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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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.

Curious Expedition is an Indie, RPG, Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $1.49, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 4511 reviews).

22
playing now
91%
positive of 4.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
4.38★
PlayStation Store rating (156 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 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.

Trailer

Curious Expedition trailer thumbnail

The Curious Expedition - Release Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 22 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 4% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 113k–271k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,511 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.49-90%
Steam$2.99-80%
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 81 of 104 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

4482026-09-15 13:00 — 31 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 18 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 27 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 16 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 23 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 27 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 20 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 13 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 25 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 29 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 37 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 17 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 44 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 40 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
21713May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 71 · peak 266Sep 2015 — avg 15 · peak 58Jan 2016 — avg 18 · peak 47May 2016 — avg 13 · peak 35Sep 2016 — avg 92 · peak 452Jan 2017 — avg 23 · peak 71May 2017 — avg 201 · peak 571Sep 2017 — avg 39 · peak 98Jan 2018 — avg 88 · peak 203May 2018 — avg 91 · peak 414Sep 2018 — avg 33 · peak 69Jan 2019 — avg 73 · peak 241May 2019 — avg 66 · peak 207Sep 2019 — avg 34 · peak 74Jan 2020 — avg 81 · peak 178May 2020 — avg 78 · peak 327Sep 2020 — avg 44 · peak 160Jan 2021 — avg 57 · peak 120May 2021 — avg 72 · peak 281Sep 2021 — avg 52 · peak 141Jan 2022 — avg 46 · peak 150May 2022 — avg 45 · peak 110Sep 2022 — avg 34 · peak 91Jan 2023 — avg 37 · peak 82May 2023 — avg 24 · peak 56Sep 2023 — avg 31 · peak 97Jan 2024 — avg 39 · peak 91May 2024 — avg 32 · peak 98Sep 2024 — avg 36 · peak 153Jan 2025 — avg 32 · peak 90May 2025 — avg 28 · peak 75Sep 2025 — avg 37 · peak 134Jan 2026 — avg 30 · peak 77May 2026 — avg 25 · peak 53Aug 2026 — avg 24 · peak 87
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-05-192026-10-152015-05-19 — best price $13.492016-02-12 — best price $14.992016-10-28 — best price $11.992017-06-06 — best price $11.192017-11-22 — best price $9.742018-06-19 — best price $14.992018-12-18 — best price $7.492019-05-23 — best price $14.992019-11-21 — best price $7.492020-01-23 — best price $7.492020-10-26 — best price $14.992021-03-15 — best price $14.992021-08-20 — best price $4.492021-11-26 — best price $3.742022-02-02 — best price $14.992022-06-28 — best price $14.992022-11-04 — best price $14.992023-01-20 — best price $2.992023-06-11 — best price $2.992023-12-06 — best price $14.992024-02-12 — best price $14.992024-04-25 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-10-28 — best price $14.992025-02-05 — best price $14.992025-05-21 — best price $1.492025-09-11 — best price $1.492025-12-08 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $1.492026-06-16 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $1.492026-09-08 — best price $1.492026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-10-08 — best price $1.492026-10-15 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1912026-05-30 — 4 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1 pageviews2026-06-07 — 8 pageviews2026-06-11 — 5 pageviews2026-06-15 — 6 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1 pageviews2026-06-27 — 19 pageviews2026-07-01 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 7 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 13 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-25 — 5 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-06 — 7 pageviews2026-08-10 — 4 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 6 pageviews2026-08-30 — 4 pageviews2026-09-03 — 5 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1 pageviews2026-09-19 — 6 pageviews2026-09-23 — 6 pageviews2026-09-27 — 8 pageviews2026-10-01 — 4 pageviews2026-10-05 — 8 pageviews2026-10-08 — 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…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-12-07 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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