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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.
631 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
137 months, May 2015 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 352 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 279 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Curious Expedition was released on 2 Sep, 2016.
| Language | Full audio |
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| English | |
| German | |
| Traditional Chinese | |
| Simplified Chinese | |
| French | |
| Italian | |
| Korean | |
| Polish | |
| Spanish - Spain | |
| Russian | |
| Portuguese - Brazil | |
| Ukrainian | |
| Japanese | |
| Turkish |
A blank audio cell means full audio was not marked in the returned language list.
63 achievements in total.
50 developer announcements, Mar 2017 to Aug 2025 · times in UTC
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ByteRiotDear Explorers, The Curious Expedition Giant Crab plushie 🦀 is now available to order! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8679033/80f90af739d70db729242ecb998ef560ba06da5d.png We teamed up with Makeship to produce a limited edition plushie of the Giant…
lorenzo_mmDear Explorers, We just released Robots of Lux, a new DLC for Curious Expedition 2: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1751921/Curious_Expedition_2__Robots_of_Lux/ This one is quite special, as it features a crossover with a game we love…
lorenzo_mm{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/8679033/1b71e0842c2bef16f009e2c5dace0997e0b42508.png Dear Explorers, As you might have heard, last week we released a huge FREE DLC for Curious Expedition 2 titled The New Director. This update features a ton of new…
lorenzo_mmDear Explorers, We made it! Curious Expedition 2 is leaving Early Access today. We'd like to thank once again all the players who supported us during the past few months and shared their feedback with us: you really helped us create a much…
lorenzo_mmDear Explorers, We're excited to announce that we are going to leave Early Access and release Curious Expedition 2 version 1.0 on Thursday, January 28th! This version will include lots of polish improvements, balance adjustments and bug…
lorenzo_mmIndie Arena Booth Online is taking place this week, part of gamescom 2020. Curious Expedition 2 is being showcased there (make sure to check out our new demo!), and for the occasion the Maschinen-Mensch team will be hanging around the…
lorenzo_mmCurious Expedition 2 just launched on Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040230/Curious_Expedition_2/ If you already own the original Curious Expedition on Steam, or if you'd like to buy both games at once, don't miss the…
lorenzo_mmhttps://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/34637810/d0f270f983ec83cc1dd8e2186555f3a3d0509824.png The time has come! After running the Closed Alpha phase for the past 6 months, we're excited to announce that Curious…
lorenzo_mmWe're incredibly thrilled to be part of the Steam Game Festival Spring Edition with a demo for Curious Expedition 2 — it will be available only UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK, so don't wait! This is the first time we're making the game…
lorenzo_mmWe've been updating the game quite a lot since launching RIVALS - thanks for your patience! We had a huge number of players in the first few weeks, and our server was a bit overloaded. But now we've fixed most of the connection and…
EyesHave you ever wondered what Curious Expedition would be like as a massively multiplayer game? Make sure to play the new RIVALS mode we launched today to find out! Here are some of the things you can expect from RIVALS: Explore worlds that…
8BitBeardYou can now go exploring in Japanese and Turkish! The latest update also includes a few additional fixes: Returning empty-handed from idol harbor quest no longer shows text implying that you kept the idol Fix for loading very old savegames…
EyesThe time has come – we're finally ready to start sharing with you some Curious Expedition 2 previews! Here's the mission, a location you might be familiar with from the first Curious Expedition…
lorenzo_mmThe whole team is busy working on Curious Expedition 2 (and the Curious Expedition 1 console port), but this doesn't mean we forgot about you! Indeed, this update adds support for two new languages: Brazilian Portuguese and Ukrainian. And…
Patch notesWe've just announced Curious Expedition 2! The sequel will feature a brand-new art style and enhanced gameplay, along with vastly expanded content over its predecessor. Prepare yourself to join the legendary Explorer Clubs and venture on…
lorenzo_mmCurious Expedition is now available in Russian! To celebrate this new language we have added the legendary Grigori Rasputin as a new explorer.…
EyesHello Explorers! As you may have heard, we've recently been working on a new, experimental, free-to-play, multiplayer spin-off, called Curious Expedition RIVALS. In today's patch we're updating The Curious Expedition with some of the…
EyesGreetings Explorers! Today's update adds a spanish translation, improves the audio experience, and has some additional performance improvements. ¡La aventura te aguarda! https://i.imgur.com/1c1eRSb.gif Added Spanish translation Changes…
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EyesToday's update is again focussed on modding and fixing bugs. Modding Highlights Added a warning and error report to mods you've authored (so you can look at the log and try and fix them before uploading your mod)…
EyesCurious Expedition now has a Web-Demo. Play the first 2 Expeditions in your browser right away here: demo.curious-expedition.com If you already own the game but want to support us please share the link.
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Patch notesWe have a new update! This is our first update with contributions by our new programmer Isaac. Expect more regular updates for the coming weeks. Content Added 3 new tome pages Added triceratops Bugfixes Fixed issues with uploading new mods…
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ByteRiotWe've been looking forward to this moment for a looong time! We're happy to finally share our big modding and achievements update with you! :) Modding! We have a new modding menu where you can select any amount of mods you want to run in…
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ByteRiotFinally we have finished our update video for the FREE DLC "Arctic Expanse". We talk you through our 10 favorite additions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZLJyjo4Co0
8BitBeardFinally we have finished our update video for the FREE DLC "Arctic Expanse". We talk you through our 10 favorite additions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZLJyjo4Co0
8BitBeardEverything Steam lists as add-on content for this game, newest first. Prices are left out on purpose: the store answers this page in one currency and it is not the reader's.
| Name | Platforms | Released |
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| Curious Expedition OST & Artbook | WindowsmacOSLinux | 07 Dec 2015 |
What Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | The Curious Expedition.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | ./run_app.sh | macos 64 | ||
| Launch | ./The Curious Expedition | linux | ||
| XP/Vista | nw.exe | windows | branch xp_vista |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataRoaming | Maschinen-Mensch/TheCuriousExpedition | *.ls |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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