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Game
Game2016
Rencounter
Developer SPVD
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. From the Steam store page
125 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Mar 23, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
60
Fresh
75 positive · 49 negative
95% range 52–69%
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| Steam reviews | 75 | 49 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
1 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
266 of 374 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 125 · most liked firstIt is not clear to me who are enemies and who are friends. It is not clear to me whether or not a character has a weapon. it is not clear to me why walk and run result in the same movement. It is not clear to me what is in my inventory. It is not clear to me how to wield a weapon. It is not clear to me how to heal damage. The character's objective is not clear to me. It is not clear to me what happens when I interact with an object on the map. It is not clear to me why there is no…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm not alone in having no idea how this game ended up with a "Mostly Positive" rating. PLEASE read the other negative reviews, that aren't crowded with fanboys/friends of the dev. The UI is garbage, the controls are inexplicable, the direction (of the game and the combat) are completely unclear. The game lacks all story and/or structure that would allow me to actually call it a game. This is a badly written tech demo that costs about $5.99 more than it should. I'm usually the first guy to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Meh- I'm a fan of roguelikes - from the original to modern ones. This one is a roguelike, but is decidently a meh- score. It lacks much help. Not even so much as a brief guide for the controls. The classic roguelike has a progression of difficulty. This one, so far, really feels like tossing you into the deep end - you've got a guy with a sword against enemies with (what I presume to be) grenades and guns. The availble controls are neither documented nor intutive This is moreso a game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this WOULD be a great game and I *WOULD* recommend it really feels like i'm playing a blackguards version fo dungeon of the endless. the perma death wouldn't be such a big deal if the game gave the user more opportunities to catch up i think it feels like the area of exploration is confining with the difficulty of the floors. However the entire game is totally RNG so if you're a fan of RNG perma-death games then this is for you. I am a fan but this game feels like it's in puzzle mode to me…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →BEWARE the small number of highly upvoted positive reviews. This game is a terrible disappointment. The UI, gameplay/combat, storyline, etc. are all nothing short of atrocious. It feels like a high-school project.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This confusing pile of crap was a very quick turn off. The UI is awful, the controls are clunky and some times unresponsive, and many aspects of the game are confusing and unclear. The story seems pretty awful, and the way everything is strung together just made it feel tedious. Honestly I would say steer clear from this mess but maybe something is wrong with me lol.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →highly confusing game, no chance of having fun without spending hours of trying and watching tutorials
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has very few reviews, so i'll post a quickie. Recounter a spin on the dungeon crawler genre. It's currently in early development (and it shows), but shows a lot of promise and is already fun to play. The general gameplay is divided into three parts: exploration, combat and character management. Unlike most dungeon crawlers, you don't just walk around with your character peeking around corners. If you're not currently fighting, you're presented with a simple map showing a series of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Turn-Based Rogue-Like RPG https://youtu.be/6DmSeUWk6i8 + Very challenging, Your progress resets if you die + A nice loot system / attributes / equipment system. + The dark background music / ambient sounds fit very well in the game. + When attacking you can target different body parts which have varying degrees of effect, like if you hit their arms it may lower their accuracy. + Graphically it looks pretty good especially for a turn-based game This game is in EARLY ACCESS, so don't take…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rencounter is a difficult (randomized, no-rules-explained), turn-based (with some indecipherable rules were some units act more often than others), RPG (there are generic bodybuilder hunks with stats. No interaction beyond "kill it". No Roles. At best a dungeon hack), roguelike (why balance stuff? you can always restart and maybe the randomness likes you next time) game with a mysterious atmosphere (you run around in a weird environment and kill stuff for no other reason that it tries to you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's be clear: Rencounter, a turn-based tactical dungeon crawler, is an amateurish game. It's clunky, the production quality and usability are nonexistent, and the way it adjusts the camera every time an attack is made is unfuriating. And yet, I feel that some of the game's fun and challenge arises from how barebones it is: for example, I've found no way to learn what each weapon modifier means, and it was just by random chance that I've noticed my lance having a lifesteal effect after I've…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →RENCOUNTER Rencounter looks to provide a classic strategy based experience by making you hunt, scavenge and loot in order to stay alive. Does it hit its mark or misses with a 90% chance, let’s find out; Gameplay: In Rencounter, you start out an unknown man who has to survive by gathering various resources and fighting other people and wildlife. Initially, it reminded me of Dungeon of the endless, a superb game where you had to open different rooms to see what was inside. Rencounter tries to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If all you want is a tactical rpg in the sense of leveling up your characters and endless fighting then this is the game for you. However i find this game lacking, no story, no meat on the bone so to speak. however the combat is well planned out and the survival aspect of finding food, healing between rooms and so on does give it a nice flare. But it still feels like a failed game to me, since there is no story and just grinding enemies for 10 floors are not really enough for me to give it a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When you load it up it'll feel like you're playing a pre-alpha early access title, there is very little polish and there's not much endearing to make up for that. I feel like this game does little to match up to the fairly well established market for this genre. (its not like mecha sims where you honestly just take what you can get these days)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game offers a dreamy, psychedelic experience, making it ideal for playing in sessions that last up to 2 hours. It features an intriguing narrative. The graphics are of average quality, though there are issues with balancing and tactical combat.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Turned-based RPG that is missing some key elements. Lack of tutorial or mouse-over information makes it impossible to play without looking at a guide. Although there is a promising cutscene at the start, there is no story, narriative, or any words at all throughout the game. The store page says "mysterious" but I am not sure that is intentional. Any time I play a turned-based game, now a days, I say, "better than Battle for Wesnoth?" I cannot see how Rencounter offers more than the no-cost…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i really bought the game to be the first. in discussion. in review. my life has a meaning now. will update after playing it (: edit: ok here my review now. pre info. i just thought its funny but ofc i've destroyed my review with "17% found this helpful" i didnt even troll, how can you be so super serious and thumb me down for being the first, jealous? anyways. its a mobile port and very repetetive. however im having fun with it and i can play it with one hand (since i broke my hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got it on sale and it still wasn't worth it. There's zero explanation of the game mechanics so all I can do it guess. Example: What's the difference between "run" and "walk"? I can't tell... both seem to use my entire turn. There's two bars that aren't health and maybe it has something to do with them, but I don't even known what those bars represent. As far as I can tell you always trade actions against the PC. This sounds nice in theory but without the ability to do more than one thing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun little Turned based RPG. Wished there was a tutorial in the game but otherwise was fun. Worth the $1.49 on the sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No explanation of anything at all. Why does my attack % go down after every attack? This makes it harder and harder to complete encounters. Why do things keep spawning? What are those things? What am I? What is the goal? I wanted to like this game, but it's overly difficult and thoroughly confusing even for a roguelike.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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;…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game for a really tough guys , who are ready to try and die, to try and die , again and again. Just wild slash, no mercy, no knowledge - Where are u from? What is going on? Pure war and fight for crumbs of HP and loot))) First four or five deaths, loosing loot and chars are enraging. But then u thinks I’ll do it. Yes I’ll do it. Pros: - Fine picture - Each attempt like a lottery, like a real life - Addictive game - Every time u think this is the last) But trying again -…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Get what you pay for. A pretty basic, slightly buggy, little rough around the edges unity game. Lots of stats to fiddle with min maxing, but they don't really add up to much and there's generally not much tactics to the actual fights other than "Don't stand on the grenades", "hit them again" and "use a consumable if it gets tough". The AI seems dumb as rocks, very frequently spamming grenades at your feet in open areas, which you can just run away from before they blow up, then throwing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game for a day. I really liked gameplay. Almost nothing is explained in the game. You should make experiments through battles in order to understand the mechanics. But there is something in it:) Also, I can say, almost nothing annoying. Battles, equipment/stats rising. That's all I need:)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well this is a little gem IF you like VERY difficult games and RNG. pros: very accurate combat system, good variety of weapons and armor cons: lacks any tutorial so you gotta figure out (through many deaths) all the mechanics the general experience is quite frustrating, but again, you must be in the mood for this games (Darkest Dungeon anyone?)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Way too random, bad UI, incosistent buttons, too many clicks just to attack/defend etc. No. Just... No.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My Review In my opinion at first it looks boring :/ but then i saw that it's an EA and the price is not gonna hurt my wallet, so i bought this game and give it a try . .so . . . it's fun. .and enjoyable . . but it also needs a lot of work to get this game perfect . . . of course I'm talking about The UI !!!!! ..and maybe the movement ...!? the combat is an OK but not good enough :) :) so overall this is a good game sir. <3 <3 : ): ) :) Don't you dare give up this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well , for the first 20 minute I enjoy the game very much Just after I died in the game I realise that all the drops and items that I earned , including the character is gone . I have to start all over again . at the moment , I immediately lose my mind . Pros : - Game is nice - Fastpaced - LOOKS easy - Strategic game ( Challenges your ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mind ) - Graphic is OK Cons : - No tutorial - Didn't tell you that you'll have to start all over again when you die. - The on screen…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Somewhat Jagged Alliance-esque combat with great rogue elements. Definitely a game that both luck and skill factor into each life. TL;DR: So far enjoy the game play!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Too Early to Recommend this EA Title b/c Graphically and thematically very bland... UI is within reach of wtf territory of bad.... Combat is underdeveloped at this point... No Tutorial..... Optmization needed but that phase is likely far away..... Looks like this is a first effort or an early solo effort for the developer.... I however did not refund and will recommend checking back buy or hitting the follow button at top of the page b/c... Dungeon-Crawling Squad Tactics Rougelikes need to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rencounter Review Rencounter was amazing. It had everything I loved the why you moved with the side bar. It had stuff like I loved how the movement had side tab. I would of like you using WASD to move. But I thought that feature was super cool. I also liked the where you could strike. But I wish you can add QWER as your attack powers. Their also should be an online mode I really liked the game. I would just add those things and your game will be perfect. I loved how the anmation how the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First thing to keep in mind is that this isn't a full release yet. Rencounter is a fun turn based RPG game that is similar to an old school RPG game in many ways. It incorparates many different ways of attacking with grenades, guns, and melee weapons. You can have multiple characters in your party as well. Some things are still a little rusty, such as the lack of instructions and tutorial on what to do but it's easy enough to figure out! I reccomend checking this game out and if you're…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For $6 this is a pretty cool game. It's rough around the edges but it has depth. You can upgrade your weapons & armor, skills, get new recipies to craft and find allies in your struggle to escape. It's difficult and atmospheric and a bit confusing at first but I'm having fun with it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hope I didn't pay much for this, 'cause this game is a dog. It really feels like a bare-bones alpha test, it just has no excitement or enthusiasm. Help your squad survive? Why? For who, for what? There's more story in Bowman.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rencounter is essentially a turn-based tactics rogue-like that involves hacking away at an enemy's right arm so that they suffer such a huge accuracy penalty that they cannot land any hits on you. Maybe there is a more interesting way to play, but I found this to be the safest. After getting to about the half-way mark though, I just couldn't stomach any more of this repetitive nonsense. Everything, from the map layouts to enemy design just blurred together and I simply stopped caring. Oh,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Rogue-like and worth full price the Dev is always active.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game because i recieved my first voucher and I was curious. The game has an interesting concept with a turn-based/board-game style where you hop around a chess-board field killing enemies. I found it very difficult to enjoy this game as it is punishing but has little to no rewarding parts to compensate for the difficulty, unlike darksouls, dungeon of the endless and darkest dungeon that do reward you in a sense. 5/15
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As someone who likes RPG's, roguelikes, and challenging games like XCOM or Fallout, or even Pixel Dungeon I've really enjoyed this game so far. The controls are nice and simple, so it's great for kicking back on a tablet. The atmosphere is cool, and I'd love to see some more story elements fleshed out--but as a roguelike this isn't a huge expectation. Combat is well paced and really rewards thoughtful strategy. It punishes you big time for bad decisions. Entering a room you're unprepared for,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This could really use even just a rough tutorial. You have to figure our everything as you go along even how to use your inventory or even the map and what all the symbols on it are. This game needs a lot more work.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rencounter is a sci-fi/fantasy themed RPG with tactical combat and procedurally generated "dungeons". There's no real world map, it looks more like a map from a public train system, and you just click on which "station" you want to go to, then you get dumped into a fight against, well, thugs or something. The story is really unclear here and the game just feels really unfinished. I don't understand what the point of being dropped into endless random combats is, just for the sake of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Much better game than I expected for $5.99. A decent little rogue-like with increasing difficulty and the ability to recruit new companions.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So this is basically a turn-based Dark Souls with heavy emphasis on strategy and character development. The only problem I have is that the game keeps freezing up on the same floor so I'm forced to stop playing...otherwise I would probably spend a lot of time in game. So if you can get it to work properly, I highly recommend it to fans of Old school Fallout, Dark Souls, and even COD: Zombies. You have to figure everything out, find scrolls that give you tips and pieces of what would be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just another game ready to drown into the abyss of nothingness. It won`t be remembered, it has no feelings towards you or itself. It`s a game, yes, but that`s about it. Get your cards and get out.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It feels like a rushed project, something that had a dealine and could not be polished and balanced before delivery. The art is fine, the programming is probably fine too, since I didn't see any bugs, but it feels like it was made by people who can program and make art assets, but don't really have much experience in gaming. If this was an early acess game, I would be anxious to see where it goes when finished, but it isn't, it is just a very underwhelming game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just seems like a really, really early prototype of something. Like they put together a basic fighting framework and some items, let you move around on one screen, and said here. There's absolutely *ZERO* instruction, guide, details, story, anything. I guess maybe if they ever get around to actually fleshing it out a little more it might not be bad. Even if there is "more to it" later on, there's just not nearly enough to make me even want to fumble through what is there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Как в народе говорится "На вкус и цвет,товарищей нет".Вот так и тут,игра подойдет не каждому,но гамеры которые предпочитают Пошаговые ролёвки,не промахнуться в выборе данной игры! Очень простая и затягивающая игра,время от времени захожу.Но вот очень хочется какого-нибудь продолжения!Третий раз как никак прошел уже. К примеру: 1.Больше шмота .(экипировки,оружия,рецептов) 2.Больше этажей,сделайте после первого прохождения другой мир. 3.Настройку персонажа(хотя бы первого). 4.Больше и…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No documentation, pure rogue-like with a lot of luck involved. I like it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this is a very clever game with a lot of potential. It is not of course a fully featured AAA title, and so it isn't priced as one. Clearly some people have had difficulty with the lack of a manual, but if you go into it knowing that it is Roguelike, and how Roguelikes work, you should be fine. Thematically, and narratively, the game can certyainly do with more development, and I hope the devs will be sufficiently encouraged to keep working on the project. But what it is at present…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exploration part of the game is simple: random map, consisting of rooms, safe or guarded, empty or contained all sorts of usables from storage to follower. Lots of loot, really. Combat part seems simple - char can move or use weapon or item. But really it is quite complicated things like positioning to get advantage of first hit and saving char stamina, having quick route in case of emergency and so on. So battle become truly tactical and there is always a chance that things will go wrong.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →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…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL:DR; Dreamy, psychedelic experience, this game is best played in sessions up to 2 hours long. Has some interesting storyline behind it. Has average+ graphics, some problems with balance and tactical combat, BUT! I found it suprisingly mesmerizing, after starting it with absolutelly no expectations, I can say that this is a good game to play from time to time when you want to rest from some heavy multiplayer or strategy experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even though I got this for 90% off I still feel that I didn't get value for the money. This has amateur project written all over it. The first time you run the game you are presented with an unskippable cutscene which takes almost 2 minutes and consists of only three drawings. It gets worse from there. There is absolutely no instructional text in the game whatsoever and you are going to have to guess at what the controls are. I struggled through until I could figure out how the map worked…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ok where to start. You begin alone, in littlemore then a loin cloth with a crude sword. From there you are in much the same situation as your character. Your trying to figure everything out, But unlike your character you will survive the errors aspect of the many trials and errors you are going to experience. You will witness many deaths. Your mains, his allies, and your enemies. You will slowly learn, Figuring out the how and why are hand in glove to this experience. With luck you will…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first, I went into a boss battle unprepared, and the 2 characters I had died. I tried again. The 2nd time, I forgot to load healing items onto them, because I forgot that even potions had to be manually loaded into each character's inventory slots. (Each character has 3 inventory slots, and items do not stack.) I considered those efforts part of a learning curve, and didn't mind too much. I also hit ALT+F4 a few times in the second attempt, and reloaded in, just to see if there was any way…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my firs impression after the first two tries: pro: - the game has an intresting mood - visually nice UI and map con: - there is literally no story component - not tutorial or any introduction of the action system - I think a turn-based game should be more or less calculabe, but it is pretty hard to see what is going to happen next timewise - there is a nice inventory and skill upgrade system, but the combat is just moving toward the enemies and hit them until they are dead... boring…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very repetitive.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice little game. The story is shrouded in mystery and you learn it slowly as you play. Usually i'm not overly keen on Rogue-Like games, but absolutely adore turned based combat. Gameplay wise its very good, though the UI seems more fit for a tablet game than a PC game, but after the first few combats you cease to really notice. Combat is smooth and tactical, and often deadly if under prepared. Currently it has no tutorial, but it is very easy to work out, charracter development is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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