Avernum HD vs TRUDOGRAD
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Avernum HD
Embark on an epic fantasy role-playing adventure in a vast underworld. Explore enormous environments, uncover a fascinating story, and make choices that lead to freedom or revenge. This game offers over 30 hours of engaging gameplay.
- Epic fantasy role-playing adventure
- Enormous underworld world
- Fascinating story with 30+ hours of gameplay
- Three separate game-winning quests
- Dozens of side quests and magical artifacts
- Rich game system with spells and character traits
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"Avernum: Escape From the Pit is an amazing game which will provide hours of fun. I would even go so far as to say it’s a nearly perfect example of a role-playing game." -AppleTell "8/10" - Inside Mac Games "Fans looking to get into the Avernum series will do very well with Escape from the Pit, and while the improvements beyond the game engine and visuals are relatively modest, there's still a lot to enjoy even if you've played through the game once before already." - GameBanshee "The game’s strong writing carries it through, and earns it a place among the greatest indie RPGs. 9.0/10" - Game Chronicles "It is a tribute to indie gaming as a whole that a game made by such a tiny team can swell into such an involving, engrossing and glorious fantasy epic. - 9/10" - The Digital Fix "If you're looking for a complex single player RPG and value content at the expense of visuals, don't miss this title. 8/10" - Impulse Gamer "Spiderweb Software have provided a vast world in which to get lost, and a hefty quest in which to sink your teeth, which will reward those who can overlook its lack of finesse with many hours of enjoyable adventure." - Indie Game Magazine "Take this one with you on car trips, use it to replace your TV shows on summer break, whatever. No self-respecting fan of RPGs should be without it." - Technology Tell Avernum: Escape From the Pit HD is an epic, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. It is optimized for the iPad and features an enormous world, a fascinating story, and 30+ hours of gameplay. Avernum is the first chapter in an epic tale, the story of imprisonment, rebellion, and the struggle for freedom against overwhelming odds. Avernum: Escape From the Pit features: Epic fantasy adventure in an enormous underworld. Huge outdoors and eighty towns and dungeons. Three separate game-winning quests. Seek safety, escape or revenge. Do just one of them or all three! Unique races and settings make Avernum different from any adventure out there. Dozens of side quests and hundreds of magical artifacts. Rich game system with over 50 spells and battle disciplines and a multitude of beneficial character traits to choose from. The Story: You have been banished to the underworld, never to see the light of day again. The surface is ruled by the cruel Emperor Hawthorne, master of the Empire. All of the known lands are subject to his brutal command. Everyone who speaks out, who misbehaves, who doesn’t fit in is cast into the dark, volcanic pits of Avernum, far below the surface. There, you are expected to die, a victim of starvation, horrible monsters, or simple despair. But not all of the Avernites have surrendered. With magic and steel, they are forging a new nation deep underground. You can join them and fight for safety. Or freedom. Or even, if you dare, revenge on the surface-worlders who tried to destroy you.
TRUDOGRAD
Embark on a turn-based roleplaying adventure in a post-apocalyptic Soviet Union. Explore a vast open world, engage in challenging combat, and make impactful choices that shape the narrative. Discover humanity's last hope against an extraterrestrial threat.
- Turn-based roleplaying gameplay
- Vast open-world exploration
- Branching dialogue and quests
- Diverse combat encounters
- Extensive character and weapon customization
- Fully voiced visual text quests
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Trudograd is a stand-alone story expansion to ATOM RPG - a turn-based roleplaying game set in post-apocalyptic Soviet Union. It is inspired by classic cRPG titles of the past, such as early Fallout, Wasteland and Baldur’s Gate series. 22 years ago the USSR and the Western Bloc destroyed each other in a nuclear inferno. Millions died instantly, society collapsed and technology was sent back into the Middle Ages. You are a member of ATOM – an organization tasked with protecting the post-apocalyptic remnants of humanity. Two years ago you – a rookie agent of ATOM – were sent on a dangerous mission into the Soviet Wastes. As a result, you uncovered certain information about a new threat that can potentially destroy the struggling remnants of humanity. In ATOM RPG: Trudograd your goal is to travel to a giant post-apocalyptic metropolis that withstood the tests of nuclear obliteration and social collapse. There you must find what is thought to be humanity’s last hope in fending off the menace from outer space! Trudograd features: • Start a new game with a new character OR continue playing as your ATOM RPG character - for this you must make a save file after beating ATOM RPG’s last boss and upload it into Trudograd via a helpful menu; • Explore a vast open world, containing 40+ hours of gameplay and 45+ populated locations, from a snowy post apocalyptic megapolis and its outskirts to secret Soviet military bunkers, a large pirate tanker in the frozen sea and a mysterious island, among many more; • Visit 30+ combat-only locations where you will get to fight tens of foe varieties from mercenaries to merciless mutants; • Meet 300+ characters, each with a unique portrait and branching dialogue; • Complete 200+ quests, most with multiple solutions and outcomes; • Try out our fully voiced visual text quests with branching plots and unique hand made artwork; • Arm yourself with 100+ models of distinct weaponry with 75+ weapon mods for further customization; • Protect yourself using any of the 3 unique powered Soviet-style exoskeleton armor suits, with 20+ ways to customize and modify them for any playstyle; And the fun doesn’t even end there! We really hope you will enjoy ATOM RPG: Trudograd! Technical Support: You can contact the developers at support@atomrpg.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Avernum HD at none against TRUDOGRAD's 2. Avernum HD also leads on review sentiment (93% vs 73%). TRUDOGRAD's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 17 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Avernum HD costs $9.99 and TRUDOGRAD $9.99 up front. TRUDOGRAD sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Avernum HD asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Avernum HD against 4.7 for TRUDOGRAD. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 27 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Avernum HD's written reviews are positive against 73% of TRUDOGRAD's.
Avernum HD ships an update every 17 months, TRUDOGRAD every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Avernum HD | TRUDOGRAD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (45 ratings) — better | 4.7 (27 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.4% of reviews — better | 73.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 172 MB | 2.2 GB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Spiderweb Software | ATENT GAMES LTD |
Customer experience
Avernum HD
TRUDOGRAD
Bugs and requests
Avernum HD
Reported bugs
2 issues- Automatic party death at start of game
- Compatibility issues on older iPads
Requested features
4 requests- Pinch-to-zoom functionality
- Automatic saving during gameplay
- More quick spell slots
- iCloud save sync
TRUDOGRAD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Avernum HD
No in-app purchases
TRUDOGRAD
- TRUDOGRAD - War Supply Pack$3.99
- TRUDOGRAD - Supporter Pack$4.99









