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Renowned Explorers: International Society cover art

Renowned Explorers: International Society

Abbey Games · 2015-09-02

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Sep 02, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 02, 2015 (Linux), Sep 02, 2015 (Mac)

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.

Renowned Explorers: International Society is a 2015 Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 2909 reviews).

3
playing now
92%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Renowned Explorers: International Society is a turn-based strategy adventure video game set in a fictitious 19th century historical setting. It was released on 2 September 2015 as a boxed game for PC and on the Steam computer game platform. The game was inspired by adventure movies including Indiana Jones, and retro-classic video games including FTL.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 73k–175k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,909 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2018-10-04) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 55 observed days · $16.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520172026Week of 2017-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-14 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2350Jul 2015Aug 2026Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 7Nov 2015 — avg 86 · peak 370Mar 2016 — avg 28 · peak 75Jul 2016 — avg 101 · peak 339Nov 2016 — avg 58 · peak 134Mar 2017 — avg 55 · peak 145Jul 2017 — avg 80 · peak 180Nov 2017 — avg 52 · peak 119Mar 2018 — avg 38 · peak 87Jul 2018 — avg 38 · peak 89Nov 2018 — avg 35 · peak 78Mar 2019 — avg 28 · peak 61Jul 2019 — avg 42 · peak 116Nov 2019 — avg 30 · peak 78Mar 2020 — avg 23 · peak 46Jul 2020 — avg 26 · peak 59Nov 2020 — avg 19 · peak 40Mar 2021 — avg 20 · peak 44Jul 2021 — avg 13 · peak 33Nov 2021 — avg 12 · peak 33Mar 2022 — avg 11 · peak 27Jul 2022 — avg 15 · peak 37Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 33Mar 2023 — avg 11 · peak 25Jul 2023 — avg 9 · peak 28Nov 2023 — avg 8 · peak 21Mar 2024 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2024 — avg 11 · peak 28Nov 2024 — avg 23 · peak 125Mar 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 66
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.95$3.992015-08-242026-10-142015-08-24 — best price $23.952015-10-29 — best price $14.992016-01-28 — best price $19.992016-05-31 — best price $9.992016-10-28 — best price $7.992017-05-21 — best price $9.992017-10-10 — best price $6.592018-03-26 — best price $11.992018-10-04 — best price $3.992019-01-23 — best price $19.992019-09-09 — best price $19.992019-11-30 — best price $19.992019-12-31 — best price $4.912020-01-20 — best price $17.552020-02-10 — best price $19.642020-04-28 — best price $19.992020-06-25 — best price $4.992020-08-03 — best price $17.642020-09-19 — best price $17.432020-12-03 — best price $19.992021-01-07 — best price $19.992021-03-01 — best price $17.992021-06-18 — best price $8.882021-11-10 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-05-18 — best price $19.992022-07-20 — best price $7.992022-11-08 — best price $14.692023-04-14 — best price $19.992023-10-25 — best price $4.992024-07-23 — best price $7.992024-11-26 — best price $4.992025-05-23 — best price $14.692026-08-08 — best price $3.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 2 pageviews2026-06-10 — 1 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 4 pageviews2026-06-26 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-04 — 1 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 1 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 2 pageviews2026-08-09 — 3 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-02 — 2 pageviews2026-09-06 — 3 pageviews2026-09-10 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 0 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3 pageviews2026-09-22 — 3 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2 pageviews2026-09-30 — 1 pageviews2026-10-04 — 2 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1 pageviews2026-10-12 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.2%
earned "That belongs in a museum!"
51.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing4 DLC

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2016-05-31, latest 2018-12-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,7551%165

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DRPGIndieEconomyStrategyAdventureDiplomacyRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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