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The Unexpected Quest
Adventure game with strategy and management elements in a medieval fantasy setting - drawing inspiration from classics such as Warcraft 3 and The Settlers. Embark on quests, hunt down treasures and manage your resources as you build, battle, cast magic and brew potions to bring order to the world.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27.
“It says it's inspired by classic games like The Settlers and Warcraft 3 and yet it doesn't feel like either of those games at all. It's more like a puzzle game than anything.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-27.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Unexpected Quest continues… in an unexpected way.
Remember the crew from The Unexpected Quest? They’re back! You remember the little workers? You remember clearing the roads? You remember building bridges? Now they have even more work to do - and ple
Linux build and Japanese localization.
Hello again, everyone! We've got some great news for you and a new update for The Unexpected Quest. Linux build is ready and available! Now you can play the native version of the game on your Steam De
We're coming out on consoles!
Hello again, everyone! We've got some great news for you and a new update for The Unexpected Quest. Let's start with the first one. We're excited to announce that the game is now available on all plat
Verified on Steam Deck!
With the latest patch, our game has reached verified status for Steam Deck! We are very happy about this! We hope you will be interested in playing it in portable mode as well. In addition, there were
New version 1.3.0 is available now!
Hello adventurers! We’ve created an update for the new year that we hope you enjoy. Our focus has been on optimizing for devices with small screens, such as the Steam Deck and ASUS ROG. The complete l
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-27.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Fantasy · Base Building · Exploration · Action RTS · Incremental · City Builder · Puzzle · Management · Medieval · Building · Crafting · Time Management (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Official site | https://www.rionix.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8.1/10/11 64bit Processor: Intel Core i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 750ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 768 MB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card