Renowned Explorers: International Society

Renowned Explorers: International Society

Worth it · Roguelike · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17

Worth it at $19.99.

Cost per hour
$3.51/hr
ReviewsS
92% of 2,910
Genre rank
Top 10% Roguelike

Holding it back: Reach

Why
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Typical playtime
5.7h
To 100%
92.8h 16.3x the story
Achievements
165

Price and sales

Sales
50 on record
Typical cut
50% off
Steam low
$3.99 October 2018
Sale every
36d last August 2026
All-time low $3.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
9% of its genre
Better reviewed
88% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

82% start to 1% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

It has been discounted 50 times in the 11 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 11 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 10 percent. It is pricier than 91 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 88 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Terminus: Zombie Survivors ($19.99, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Roguebook ($24.99, scores 60).

More about Renowned Explorers: International Society

Of the 356 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 57 percent of the 107 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 5 percent of everything written about it.

HowLongToBeat players log 5.7 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 93, 16 times as much.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Last discount ended 74 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 91% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Reach350K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 356 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

What players say

Kind of a hidden gem from 2015. Totally addictive and replayable for hundreds of hours.
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 372hSep 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
I've spent FAR too many hours on this game, but it's worth it. It has a fun, childish style, random events, and cool artifacts for you to pilfer...er...find! On top of the fun characters, you also get the option of either defeating your foes with violence or words! An underrated gem.
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 71hSep 2026Read on Steam
Wow, unexpectedly great game. Devs could have certainly put more on the store page to show the game. 100% buy on discount - heck would buy at full price now after playing
A Steam playerRecommendedafter 4.6hAug 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

About the game

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.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Renowned Explorers: International Society scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/296970/renowned-explorers-international-society
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Details

DeveloperAbbey Games
PublisherAbbey Games
GenreRoguelike
Released2015
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements165