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Curious Expedition 2 cover art

Curious Expedition 2

Maschinen-Mensch · 2021-01-28

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AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 17, 2022 (Xbox One), Aug 11, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 28, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 17, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.

49
playing now
89%
positive of 4.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (10 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 32h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

49 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

A grand discovery has been made: mysterious islands that have begun to appear and vanish from the Atlantic as if by magic. The great Explorer Clubs are funding expeditions to these strange islands to bring treasures back for the 1889 World's Fair in Paris. Are you bold enough to join the adventure?(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 49 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 121 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 83k–186k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,140 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
Steam$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-07-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 38 of 62 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24324320202026Week of 2020-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

79112026-08-06 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 36 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 58 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 45 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 70 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 56 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 60 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 54 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 54 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 58 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 32 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 46 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 39 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 62 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 47 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 76 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 47 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 60 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 49 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.002020-03-202026-08-302020-03-20 — best price $0.002021-05-31 — best price $19.992021-10-04 — best price $19.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-03-03 — best price $12.992022-06-23 — best price $11.992022-08-19 — best price $13.992022-10-01 — best price $19.992022-11-21 — best price $8.242022-12-08 — best price $9.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992023-01-31 — best price $19.992023-03-06 — best price $7.992023-04-04 — best price $9.992023-05-18 — best price $9.992023-07-14 — best price $19.992023-10-18 — best price $19.992023-11-22 — best price $8.992024-01-10 — best price $19.992024-02-11 — best price $19.992024-03-07 — best price $6.992024-04-12 — best price $19.992024-05-20 — best price $19.992024-08-11 — best price $19.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $4.992025-09-08 — best price $4.992025-10-15 — best price $4.992025-11-25 — best price $4.992026-02-14 — best price $19.992026-03-30 — best price $4.992026-05-23 — best price $19.992026-07-17 — best price $4.992026-08-25 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.1%
earned "The Adventure Begins"
21.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing3 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,8522%60
PS4 (PlayStation)1115%61
Xbox One (Xbox)890%60
Switch (Nintendo)60%0

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

Player tags

RPGHex GridStrategySurvivalAdventureDinosaursBoard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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