Exile II: Crystal Souls (1995) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Exile II: Crystal Souls

You first fought to survive in the pit, and now your party is fighting to keep it. The Empire believes Exile has become too powerful, and is sending troops below to destroy it.

1 December 1995

What Exile II: Crystal Souls is

Exile II: Crystal Souls is an adventure game developed by Spiderweb Software and released in 1995. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Nethergate.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You first fought to survive in the pit, and now your party is fighting to keep it. The Empire believes Exile has become too powerful, and is sending troops below to destroy it.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Avernum series

Exile II: Crystal Souls is the first of 9 entries we hold in the Avernum series. The next entry was Exile: Escape from the Pit in 1995.

See all 9 Avernum games in release order →

What it launched against

Exile II: Crystal Souls launched on 1 December 1995, within three weeks of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest and Rayman.

Released around the same time: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Suikoden, Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy's Kong Quest, Rayman.

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