Games like Curious Expedition
If Curious Expedition is your kind of game, the closest matches are Curious Expedition 2, Source of the Nile Digital Edition and 100 Steps — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its endless combinations of storylines, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Curious Expedition is a strategy roguelike released in 2016 by Maschinen-Mensch, set in the late 19th century where players lead expeditions into uncharted territory. The game employs a campaign-structure with procedurally generated content, featuring explorer-customization and party-management alongside resource-management and risk-reward-decision-making that shapes every choice. Players explore a hex grid representing uncharted wilderness, making tactical decisions matter throughout each run. Reviewers highlight how the game creates atmospheric tension between careful planning and dangerous chaos, while players describe the tone as whimsical despite the challenging difficulty. Historical figures and dinosaurs populate these expeditions, with hidden-content and alternate-dimensions adding to the replay value. The game supports online-coop for shared expeditions and runs approximately 1-2 hours per session. It currently holds 87% positive reviews on Steam at $14.99, and is playable on Steam Deck.
About 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.
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Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Curious Expedition.
Top pick for Curious Expedition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Source of the Nile Digital Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Curious Expedition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Curious Expedition.
The single-player version of the legendary board game "Source of the Nile", finally brought to the digital realm. A challenging game of discovery played on a hexagon-grid map showing known Africa ca. 1820, in which the player competes with nature in order to survive.
100 Steps
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Curious Expedition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
100 Steps is a roguelike tower crawler in a fantasy boardgame setting. There is only one rule, you have 100 actions to reach the top. Defy the gods' rules, but beware their impending fury!
Beyond the Fracture
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Curious Expedition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
A tactical hex duel for two. Random action points, positioning decides battles, short intense matches. In the arena, AI constructs and humans fight as equals. That is not a bug. That is the game.
ColdRidge
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Curious Expedition.
Ranked #5 for Curious Expedition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Curious Expedition.
Coldridge is a push-your-luck puzzle roguelite! You'll need to carefully plan your moves and gamble on opportunities to survive. Fight adversity and save the city of Coldridge!
Oaken
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Curious Expedition.
Ranked #6 for Curious Expedition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
Oaken, a turn-based tactical roguelike set in the spirit inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, gather allies and trinkets, learn to use the positioning for your advantage, choose how to upgrade your cards. Wake the spirits and save the Oak!
For The King
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and a contemplative mood with Curious Expedition.
Ranked #7 for Curious Expedition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
For The King II
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Curious Expedition.
Ranked #8 for Curious Expedition fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
Reviewers mention these as similar to Curious Expedition
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The Oregon Trail
WHY THIS
Shares party management and a challenging mood with Curious Expedition.
Reviewers of Curious Expedition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Curious Expedition.
The Oregon Trail is back in a beautiful blend of charming pixel art characters, 3D environments, and cutting-edge lighting and visual effects!
The Base
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Curious Expedition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
PC only tower defence inspired by oldschool RTS games. Build up your defence in realtime under the constant pressure of creeps.
Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Curious Expedition.
Reviewers of Curious Expedition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
Seven Cities
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Curious Expedition.
Reviewers of Curious Expedition cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares RPG with Curious Expedition.
A tactical top-down action RPG set in a shattered New York, where digital corruption meets corporate warfare. Customize your operative, master modern combat, and fight to reclaim the Seven Cities one district at a time.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Curious Expedition at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Curious Expedition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Curious Expedition.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Curious Expedition on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Curious Expedition.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Curious Expedition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Curious Expedition.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Curious Expedition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Curious Expedition.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Curious Expedition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Curious Expedition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Curious Expedition on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Curious Expedition on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Curious Expedition.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Curious Expedition.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
UNBEATABLE [white label]
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Curious Expedition.
A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Curious Expedition.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Curious Expedition.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Eternal Senia
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Curious Expedition.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Paper Lily - Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Curious Expedition.
Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Curious Expedition.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Project Kat - Paper Lily Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Curious Expedition.
Project Kat is a short, unconventional RPG horror game in which there is always another way. Solve puzzles, make friends (or not), and guide Kat as she attempts to uncover the mystery behind a strange golden letter.
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Curious Expedition 2
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation, resource management and an atmospheric mood with Curious Expedition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
ColdRidge
WHY THIS
Shares resource management and an atmospheric mood with Curious Expedition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with Curious Expedition.
Coldridge is a push-your-luck puzzle roguelite! You'll need to carefully plan your moves and gamble on opportunities to survive. Fight adversity and save the city of Coldridge!
Oaken
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Curious Expedition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
Oaken, a turn-based tactical roguelike set in the spirit inhabited world. Explore the Great Oak, gather allies and trinkets, learn to use the positioning for your advantage, choose how to upgrade your cards. Wake the spirits and save the Oak!
For The King II
WHY THIS
Shares procedural generation and a challenging mood with Curious Expedition.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Curious Expedition.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
Frequently asked about Curious Expedition
- Does Curious Expedition run on Steam Deck?
- Curious Expedition is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- How much does Curious Expedition cost?
- Curious Expedition is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Curious Expedition have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Curious Expedition supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player).
- What games are most similar to Curious Expedition?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Curious Expedition are Curious Expedition 2, Source of the Nile Digital Edition, 100 Steps.
- Who developed Curious Expedition?
- Curious Expedition was developed by Maschinen-Mensch and published by Maschinen-Mensch, Saftladen Berlin.
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