
Another title from Spiderweb Software, the studio behind Avernum: Escape From the Pit. Shares Strategy and Indie with Avernum: Escape From the Pit.
The cult-classic saga is back! Battle for fame, power, and wealth in the subterranean nation of Avernum. Conquer an enormous underworld in this epic turn-based fantasy RPG. Features huge, clever dungeons, varied and cunning foes, 100s of artifacts to find or craft, and a really cool story.
Frequently asked about Avernum: Escape From the Pit
- Does Avernum: Escape From the Pit run on Steam Deck?
- Avernum: Escape From the Pit is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Avernum: Escape From the Pit cost?
- Avernum: Escape From the Pit is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Avernum: Escape From the Pit?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Avernum: Escape From the Pit are Avadon: The Black Fortress, Avernum 2: Crystal Souls, Avadon 2: The Corruption.
- Who developed Avernum: Escape From the Pit?
- Avernum: Escape From the Pit was developed by Spiderweb Software.
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