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Curious Expedition cover art

Curious Expedition

Maschinen-Mensch · 2016-09-02

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 01, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 02, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Sep 02, 2016 (Linux), Sep 02, 2016 (Mac), Apr 03, 2020 (Xbox One)

Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.

41
playing now
91%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.49
steam price (US)

41 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Curious Expedition is a 2016 roguelike-adventure video game developed by Maschinen-Mensch for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The player takes control of a party who attempts to navigate through several lost locations on Earth, each one created through procedural generation. Reviewers have praised the game as charming and challenging, but others have criticized it as repetitive. The game has a rating of 74 % on Metacritic based on 11 critic reviews. It was nominated for the German Computer Games Prize in 2015 as Best Youth Game.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 102 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 113k–270k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,500 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-90%
Steam$1.49-90%
GOG$1.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.49-90%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 44 of 69 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20120120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6272026-08-06 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 28 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 33 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 27 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 28 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 21 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 22 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 24 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 27 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 32 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 49 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 36 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-05-192026-08-302015-05-19 — best price $13.492016-01-29 — best price $14.992016-06-23 — best price $12.742017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-07-03 — best price $11.242017-11-22 — best price $9.742018-05-14 — best price $14.992018-10-15 — best price $7.492019-02-04 — best price $8.992019-06-25 — best price $5.992019-11-21 — best price $7.492020-01-14 — best price $7.492020-09-04 — best price $7.492020-11-27 — best price $5.992021-04-30 — best price $5.992021-08-20 — best price $4.492021-11-19 — best price $3.742022-01-04 — best price $14.992022-04-27 — best price $3.742022-07-20 — best price $2.992022-11-04 — best price $14.992023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-03-20 — best price $2.992023-08-28 — best price $2.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-02-12 — best price $14.992024-04-10 — best price $2.992024-06-06 — best price $2.992024-08-14 — best price $14.992024-11-07 — best price $2.242025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-04-16 — best price $1.492025-08-04 — best price $14.992025-10-07 — best price $1.492026-01-18 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $1.492026-05-23 — best price $14.992026-08-18 — best price $1.492026-08-30 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1912026-05-30 — 4 pageviews2026-06-02 — 7 pageviews2026-06-05 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 7 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1 pageviews2026-06-26 — 14 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 1 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-08 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 3 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-20 — 6 pageviews2026-07-23 — 4 pageviews2026-07-26 — 9 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-27 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
55.7%
earned "World 2"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,2381%63
PS4 (PlayStation)3464%61
Xbox One (Xbox)2420%60
Switch (Nintendo)170%0

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

Player tags

RPGHex GridModdableTabletopDinosaursBoard GameRogue-likeRogue-liteStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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