Avowed

Moderate overall intensity
Highest flag: Language — strong
AdventureFantasyRPG

What's in it

Language strong
High

Strong profanity occurs in dialogue between characters.

Violence realistic
Moderate

Real-time combat with swords, axes, firearms, and magic against human enemies and fantasy creatures, with blood effects during hits.

Substances depicted
Moderate

Alcohol appears as part of the setting's taverns and settlements.

Dark themes intense
Moderate

The story centers on a spreading soul-corrupting plague, colonial conflict, mass evacuations, and choices that can sacrifice townspeople.

Horror & psychological spooky
Low

Grotesque plague-warped monsters and unsettling ruins appear, with tense encounters but no dedicated horror focus.

Animal combat combat mechanic
Low

Wild beasts and creatures of the Living Lands are fought and killed as ordinary combat.

Who can reach your kid

What it is

Avowed is a single-player fantasy action role-playing game set in the world of Eora. Playing as an imperial envoy sent to investigate a mind-corrupting plague, you explore large fantasy zones and fight human foes and monsters using swords, axes, pistols, wands, and a wide range of combat magic that can freeze or entangle enemies. Combat shows blood but no gore or dismemberment. Dialogue includes strong profanity, and the story engages with heavy subject matter: a spreading plague, colonial tension between settlers and native peoples, a militant religious order, soul-manipulating 'animancy,' and moral choices that can cost innocent lives. There is no romance, and no online, chat, or in-game purchases.

How it's framed

The game presents its factions and choices as morally gray, letting the player mediate, support, or oppose competing groups without a clear right answer, and frames its violence as fantasy adventure combat rather than realism. Difficult decisions—such as whether to preserve a ruin at the cost of random lives—are posed to the player as consequential dilemmas rather than endorsed outcomes.

Details

Developer
Obsidian Entertainment
Publisher
Xbox Game Studios
Released
2025-02-18
Metacritic 81critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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