Avernum 4 (2012)

Developer: Spiderweb Software
Platforms: Windows
Genres: RPG, Indie
Rating: 4.2 of 5, 110 player ratings
Typical playtime: about 13 hours
Where to get it: Steam

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How it feels

A deliberate, old-school turn-based fantasy RPG where you explore a vast subterranean world at your own pace, managing a party through monster-infested darkness.

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What players say

Players praise the story and old-school dungeon crawling, but performance is a sore point, the game runs poorly on modern machines, with laggy menus, sluggish mouse movement, and trouble with multiple monitors. Long-time fans call it a solid entry, though some find it weaker on narrative and harder than later installments.

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