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Curious Expedition

Curious Expedition

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.

Released Sep 2, 2016 Developer Maschinen-Mensch Publisher Maschinen-Mensch, Saftladen Berlin Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ExplorationRogue-likePixel GraphicsTurn-Based StrategyLovecraftian
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

91.2%positive4,284 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Maybe I'm just bad but this game is brutal. Oregon Trail on grueling difficulty has nothing on how often my parties run into terrible situations! I can only play for so long before I get frustrated and leave, but there's not much objectively wrong with the game--I've never…”

— a player, Steam review · 42 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“This game scratches that Oregon Trail itch in style and gameplay while bringing fun and repeatable runs through the Rivals maps. There seem to be a few dozen people playing Rivals regularly (pretty good for a game that's a decade old!) and it's fun to see the same names pop up.…”

— a player, Steam review · 62 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“this game is better than his successor, because of its design, its mod, its fun.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:21 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

35playing at last check
4324-hour peak
1,003all-time peak
0 250 500 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 217 avg · Dec 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

63achievements
5.1%median completion
0.8%rarest: Obsessive explorer
55.7% of players 46.6% of players 40.4% of players 36.6% of players 35.4% of players 31.2% of players 28.9% of players 28.0% of players 26.3% of players 24.5% of players 22.8% of players 22.3% of players 20.9% of players 19.0% of players 17.7% of players 15.9% of players 15.5% of players 14.6% of players 12.6% of players 10.3% of players 9.4% of players 8.6% of players 8.6% of players 8.5% of players 8.2% of players 7.7% of players 7.2% of players 6.8% of players 6.8% of players 5.9% of players 5.3% of players 5.1% of players 4.9% of players 4.9% of players 4.8% of players 4.3% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.9% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 55.7% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
55.7%World 2 — Reach world 2
46.6%World 3 — Reach world 3
40.4%World 4 — Reach world 4
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%Obsessive explorer — Obtain 19 platinum frames.
0.8%A tribute to Yama — Hidden achievement
0.9%Monumental Achievement — Discover the Golden Pyramid in Curious Expedition: RIVALS

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-13
US14.99 USD
EU14.99 EUR
UK10.99 GBP
Australia21.50 AUD
Canada16.99 CAD
Japan1,480 JPY
Brazil27.99 BRL
China48.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$5.5 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

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Oct 17, 2022
Giant Crab plushie 🦀

Dear Explorers, The Curious Expedition Giant Crab plushie 🦀 is now available to order! We teamed up with Makeship to produce a limited edition plushie of the Giant Crab, one of the most beloved creatu

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, RPG, Strategy
Player tagsExploration · Rogue-like · Pixel Graphics · Turn-Based Strategy · Lovecraftian · Dinosaurs · RPG · Hex Grid · Board Game · Tabletop · Moddable · Story Rich (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Ukrainian, Japanese, Turkish
Achievements63
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.curious-expedition.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: 1280x720 minimum resolution, OpenGL 2.0 Support, recommended dedicated graphics card with 128 MB of RAM Storage: 150 MB available space