Curious Expedition 2
Turn-based exploration roguelike about managing expeditions to vanishing islands
Maschinen-Mensch · Published by Maschinen-Mensch, Saftladen Berlin · Released Jan 28, 2021
AdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 89% of 4,150
- Recent reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 72% of 11 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 42
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 2 years ago
- Jul 7, 2024
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
Metacritic: 76/100 (critic reviews)
What is Curious Expedition 2?
This turn-based roguelike takes place in 1889, as explorers seek treasures on islands that appear and vanish for a World's Fair in Paris. You lead a party through procedurally generated expeditions, manage supplies and sanity, make decisions during encounters, and fight creatures with dice-based combat. A campaign links the expeditions to a story.
For you if...
- +you like planning around scarce supplies and party sanity
- +you enjoy replaying expeditions with changing events
- +you prefer turn-based exploration and dice-driven combat
Not for you if...
- −you want a linear story with little repetition
- −you dislike resource pressure and the risk of losing runs
- −you prefer combat without dice or random outcomes
What players say
89% of 4,150 reviews are positive · 72% of 11 in the last 30 days
Players praise the island exploration, varied events, party-building choices, and dice-based combat. Some say the story grows repetitive over multiple runs and report awkward controls or interface behavior. Others prefer the first game's art style.
Screenshots and trailer
Curious Expedition 2 system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- 2 Ghz
- Graphics
- DX10 compatible video card
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 60
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Adventure
- Simulation
- Dynamic Narration
- Alternate History
- Hex Grid
- Exploration
- Survival
- Roguelite
- Dinosaurs
- Turn-Based
- Board Game
- Roguelike
- Turn-Based Strategy
- RPG
- Strategy
- Lovecraftian
Recent updates
- Jul 7, 2024 · 3.3.2 Patch Notes
- Jun 21, 2024 · 3.3.1 Patch Notes
- Dec 13, 2022 · 3.2.2 Patch Notes
- Oct 25, 2022 · 3.2.1 Patch Notes
- Sep 29, 2022 · 3.1.3 Patch notes
3 DLC available.
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