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Rencounter is a difficult, turn-based, RPG, roguelike game with a mysterious atmosphere. Help your squad survive while navigating through a network of tunnels and rooms. Distribute provisions and medicine to keep them alive.
Rencounter is a indie, rpg and strategy game
developed by SPVD
and published by GrabTheGames.
Released on November 04th 2016 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 5 languages: English, Russian, German, Hungarian and French.
It has received 363 reviews of which 259 were positive and 104 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.8 out of 10. 😐
The game is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.25€ on Gamivo.
The Steam community has classified Rencounter into these genres:
System requirements
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Windows
- OS *: Windows 7 or later
- Processor: Core 2 Duo or better
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher)
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 700 MB available space
MacOS
- OS: OS X 10.10
- Processor: Core 2 Duo or better
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher)
- Storage: 700 MB available space
Linux
- Processor: Core 2 Duo or better
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: ATI or Nvidia graphics card with 512MB video ram or better and Shader Model 3.0+ support. (ATI Radeon 3870 or higher, Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT or higher)
- Storage: 700 MB available space
User reviews & Ratings
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Really amazing game, basically a modern day Rogue clone with some sci-fi elements to it. For me it was more fun than some AAA titles and it's easy worth three times the price. This will save you frustration: If one of your team members dies, simply go back to main menu and return, the battle will start again with everybody alive (otherwise you lose them permanently).
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Picked this up on Holiday sale for 63 cents. It's worth more than that. So many critics write "I can't figure it out, sob, the developer won'tr hold my hand..." Well, this is a throw back to the golden era where you didn't need instructions to play, but you learn by playing. It's a dungeon crawl, in a post-apocalyptic theme, with great ambient sound and a lot to figure out as you play. It's difficult; "EASY" is by no means easy, but at least lets you keep your items when you die and restart. The game is a crawl, and is fun to whittle away the time. It's likely a mobile game with very little PC polish, but it's fun, and for 63 cents, who can complain. I like that you need to use your imagination and fill in a back story as you discover scrolls (story notes). Its an inexpensive amateur game that lets you feel a little bit of wonder. I could imagine this exact game on the C64 back in the day.
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This game is not for everyone. This is a challenging, turn based, dungeon crawling RPG. The game puts you on the bottom of a 10 level duneon. To win, you must escape. You work with 1-3 characters to clear rooms, gain loot and improve your characters so that you can tackle the next level of the dungeon. When you start the game, you won't get any tutorials or much in the way of help. However, the game isn't hard to learn and exploring is part of the fun (though many will not agree with this). The game is hard. You will die. You will need to learn which weapons are the best, how to spend your money, when to eat and how to craft. Combat is a hex turn based system. Each room can have different environments (foggy, hot, jungle etc) and/or a few obstacles in the way (ex. corrosive acid) which can add complexity/variety to the fights. The AI is decent, but not amazing by any stretch. A room that leads to the next level of the dungeon is always a boss fight. You will have a tough character with a small number of minions helping him. As you progress, you can buy equipment and/or attribute upgrades (str, dex, agil, etc). The game has special abilities called "T.A.L.A.N.T.S." that you find randomly and after a boss fight. These abilities can make a big difference, but its a RNG on which ones you will find. There is a story to the game, but it is pretty hidden. You actually have to work to understand the story. Graphics on this game are not great. If you need top tier graphics to play a game, move on. If you like a challenge and turn based strategy, this is an inexpensive game that can give you several hours of entertainment.
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I have a lot of things to say about Rencounter but I'm going to start out by being forthright; I really like Rencounter. I have played it on & off & on again. I feel I need to say however that, despite my seemingly limited number of hours, I have felt the change and growth over the time that it has gone up until now. It has gotten a lot better as in comparison to the early stages. I remember back in the day, the first thing I did was just die. I died a lot and this genuinely made me angry because I simply didn't understand, but after dying a few times, trying to use stuff and my inventory was filling up with junk equipment I finally saw the disassemble button. The game then opened its' doors and said "welcome". Rencounter is a Dungeon Crawler with turn-based tactical elements, minor roguelite elements & nearly no RPG elements. These aren't points against it. I like my random name the game gives me every time. It adds flavor to my run. I don't like I can't get a random clone when I die, and always end up coming back as the model I call Dick Rockjaw, just slightly bigger or smaller but what it does have is: Stat building, passive traits, a minor crafting system, gear management & Food rationing. This is enough for me right now because I really find myself very interested in the world that we are playing in. I haven't beat Rencounter yet but I have high speculation and a ton of the in-game scrolls and I get pictures of the overall plot. I imagine the ending will be along the lines of "you are in a VR program to see if you are worthy for real life" kind of situation. That's why I think you're allowed to come back as your character, until they die. Edit: I beat the game. I have seen the surface. I hope there will be a sequel. This game has so much potential for an expanded sequel. I am glad that my guess was wrong. REAL WARNING: if you're playing and you are invested in your main character, if he dies, You will play whoever is left over. I know this should seem obvious but it really comes as a super hard shock to you as a player, so Remember this: Invest in your team mates. They could be your new Player Character. I have had many good team mates. In the early days, I actually didn't understand what the rooms meant. I didn't understand what Ice was or anything. So I just killed them and looted their bodies. Some people will tell you that this is a good strategy for early on in the game, but you Will Need friends. I've had characters that I have admittedly abused through perk manipulation. Had one guy that used Path of Pain and a few other things and got my character up to 10K health. There is mechanical fun and challenge to be had if you know what you're doing. I like the lighting, the shadows- I like the Look of Rencounter. I like the ruins, the fungal altars, the drowned rooms, the nearly-aztec style masks, the shift to near-medieval with plate and then the severe comparison to things like the Hacksaw, or the Star Killer. You feel very lost in time if that wasn't already felt from your slow departure from the cloning pods. I intend to beat Rencounter soon. I have been inspired by a rare instance in-game that meant something to me. I got a Crab. I got the egg and opened it up and I got my very own crab. I thought to myself, after it saying "Hey give it a name" that I would pick a name that just makes me laugh. His name was MEME. I was going to make him into MEMELETTE but I didn't have the space. I saw, that you could Feed your crab and it would always cost 500 to feed. This was the most cost-effective thing I had seen in the whole game. By now I have a character with like 500 levels or so, so I can't afford upgrades but not only could I level up my crab but actually sate its hunger was a great deal. For a long while, it was just MEME and I. People would come and go, they would be healed and armored and treated well but MEME was the MVP. He soaked damage, ignored water and consumed smaller crabs. That ended. MEME was actually pummeled to death by a smaller crab. I murdered the fuck out of that smaller crab. So it was just back to my guy & me. I am on floor six. I am getting ready for whatever there is to happen but without MEME I'll be real, it's sad. I have had a lot of good moments in this game, because of its hardline stances on its mechanics and universe. It's very basic, very enjoyable and sometimes there are small textural or typographical flaws but I can forgive that because I can feel the effort. If Rencounter never gets "finished", then it will still be known to me as a very solid title to me. It's fun, it's fast, it reminds me of a lot of classic 90's fun & its' price is justifiable. Get it now for wholesale, or on a discount but please give Rencounter a chance. I thought it was going to be a garbage title & I was happily wrong. So I recommend it Entirely. SO HERE ARE SOME TIPS: Invest in your stats first and foremost. You will always find better gear. Buy EVERY recipe. They will literally melt the difficulty away as you collect so many ingredients that you can do anything and make super valuable stuff in a flash. Ultraviolet herbs are the best deal second only to attribute potions at the sellers (the ice crystals and the circle icon on the map is a store) Going to a Mushroom Altar will always feed you and then you will always recieve a mushroom or two. Don't spam mushrooms as soon as you leave, just in case you aren't paying attention. You will need to reload your gun every shot, but you will need shot in your inventory pouches to reload also. Except the Heater, the Heater is a revolver. You can use Healing Grenades in your inventory. The Star Killer seems to always take like 90% of your health but it will usually 1-hit kill anything strong. Boost your stats and you can get away with upper-end 4 number swipes. I think I got like 5K one time on a dude who needed only like 1000.
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Rencounter is roguelike, which means you'll die a lot before getting the hang of it. It becomes a lot of fun once you understand the system, though. Definitely worth the whopping $3. Best advice: play in easy mode. Make it to floor 2. Hang on as long as you can. When your whole squad wipes (which they will), you'll get booted back to floor 1 with only one guy, but all the gear, skills, and recipes you already aquired (your dude will be naked, but all the gear will still be in your inventory; just re-equip it). Gear up and start again. Before long you'll start to understand the mechanics (hint: recipes are a big deal) and the game will feel much more balanced.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Rencounter is currently priced at 5.89€ on Steam.
Rencounter is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 5.89€ on Steam.
Rencounter received 259 positive votes out of a total of 363 achieving a rating of 6.77.
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Rencounter was developed by SPVD and published by GrabTheGames.
Rencounter is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Rencounter is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Rencounter is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Rencounter is a single-player game.
Rencounter does not currently offer any DLC.
Rencounter does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Rencounter does not support Steam Remote Play.
Rencounter is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Rencounter.
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