Renowned Explorers

Renowned Explorers: International Society is a single-player turn-based strategy adventure game. The player assembles a group of three adventurers with their individual skills and abilities. The player can choose from 20 different explorers (4 additional ones with the expansion "The Emperor's Challenge") categorized as fighters, scouts, speakers, and scientists, each with their individual character traits. With this group, the player can travel across the world and go on one of the procedurally generated expeditions in a quest to find treasures. A typical treasure hunt follows the following steps:

Preparation This part of the game takes part on the world map. The player’s band of adventurers need to travel from place to place in turns to prepare for their expedition. With the knowledge, gold and status gained from previous expeditions, the player can buy gear, supplies and support in order to prepare for the next treasure hunt.

After Abbey Games’ previous success Reus, a game released in May 2013 on Steam, they started development on Renowned Explorers: International Society. A bigger team was hired, and the beta was released in February 2015. After more than a year of development, the game was released on Steam on September 2, 2015.