Caught In The Web: ‘Avernum Bundle’ Is Headed To Steam

Amongst the longest running indie developers still churning out games to this very day (since 1994), Spiderweb Software will be getting the Steam bundle treatment very shortly as it has been registered on the digital distributor.

To be precise, it is the second Avernum trilogy which is included in this newly registered bundle. That includes Avernum IV, V and VI which were originally released in 2005, 2007 and 2009 respectively. These are RPGs that are fairly old school in their nature but a lot of fun because of it. You’ll be trekking over fantasy ground with your party of heroes at a 45 degree angle and entering into turn-based combat to take down your foes.

The second trilogy is currently available from Spiderweb as single purchases at $20 or as a trilogy for $45, so presumably this Avernum Bundle on Steam will be quite a bit less than that for a limited time at launch and will then revert to a higher price after that. The games are listed only as Windows versions in the registry but we presume that they will also be available on Mac.

UPDATE: Jeff Vogel of Spiderweb Software has told us that the Avernum Bundle will go live on Friday, May 11th.

Avernum: Escape From The Pit was released only weeks ago (our review here) and is the start of an effort to remake the original Avernum trilogy, so hopefully you’ll be able to own all six of the games in modern versions soon. Look out for the Avernum Bundle on Steam shortly, probably in the next few days.

More information on the Avernum series can be found over on the official website.