Avernum is a series of
demoware role-playing video games by
Jeff Vogel of
Spiderweb Software available for
Macintosh and
Windows-based computers. Several are available for
iPad and
Android tablet. There are six
canonical games in the series. The first three games in the series and the non-canon
Blades of Avernum are
remakes of the
Exile series by
Jeff Vogel, who owns the company, collectively entitled
Avernum: First Trilogy. The next three games (
Avernum: Second Trilogy), also by Vogel, were released in 2005, 2007 and 2009 respectively. The latter games are entirely original built on a newer
game engine and not a
remake of any previous game. The
Avernum games, like other Spiderweb Software games, are designed with
gameplay and storytelling before graphical elements. As of December 2011, a newer version of Avernum has been released, , followed by the sequel
Avernum 2: Crystal Souls in 2015.