AdventureFit check
Is Avalon: The Journey Begins worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Space-adventure players who want to explore planets as well as travel between sectors.
- Players who enjoy managing a ship and assigning or training crew.
- Exploration-focused players who want optional trading, construction and side goals alongside a main objective.
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want a tightly authored route may find the randomly generated sectors and planet surfaces a poor fit.
- Players who prefer a narrow set of systems may hit a wall when ship upgrades, crew management, trading and planetary construction accumulate.
- Players looking for a climbing-focused action-puzzle game may prefer Jusant’s tower ascent and climbing tools.
- Players seeking a story-led RPG centered on dialogue and a fixed cast may prefer Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition.
Our take on Avalon: The Journey Begins
The management layer is a likely sticking point: players who are not interested in hiring and training crew, upgrading ship components, trading, and building planetary facilities may lose interest before reaching the search’s main goal.
What is Avalon: The Journey Begins?
Set out from Avalon to search for the end of the universe by collecting electronic data chips that reveal its location.
Command a starship, shuttles, rovers and crew as you travel through randomly generated sectors, stations and planetary surfaces. Dock to meet travelers, trade, repair the ship, visit facilities or shops, and upgrade ship components. On planets, explore by shuttle, rover or on foot to find resources, artifacts, ruins and lifeforms, and build facilities for production or income. The game also includes ship encounters, crew hiring and training, asteroid mining, and several minor goals alongside the main objective. Its random generation creates different sectors, stations and planets across games.
How Avalon: The Journey Begins plays
- 01Planetary exploration
- Travel from orbit to a planet’s surface by shuttle, then search on foot or in a rover for resources, ruins and other discoveries.
- 02Ship and crew management
- Hire and train personnel for ship roles, and acquire modules or component upgrades at shipyards.
- 03Station activities
- Dock to trade, repair the ship, meet other characters, visit facilities or gamble at a casino.
- 04Planetary construction
- Build facilities such as refineries, agricultural domes and starports for production or income.
- 05Randomly generated worlds
- Sectors, stations and planet surfaces are generated anew across games.
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Avalon: The Journey Begins: platforms & release
Is Avalon: The Journey Begins worth it?
It is worth it if: space-adventure players who want to explore planets as well as travel between sectors. Skip it if: players who want a tightly authored route may find the randomly generated sectors and planet surfaces a poor fit.
Where can I download Avalon: The Journey Begins?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Avalon: The Journey Begins's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Avalon: The Journey Begins on?
Windows only.
