High replayability and variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Generally high replay value with all different companions/items/perks/biomes/DLC”
Steam review · 74.5 h played ↗
Curious Expedition 2
Worth buying? What 252 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 252 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%Maschinen-Mensch2021Survival · Adventure · Simulation
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A charming, replayable roguelite of island exploration with dice combat and sanity management. Skip it if you loved the first game's pixel art, speed and competition, or dislike repetitive content.
Great for
Fans of cozy roguelites, board-game-like dice rolls and emergent adventure stories with a party of oddballs
Main risk
Content becomes repetitive after one campaign, and fans of CE1 may find it slower and less charming
What players love
Emergent stories and funny party chaos
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“bad runs create good stories”
Steam review · 13.6 h played ↗
Charming art style and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“It's 19th century Tintin mixed with mild Lovecraft stuff in a challenging and replayable campaign-based game.”
Steam review · 67.3 h played ↗
Board-game-like dice combat and risk/reward
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“One of the best boardgame-ish games I have played.”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Adjustable difficulty and more accessible than CE1
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“This one remains difficult but much more doable, allowing you to see and do more”
Steam review · 16.5 h played ↗
Cozy, addictive 'one more turn' loop
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“it's got a "one more turn" level of addiction to it”
Steam review · 435.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Worse than Curious Expedition 1
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“There seems to have been a fundamental misunderstanding as to why people liked Curious Expedition 1. Every change is a downgrade.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Ugly, janky animation and art
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the sequel has laughably bad animations like your very first Flash project”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Repetitive and thin content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the game has grown immensely stale. Most everything being procedurally generated prevents anything or any event from sticking in your mind.”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
Brutal RNG and unfair punishment
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“even the easiest difficulty is too hard when it comes to the three skull (difficult) level adventures.”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and poor controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“There are lots of expedition-ending bugs that will prevent you from moving on”
Steam review · 3.7 h played ↗
Slow, bloated interface and animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“CE2 on the other hand has [i]so[/i] much unnecessary, un-skippable bloat, that you'll be spending more time watching animations than playing the actual game.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support3 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
Processor2 Ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDX10 compatible video card
Storage3 GB available space
OSWindows 7
Processor2 Ghz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsDX10 compatible video card
Storage3 GB available space
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