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A Monster's Expedition

Draknek & Friends · 2020-09-10

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games Store

AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 10, 2020 (iOS), Aug 05, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 10, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 19, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Sep 10, 2020 (Linux), Sep 10, 2020 (Mac)

An adorable and relaxing open world puzzle adventure for monsters who love to learn about humans!

12
playing now
95%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
16h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

A Monster's Expedition (Through Puzzling Exhibitions) is a 2020 puzzle video game developed and published by Draknek & Friends. Gameplay involves exploring a series of islands by solving Sokoban-based puzzles. The player navigates a two-dimensional grid, rolling logs to create bridges and rafts to traverse between islands. The islands comprise a museum of human civilization, featuring exhibits of everyday objects, accompanied by humorous descriptions written from the perspective of an outsider. The game incorporates open world elements, having a nonlinear, branching path of levels, but is primarily a puzzle game. Developed over more than three years, the game was first released in September 2020 for iOS, macOS, and Windows, and later for Linux, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 204 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity up 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-26

Estimated sales: 34k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,721 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-04-18) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 21 of 38 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
23123120202026Week of 2020-09-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2552026-08-11 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 13 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 17 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 14 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 15 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 12 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 15 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 13 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$5.992020-09-102026-08-062020-09-10 — best price $17.992020-12-01 — best price $19.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-04-30 — best price $15.992021-06-17 — best price $19.992021-08-19 — best price $19.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992021-12-11 — best price $19.992022-01-17 — best price $13.992022-03-24 — best price $13.992022-06-23 — best price $12.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $19.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-02 — best price $11.992023-04-21 — best price $11.992023-05-23 — best price $24.992023-07-31 — best price $16.242023-09-28 — best price $24.992023-11-13 — best price $12.492023-12-21 — best price $12.492024-02-05 — best price $24.992024-04-04 — best price $24.992024-05-23 — best price $9.992024-07-04 — best price $24.992024-09-02 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-03-27 — best price $7.992025-05-29 — best price $7.992025-08-14 — best price $7.992025-10-23 — best price $7.992026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-01-31 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-04-30 — best price $7.992026-07-16 — best price $19.992026-08-06 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8932026-05-28 — 5 pageviews2026-05-31 — 16 pageviews2026-06-03 — 13 pageviews2026-06-06 — 14 pageviews2026-06-09 — 17 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 15 pageviews2026-06-18 — 15 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 14 pageviews2026-07-06 — 10 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-18 — 5 pageviews2026-07-21 — 8 pageviews2026-07-24 — 14 pageviews2026-07-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 13 pageviews2026-08-02 — 89 pageviews2026-08-05 — 26 pageviews2026-08-08 — 29 pageviews2026-08-11 — 23 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 12 pageviews2026-08-20 — 10 pageviews2026-08-23 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
79.4%
earned "A Monster's Expedition"
30.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4838%9
PS5 (PlayStation)27123%21
Switch (Nintendo)800%0
PS4 (PlayStation)3219%21
PS4 (PlayStation)2524%21
PS4 (PlayStation)617%21
PS4 (PlayStation)367%21

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

Player tags

3DCuteFunnyCasualPuzzleSokobanRelaxingStrategyAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

Recent updates

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