Avium

Avium is a role-playing adventure set in a future where humanity has colonized the Solar System. You play as Jake, also known as Diezel, a member of the Vanguards Vigilante Group in the desert city of Avium. As vigilantes face growing hostility, you investigate corruption across the city’s districts, pursue the sentient robot threat Haz-Mat and uncover mysteries in a world shaped by political nepotism, social upheaval and corporate power.

Avium’s story follows the aftermath of democracy and the rise of totalitarianism. Cybernetics, superpower drugs and rival corporations shape a society that has lost much of its history, while a greater force threatens humanity across dimensions, times and stages of evolution. The game includes lore and history connected to the Avium book series, much of it revealed through exploration and investigation rather than directly presented.

Game modes

Story Mode is a main-quest campaign that travels from Central Avium to the South Jungles and beyond. Free Mode lets you choose from three open-world areas separate from the story; there are four areas including the DLC. Arcade Mode includes tutorials, boss battles, DLC, cinematics, elimination battles, zombies and a race.

Flight and combat

You fly and fight in a jet-like war-suit, using abilities such as dashing, triple jumps, wall-dashing and superhero landings. Combat offers missiles, turrets and a range of weapons, along with stealth, magic, telekinesis, guns, brute strength and war-suit artillery. You can also use defensive and offensive teleportation, invisibility, stealthy assassinations, hacking to open doors, and unlockable laser vision. A magic system with ice, fire, electricity and telekinesis can help solve puzzles and is also used in minor combat.

Weapons affect common enemies and bosses differently, and bosses have their own weaknesses. Some weapons can damage parts of the environment. You choose from the arsenal through a Quick Select Menu, and can switch between first- and third-person views. Pop-in messages provide prompts, and some interactions can change the story’s direction.

Explore Avium

You investigate the city and its inhabitants, explore open-world areas and look for clues to the world’s mysteries. The setting explores dystopian capitalism, neon skylines, tragedy and betrayal, alongside ideas such as the Fermi paradox, quantum mechanics, multiverses, general relativity, the Kardashev scale, the Bekenstein bound, Planck time, extraterrestrial life, robotics, artificial intelligence, black holes and evolution. The game also includes Easter eggs and references to games that inspired Avium.

Photo mode

Photo Mode lets you take in-game pictures at resolutions up to 4K and automatically export them to your personal drive.