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The Expanse: A Telltale Series

Deck Nine · Telltale · 2023-11-20

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AdventureRPG

Franchise: The Expanse · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 27, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 27, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jul 27, 2023 (Xbox One), Jul 27, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jul 27, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Take on the role of Camina Drummer and explore the dangerous, uncharted edges of the Belt. From scavenging wrecked ships in a zero-g environment, to combating fearsome pirates, you make the difficult choices in this latest Telltale adventure. All five episodes playable at launch!

The Expanse: A Telltale Series is an Adventure, RPG game released in 2023 priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Mostly Positive (76% of 2893 reviews).

9
playing now
76%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (560 downloads)
3.91★
PlayStation Store rating (1,898 ratings)
8.1h
to beat · rushed 7h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

The Expanse: A Telltale Series is an episodic adventure game co-developed by Telltale Games and Deck Nine. Its five episodes were released between July and September 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with a version for Nintendo Switch released in April 2026. It is a prequel to Alcon Entertainment's television series The Expanse.

Trailer

The Expanse: A Telltale Series trailer thumbnail

The Expanse: A Telltale Series - Story Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

≈105,255 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 328 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 58k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,893 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2024-12-09) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 102 of 138 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31931920232026Week of 2023-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2332026-09-15 14:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 13 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 14 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 15 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 22 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 11 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1009Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 45 · peak 97Dec 2023 — avg 35 · peak 126Jan 2024 — avg 100 · peak 601Feb 2024 — avg 27 · peak 73Mar 2024 — avg 23 · peak 80Apr 2024 — avg 15 · peak 44May 2024 — avg 13 · peak 51Jun 2024 — avg 13 · peak 74Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 74Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 35Sep 2024 — avg 13 · peak 39Oct 2024 — avg 19 · peak 94Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 48Dec 2024 — avg 32 · peak 92Jan 2025 — avg 18 · peak 56Feb 2025 — avg 11 · peak 37Mar 2025 — avg 12 · peak 41Apr 2025 — avg 16 · peak 60May 2025 — avg 9 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 16 · peak 56Jul 2025 — avg 16 · peak 45Aug 2025 — avg 27 · peak 96Sep 2025 — avg 13 · peak 35Oct 2025 — avg 27 · peak 121Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 75Dec 2025 — avg 22 · peak 69Jan 2026 — avg 23 · peak 61Feb 2026 — avg 14 · peak 37Mar 2026 — avg 13 · peak 35Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 52May 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28Jun 2026 — avg 15 · peak 53Jul 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$6.242023-07-272026-10-092023-07-27 — best price $39.992024-02-15 — best price $18.742024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-05-13 — best price $12.992024-07-10 — best price $14.242024-07-31 — best price $24.992024-09-03 — best price $19.672024-10-03 — best price $24.992024-11-01 — best price $16.242024-12-02 — best price $24.992025-01-01 — best price $24.992025-01-27 — best price $24.992025-03-04 — best price $16.742025-04-05 — best price $19.672025-05-05 — best price $12.742025-06-03 — best price $9.992025-07-08 — best price $12.502025-08-11 — best price $9.992025-09-15 — best price $18.892025-10-27 — best price $14.992025-12-11 — best price $9.992026-01-13 — best price $19.672026-02-21 — best price $21.132026-03-18 — best price $8.902026-04-06 — best price $9.992026-04-17 — best price $8.892026-05-10 — best price $19.672026-05-28 — best price $24.992026-06-23 — best price $8.952026-07-14 — best price $20.722026-07-31 — best price $8.742026-08-20 — best price $24.992026-09-18 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4321132026-05-30 — 159 pageviews2026-06-03 — 177 pageviews2026-06-07 — 432 pageviews2026-06-11 — 168 pageviews2026-06-15 — 199 pageviews2026-06-19 — 133 pageviews2026-06-23 — 166 pageviews2026-06-27 — 174 pageviews2026-07-01 — 152 pageviews2026-07-05 — 173 pageviews2026-07-09 — 125 pageviews2026-07-13 — 167 pageviews2026-07-17 — 144 pageviews2026-07-21 — 149 pageviews2026-07-25 — 143 pageviews2026-07-29 — 145 pageviews2026-08-02 — 148 pageviews2026-08-06 — 154 pageviews2026-08-10 — 165 pageviews2026-08-14 — 134 pageviews2026-08-18 — 180 pageviews2026-08-22 — 142 pageviews2026-08-26 — 160 pageviews2026-08-30 — 162 pageviews2026-09-03 — 206 pageviews2026-09-07 — 202 pageviews2026-09-11 — 200 pageviews2026-09-15 — 163 pageviews2026-09-19 — 143 pageviews2026-09-23 — 127 pageviews2026-09-27 — 140 pageviews2026-10-01 — 162 pageviews2026-10-05 — 140 pageviews2026-10-08 — 151 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
67.5%
earned "Captain Drummer"
20.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsGamepad RecommendedPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)2,22530%36
Steam (Steam)1,79913%35
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1,40720%35
PS4 (PlayStation)28753%36
PS4 (PlayStation)18047%36

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

3DRPGGoreDramaSpaceSci-fiViolentAdventureStory RichExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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