Choose The Complex: Found Footage
Choose The Complex: Found Footage if you want an Indie experience. On Steam, it carries the stronger Steam consensus at 92.9% positive across 6,033 reviews.
The Complex: Found Footage vs The Complex: Expedition
The Complex: Found Footage and The Complex: Expedition both land in Adventure, Simulation on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Adventure, Simulation on Steam. The Complex: Found Footage (2022) is 3 years older than The Complex: Expedition (2025). The Complex: Found Footage scores higher on Steam reviews (92.9% positive) than The Complex: Expedition (88.2% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose The Complex: Expedition
Choose The Complex: Expedition if you want an Action experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2025) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,386 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both The Complex: Found Footage and The Complex: Expedition sit in Adventure and Simulation on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 The Complex: Found Footage |  The Complex: Expedition | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2022 | 2025 |
| Genres | Indie, Adventure, Simulation | Action, Adventure, Simulation |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Unsupported | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | 4.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 92.9% positive (6,033 reviews) | 88.2% positive (1,386 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | pgWave | pgWave |
Side by side
- Both share Adventure, Simulation on Steam.
- The Complex: Found Footage (2022) is 3 years older than The Complex: Expedition (2025).
- The Complex: Found Footage scores higher on Steam reviews (92.9% positive) than The Complex: Expedition (88.2% positive).
- The Complex: Found Footage is currently ~67% cheaper on Steam than The Complex: Expedition (4.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Both are Deck Unsupported.
The Complex: Found Footage vs The Complex: Expedition — FAQ
- Which is better, The Complex: Found Footage or The Complex: Expedition?
- On Steam reviews The Complex: Found Footage scores higher (92.9% positive) than The Complex: Expedition (88.2% positive). Both have enough reviews to trust the signal, so for players using reviews alone, The Complex: Found Footage is the safer pick. Genre fit still matters — check the side-by-side table for the categories each game lands in.
- Should I play The Complex: Found Footage or The Complex: Expedition first?
- If you want chronology, The Complex: Found Footage (2022) came out before The Complex: Expedition (2025). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are The Complex: Found Footage and The Complex: Expedition similar?
- They overlap on Adventure, Simulation on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.