In this strategic rogue-like you become a famous expedition leader in the 19th century. You form your own crew with the skills and personality to discover legendary treasures, while exploring randomized locations and stories on every new adventure.
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Very Positive (33 reviews) - 96% of the 33 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
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Release Date: 2 Sep, 2015

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19 July

Patch #18: Shangri-Love and more.


Following renewed interest in the game, we're continuing work on Renowned Explorers through at least August. For now, that means a fresh patch #18, with juicy content and a ton of balance and fixes!

Let's go through some of the highlights. If you rather read the full patch notes, check here.

Shangri-La
With the More To Explore expedition we released the Lost Island, a 5-star alternative to Shangri-La. It has proven very popular and many players like it better than the Tibetan expedition both in terms of fun and game value. To help Shangri-La back up to its legendary status, we created new content and did some balance changes and fixes in both expeditions. Visit Shangri-La for a new treasure and some new events!

Captain Hatice
Hatice has a new captain perk! Many people don't know that the silent Hatice is a brilliant investor. It explains, feeds and expresser her greed. In Patch #18 we've made this into a new captain perk for her: Investor: +10 Collect at the start of each expedition. Gain 2 insight if you end an expedition with 50 Collect or more. Can you achieve a proper Return of Investment?

No-one escapes destiny
Over time Renowned Explorers has developed a dedicated community of Weekly Challengers. We never expected this competitive part of the game to become a community focus, but now that it is, we felt the need to work on some randomness issues to disincentivize constant reloading. Roll-games and encounter arenas are now pre-determined at island generation, so that when you fail a challenge, you won't be able to succeed in it by reloading the game. There are also some miscellaneous fixes for exploits.

More adventuring
On top of the above, Adriaan worked on a lot of balance to make the game more fun, based on community feedback. There are changes in cards, entourage, treasures, events and encounters. Check the full patch notes to find out more, or just start-up the game already ;)

Have fun on your adventures!

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14 June

Patch #17: Community Unlocked New Cities and Stories



The More To Explore release is just two weeks ago but it's already time for new content. Patch #17 adds the content that was unlocked in the 48-hour Community Content Challenge in which a whopping 190 explorers joined forces to unlock all tiers of content. So, what's new?

New Cities (Tier 3)
The sheriff of San Francisco and the king of Muscat are very impressed with the spirit of the Renowned Explorers. To attract more renown to their own cities, they've opened up new facilities for explorers! San Francisco will open up a modest new Entourage shop, while Muscat will offer exotic trinkets in its humble bazaar. Naturally, Sydney and New Orleans will respond accordingly to this new competition on the market...

New Andean Quest (Tier 2)

Expansion owners may discover a new treasure in the Andean Adventure, but not before overcoming one of the hardest challenges among level 3 expeditions. Go explore, before this dark force consumes the Andes.



New Stories (Tier 1)
Wherever you go after this patch, you might meet some of the Entourage specialists during their travels. A few events scattered everywhere.

Quality of Life
While working on new content, we've also worked to improve several features in the game. Most notably you can now swap items in the item shop by dragging a new item onto an equipped one... like in any RPG :) You can also dampen the pulsing Resolve and Research icons through the options and read more crewmember details in the Advanced Selection screen.

For more improvements and fixes, please read the extended patch notes.

Join the Renowned Explorers group to stay up to date with new patches.

For now, enjoy the new content! And let us know what you think.

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Reviews

“It's genuinely great, like, it's one of my favorite games this year so far. It's got so much going for it, so much depth, so much character, so much replayability, great systems, unique concepts in combat, awesome presentation...”
TotalBiscuit, The Cynical Brit

“Here’s where I start to love Renowned Explorers. The encounters aren’t just a paper/rock/scissors system of aggressive, friendly, or devious. The more pertinent choice is whether you’re going to talk or fight. Either approach has distinct rules, with some characters suited to one or the other.”
100 – Quartertothree - Tom Chick

“...Renowned Explorers still stands as one of the best surprises of the year so far that wannabe adventurers of any age can enjoy. Encountering some thugs but instead of fighting, it just turns into one great big insult throwing contest where the loser runs away, foaming at the mouth. Brilliant.”
85 – Gamewatcher - John Paul Jones

About This Game

Renowned Explorers: International Society is a strategy adventure game set in a fictitious 19th century world. It introduces a unique attitude-based gameplay that challenges both your tactical and storytelling skills.

Key Features

  • Endless New Adventures - Explore the far corners of fictitious 19th century world in procedurally generated expeditions to Egypt, the Caribbean and much more.
  • Compose your Crew - Choose 3 experts out of 20. Fighters are Aggressive but Speakers can solve tactical conflicts with Speech actions.
  • Personality = Gameplay - Each conflict can be solved in different ways, depending on your crew's personality and strategy. 'Mood' is one of the most important gameplay elements.
    Fight them with Melee, Ranged and Area of Effect attacks,
    win them over using Cheers, Charms and Compliments,
    or scare them away by Insults, Taunts and Humiliation
  • Optimize your Economy - Collect Insight, Research, Gold and Status on your expeditions. Use them to build economy and support for your next expedition.
  • Vivid Stories - Find more than a hundred treasures in hundreds of visual events that adapt to the characters and have multiple outcomes.
  • Build a reputation - Become a Diplomat, Aggressor or Manipulator. Go for Science, Wealth or Status. Fame is your goal, but the way there is entirely up to you.
  • Permadeath? - In Adventure mode you cannot load after failure. Discovery mode lets you reload. Choose difficulties from Easy through Impossible to customize the challenge.

System Requirements

Windows
Mac OS X
SteamOS + Linux
    Minimum:
    • OS: x86/x64 versions of Microsoft Windows 7 (SP1 with latest updates), 8.1 and 10.
    • Processor: AMD Dual-Core running at 2.6 GHz / Intel Dual-Core processor running at ~1.9 GHz (AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 or newer series are the oldest CPU architectures recommended).
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated/integrated or mobile graphic card, Intel integrated or mobile graphic card, with at least 512MB of dedicated VRAM AMD Radeon HD 3450, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge) and above are minimum required graphic cards.
    • DirectX: Version 10
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Integrated or dedicated DirectX 9.0c compatible soundcard.
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse
    Recommended:
    • OS: x64 versions of Windows 7 (SP1 with latest updates), 8.1 and 10.
    • Processor: AMD Triple-Core / Intel Dual-Core 3.2 GHz (AMD Athlon II X3 450 or Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 or newer architectures are recommended).
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated / Intel integrated with at least 1024MB of dedicated VRAM. AMD Radeon HD4850, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and Intel HD4400 and above are recommended graphic cards.
    • DirectX: Version 11
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Integrated or dedicated DirectX 11 compatible soundcard.
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse
    Minimum:
    • OS: OSX 10.9.5 (Mavericks).
    • Processor: Intel dual-core processor running at 2.4 GHz (Intel Core i3 2nd gen or newer architectures are recommended).
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: Intel integrated graphics card HD4000 or above. With at least 768MB of dedicated VRAM and with at least Shader Model 4.0 support.
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Integrated
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse
    Recommended:
    • OS: OSX 10.10 (Yosemite).
    • Processor: Intel quad-core processor running at 2.8 GHz (Intel Core i5 2nd gen or newer architectures are recommended).
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: AMD Dedicated graphics card with at least 1024MB of dedicated VRAM and with at least Shader Model 5.0 support. AMD HD6970M and above are recommended graphic cards.
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Integrated
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse
    Minimum:
    • OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17
    • Processor: AMD Dual-Core running at 2.6 GHz / Intel Dual-Core processor running at ~1.9 GHz (AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 or newer series are the oldest CPU architectures recommended).
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated/integrated or mobile graphic card, with at least 512MB of dedicated VRAM ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5000 series, NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and above are minimum required graphic cards. With vendor-supported graphics drivers. For open source drivers you have to use Mesa 10.3 driver or newer (it applies to Intel cards, Intel HD Sandy Bridge is a minimum).
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Integrated
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse
    Recommended:
    • OS: Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17
    • Processor: AMD Triple-Core / Intel Dual-Core 3.2 GHz (AMD Athlon II X3 450 or Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 or newer architectures are recommended).
    • Memory: 4096 MB RAM
    • Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated with at least 1024MB of dedicated VRAM. ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5000 series, NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and above are recommended graphic cards. With vendor-supported graphics drivers. For open source drivers you have to use Mesa 10.3 driver or newer (it applies to Intel cards, Intel HD4400 or newer is recommended).
    • Storage: 1 GB available space
    • Sound Card: Integrated
    • Additional Notes: Keyboard, mouse
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xxxyuri
( 18.5 hrs on record )
Posted: 9 August
Totally what i'm hoped game like this!

This game need more strategy that u thought.
also there's more challenge if u more plays.

Pros :
+ make me spend more time to play this
+ need strategy even on normal difficulty
+ i really like this game
+ more challenges ready if u more plays

Cons :
- repeating game make it boring
- some plays make it too hard itself
- i just hope more characters, more maps, more difficulty spread. (DLC might slove this)
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CabbageSalad
( 55.2 hrs on record )
Posted: 7 August
Great game.
Much like FTL with a few elements of Civ.
Helpful? Yes No Funny
《쟈이로 체페리》
( 13.2 hrs on record )
Posted: 4 August
Let's just say I launched it at 11PM to take a look and next thing i knew was it's 5AM and the sun is rising.
This game eats my free time up faster than your mom eats pizza.

10/10 Would Reccomend
Helpful? Yes No Funny
( 54.1 hrs on record )
Posted: 4 August
Very enjoyable. Easy to sink hours into. It has great replayability.
I like the encounter system and how it's not typical.
It's a turned based tactics game that's fun, lightharded and can be played casually or more in depth depending on what your preference is.
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Clockwork Squid
( 66.2 hrs on record )
Posted: 4 August
A brilliant game with fantastic replayability! No two playthroughs are the same, and its a visually lovely and highly entertaining game. It's worth reading through all the text, because some of the situations you find yourself in are laugh out loud funny!

Although (fortunately) there are options for the style and difficulty with which you play, don't be fooled by the casual looking style, this is a rogue-like through and through, which means it can be very challenging and takes a lot of trial and error, to become proficient.

Thoroughly enjoyable and well worth the money!
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[NL]staB
( 4.1 hrs on record )
Posted: 2 August
A very fun game, good to waste some time on but there are some caveats.

The game is well built and the ui is easy to navigate for the most part, I myself only ran into some troubles when trying to pick new skills for characters but once figured out there are no issues. The Tutorial is simply great and allows you to get to know the game and explains everything extremely well. Gameplay is solid and certainly different than other games, which is a big plus. See it as a bit of settlers of catan, where you need to earn resources in order to win the game. Tie this in with a bit of D&D and you get this game.

I PERSONALLY got tired of the game pretty quickly, this is because I am not a completionist, once I have seen something once I have little desire to visit it again, so if you are like me consider waiting for a sale as the full price might not be worth it. The game CAN be completed in as little as an hour to a couple of hours depending on the difficulty you set it on. There are about 8 "Maps" that you can play on and without the DLC that adds 2 more there is not a lot of variance in the game. The only variance is the different runs you do on the same maps over and over by only changing characters, this is what I didnt enjoy myself. If you are someone that likes to collect achievements, unlock all of the characters or visist 100% of evey map I can easily tell you that over 100 hours of fun await you in this game.


TLDR:

In the end I would definately recommend this game, If you are someone that doesnt like replaying games wait for a sale, are you a completionist this game is an absolute steal even for its current price.
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The Grisster
( 9.7 hrs on record )
Posted: 1 August
Tons of light hearted fun, with a great (and diverse) cast of characters!
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Dead Man
( 57.4 hrs on record )
Posted: 1 August
A charming little game that is good for people of almost all ages and skill levels.
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El_Caleuche
( 18.8 hrs on record )
Posted: 31 July
This game is a complete and absolute gem, combining genres of games that I love: turn-based tactical strategy, exploration, visual novels and slot machines. A large number of stories to discover, great replay value and a constant challenge to discover new strategies. Be warned, if you do not like games with random number generators should think twice before buying this game
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NearlyHeadless
( 41.9 hrs on record )
Posted: 30 July
My partner and I really love this game! It's really fun to play together and it combines the RPG elements that I love with the exploring and world-building stories that she loves. We highly recommend it.
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Most Helpful Reviews  In the past 30 days
11 of 13 people (85%) found this review helpful
Recommended
179.7 hrs on record
Posted: 16 July
I have to write a review, i have more then 2500 games in account,I rearly write review and consider this I have 150 hours invested in game, more than 90% of achivment unlock and i am father of three children age 3 then 2 a last one 1 year, i don`t have time to play time consuming games, so i can only play lite turn base game like this. It is good game and only game my children let me play, they like cartonish character and both are in my laps where I have lots to explain, like wolfs are dogs and probably reason i don`t play more agressive.
What i like given my free time,
Developers are good.
Don`t have time for multiplayer so as single player - replayability - fantastic game
It is fun,simple, fast, don`t need to remember what i need to do after 2-3 days you just start and know what to do next
easy learning curve,

So is it wort the price, yeap but i get game when is on discount(I have) and i was suprise that i gave almost full price for first DLC, for me it is geting in right direction.

So 9/10 my score
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2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
16.3 hrs on record
Posted: 19 July
An enormously enjoyable strategy/RPG/roguelike thing that's surprisingly hard to explain. Choose a crew, each with unique talents, send them on expeditions filled with randomized content where they attempt to solve mysteries, pass skill checks, engage in entertaining conversations, and fight in a wildly unusual turn based combat system built around the interplay of global and character moods and skills. Then go back to your home base and spend your assorted gains to enhance your characters, publish research to give yourselves bonuses, buy equipment, and collect a retinue of followers. While you're at it, give lectures to turn your fame into yet more bonuses of your choice. Then, go out again, with the ultimate goal being to amass enough renown to win the game.

It's deep, rewarding, and wholly unique in my experience. It's also amazingly replayable, with a diversity of expeditions each of which plays differently every time depending on both luck and the particular skills of your crew. Charming art, clever writing, and an appropriately absurd atmosphere add to the fun. All in all it's great fun, and I'd highly recommend it for any fan of strategy and/or RPG's.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
83.5 hrs on record
Posted: 20 July
After thoroughly enjoying myself it's definitely time to write a review for everyone to see! (I hope)
... what are you waiting for? Get this game. If you seem the least bit interested in it I can assure you it's amazing.
What's that? You want a review first? Oh... Well okay then, I guess I could do that.
Except then I'd be here for a very long time - and I really wanna keep playing this game - so please bear with me here.
It's a good game, there's WAY too much to explain, if anything about it seems interesting to you, do yourself a favour and get it. It's just great and all the chance and possibilities involved make it so replayable, it won't be boring EVER.
Note that I've been playing in Adventure Mode on Classic Difficulty only, and I can also recommend that, it's just the right amount of challenging.

I'd give this TWO thumbs up but one will have to do. Cheers.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
9.6 hrs on record
Posted: 18 July
Here's a quick recap of my first adventure, two hearty adventurers who are trained for battle set out on adventure to kick ♥♥♥ and take names when out pops a 14 year old magician stowaway who teaches them the meaning of love and understanding. Soon they come to the summit of a great mountain and prove themselves the greatest adventurers to ever live. 10/10 would play again and recommend dlc to enhance experience,
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
4.1 hrs on record
Posted: 2 August
A very fun game, good to waste some time on but there are some caveats.

The game is well built and the ui is easy to navigate for the most part, I myself only ran into some troubles when trying to pick new skills for characters but once figured out there are no issues. The Tutorial is simply great and allows you to get to know the game and explains everything extremely well. Gameplay is solid and certainly different than other games, which is a big plus. See it as a bit of settlers of catan, where you need to earn resources in order to win the game. Tie this in with a bit of D&D and you get this game.

I PERSONALLY got tired of the game pretty quickly, this is because I am not a completionist, once I have seen something once I have little desire to visit it again, so if you are like me consider waiting for a sale as the full price might not be worth it. The game CAN be completed in as little as an hour to a couple of hours depending on the difficulty you set it on. There are about 8 "Maps" that you can play on and without the DLC that adds 2 more there is not a lot of variance in the game. The only variance is the different runs you do on the same maps over and over by only changing characters, this is what I didnt enjoy myself. If you are someone that likes to collect achievements, unlock all of the characters or visist 100% of evey map I can easily tell you that over 100 hours of fun await you in this game.


TLDR:

In the end I would definately recommend this game, If you are someone that doesnt like replaying games wait for a sale, are you a completionist this game is an absolute steal even for its current price.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
55.2 hrs on record
Posted: 7 August
Great game.
Much like FTL with a few elements of Civ.
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2 of 3 people (67%) found this review helpful
Recommended
18.5 hrs on record
Posted: 9 August
Totally what i'm hoped game like this!

This game need more strategy that u thought.
also there's more challenge if u more plays.

Pros :
+ make me spend more time to play this
+ need strategy even on normal difficulty
+ i really like this game
+ more challenges ready if u more plays

Cons :
- repeating game make it boring
- some plays make it too hard itself
- i just hope more characters, more maps, more difficulty spread. (DLC might slove this)
Was this review helpful? Yes No Funny
1 of 2 people (50%) found this review helpful
Recommended
28.9 hrs on record
Posted: 13 July
A good game that was worth the 20.00 $ I paided for it.
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318 of 332 people (96%) found this review helpful
10 people found this review funny
Recommended
539.9 hrs on record
Posted: 10 October, 2015
When I first heard of Renowned Explorers : International Society (henceforce known as RE:IS) my initial reaction was along the lines of "what on earth is this?". I purchased it on a whim, and having now played it for nearly 100 hours and all treasures collected, it has definitely turned out to be one of my wisest purchases (and heck, i'm actually writing a proper review for once, my first one on steam.)

RE:IS is a roguelike in an Indiana Jones style - you and your crew will be having adventures all around the globe, from searching castles in the Scottish highlands to the tombs of ancient pharoahs in Egypt in the hopes of finding treasures (and with over 100 treasures to find, there is plenty to see.) You'll run into a variety of characters such as bagpipe playing clansmen, pirates suffering under a voodoo curse and a group of monkeys worshipping a giant fruit.

The game keeps a fairly lighthearted and humourous theme throughout, which is aided by its bright and colourful art style. Don't let this fool you however - there is a surprising amount of depth to be found in the games combat and exploration systems. Battles have three different approaches: you can befriend your enemy, offering them things such as compliments and peace treatires. Or you can take a straight up physical approach - hacking and slashing your way through hordes of your opponents. If you prefer a more devious approach, you can play mind games with your opponents, hurling insults towards them in such number that they run away from the battlefield sobbing.

Overall, RE:IS takes a refreshing approach to the turn-based rogue-like genre. The developers are very active within the community and listen to feedback and suggestions from players. The game is frequently updated with new content, and more has been promised down the line. I highly recommend purchasing this game.
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97 of 107 people (91%) found this review helpful
3 people found this review funny
Recommended
307.3 hrs on record
Posted: 8 October, 2015
Renowned Explorer (RE) is one of the very best game that I have played for the last 10 years, period :).

I have about 300 games, and haven't felt so excited about a new game for such a long time --- perhaps the last time that I felt so excited was as long as Civilization 1 in 1991.

I normally play RPGs, but Renowned Explorer is in a Genre all by itself. It's radically different from the typical RPG or strategy games that I am family with. Because it is so different, it took me a while to grasp and learn the basics of the game. In the end, after learning about the game, I begin to have great fun... and hundreds of hours on the game.

The nice thing about RE is that the entire game campaign consists of 5 expeditions, and you can play it over and over again with different team setups. Different team captains have different super powers, and so, each game with a different captain usually require different strategy and even different playstyle, making in intriguing and interesting.

Another nice thing about RE is that the development team offered to add additional contents and updates on a regular basis. So far they have already added quite a bit of new content. Such a commitment from a developing team is really commendable. Even with 276 hours played, I will still be playing this game whenever they add anything new.

I am sure I will get MORE than my money's worth and highly recommend this game.
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