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Rencounter

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Challenging and strategic combat
  • Deep character customization and progression
  • High replayability with procedural generation
  • Immersive dark atmosphere and music
  • Low price with good value

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of tutorial and guidance
  • Clunky interface and controls
  • Some ai and balance issues
  • Minimal story and lore
  • Graphics and ui feel unpolished

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Darkest Dungeon®

  • Chromosome Evil

  • Shardpunk

  • Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

  • Siege of Dungeon

  • Subterrain: Mines of Titan

Less social

Games that feels like Rencounter but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Crowntakers

  • Chained Echoes

  • Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus

  • Time Break Chronicles

  • Astral Throne

  • The Iron Oath

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Rencounter but with less leadership over others

  • Vultures - Scavengers of Death

  • Soulstone Survivors: Prologue

  • Sword of the Stars: The Pit

  • Halls of Torment

  • Rogue's Tale

  • Midnight Protocol

More relaxing

Games that feels like Rencounter but with a more relaxing feel

  • Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)

  • Monsters' Den: Godfall

  • Brigandine The Legend of Runersia

  • Zoria: Age of Shattering

  • Heroes of Steel RPG

  • Gordian Quest

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Similarity map

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Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
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  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Rencounter: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026