Fit check
Is Avernum 2: Crystal Souls worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Fantasy RPG players who want a large underground setting to explore
- Players who prefer campaigns with several possible victory routes
- Long-session players looking for more than 50 hours of quests and exploration
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a short or tightly contained campaign
- Players who prefer one fixed main objective instead of several victory quests and side quests
Our take on Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
The campaign departs from a single-finale structure by offering three separate routes to victory. Its underground setting also replaces the more familiar surface-world fantasy backdrop with tunnels, alien cultures, and subterranean nations.
What is Avernum 2: Crystal Souls?
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls is a fantasy role-playing adventure set in an underground nation of tunnels, caves, and caverns.
Exploration covers more than 100 towns and dungeons, with multiple nations and alien cultures shaping the setting. Combat uses over 60 spells, battle disciplines, and character traits. The campaign offers up to three separate quests that can each lead to victory, alongside dozens of side quests. Players can also search for hundreds of magical artifacts. The game provides over 50 hours of gameplay, and its story stands alone without requiring experience with earlier Avernum titles.
How Avernum 2: Crystal Souls plays
- 01Multiple victory paths
- The campaign includes three distinct quests that can be pursued separately or together.
- 02Underground exploration
- The setting contains more than 100 towns and dungeons across tunnels, caves, and caverns.
- 03Spell-based combat
- Combat includes over 60 spells and battle disciplines, along with selectable character traits.
- 04Artifact hunting
- Hundreds of magical artifacts can be found during exploration.
- 05Standalone story
- The narrative can be played without prior experience with other Avernum games.
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls compared to similar games
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls centers on underground exploration, spell-based combat, artifacts, and several victory quests, while Back to the Dawn focuses on surviving and escaping a maximum-security prison through fighting and investigation. Back to the Dawn also frames its RPG around crime, corruption, and hidden agendas rather than Avernum 2's fantasy nations and subterranean cultures.
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls: platforms & release
Is Avernum 2: Crystal Souls worth it?
It is worth it if: fantasy RPG players who want a large underground setting to explore. Skip it if: players seeking a short or tightly contained campaign.
Where can I download Avernum 2: Crystal Souls?
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What platforms is Avernum 2: Crystal Souls on?
Windows and macOS.
