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Expect The Unexpected cover art

Expect The Unexpected

GoldenGod Games · 2016-12-08

Steam

CasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 08, 2016 (Mac)

Expect The Unexpected is a roguelike, fast-paced, turn-based game with RPG elements. Interact with random generated maps in which you have to deal with hundreds of different events and situations. What will you be? What will you become?

Expect The Unexpected is a 2016 Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy game priced at $1.00, with a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 91 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
67%
positive of 91 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.00
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 29,120 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.3k–5.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 91 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.50 at Steam (2025-09-29) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 39 of 60 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120162026Week of 2016-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.69$0.502016-12-092026-08-172016-12-09 — best price $11.692017-04-15 — best price $4.192017-11-16 — best price $3.492018-04-12 — best price $6.992018-09-13 — best price $6.992018-12-31 — best price $4.992019-04-30 — best price $4.992019-07-29 — best price $6.992019-11-20 — best price $6.992020-02-01 — best price $2.092020-05-21 — best price $6.992020-09-28 — best price $6.992021-01-05 — best price $6.992021-04-12 — best price $6.992021-07-28 — best price $4.992021-12-10 — best price $3.492022-05-02 — best price $1.492022-08-15 — best price $6.992022-11-14 — best price $4.992023-02-13 — best price $1.492023-05-23 — best price $6.992023-08-07 — best price $6.992023-10-09 — best price $0.992023-12-02 — best price $4.992024-02-26 — best price $6.992024-05-15 — best price $6.992024-07-31 — best price $6.992024-11-11 — best price $0.992025-01-21 — best price $1.742025-04-07 — best price $4.992025-07-02 — best price $3.492025-09-17 — best price $1.392025-11-30 — best price $6.992026-02-17 — best price $2.792026-04-25 — best price $1.042026-07-14 — best price $6.992026-08-17 — best price $1.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
46.6%
earned "First Kill"
12.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGIndieCasualFantasyStrategySurvivalAction RPGRogue-likeTurn-BasedTurn-Based Combat

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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