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Curious Expedition
Give it 4 hours
Gets good by 4h then rated almost like by veterans
Fully opens up by 10h rated like by long-time players
Started playing 56% of owners
Steam reviews 91% positive of 4,518
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (33%); after 10h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 10.
- The game has no story achievements, so drop-off points can't be measured.
- Only 56% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 4,535 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 300 reviews: 11.5h for positive, 4.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (55.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
This game has no story achievements, so we can't tell where players quit.
All achievements (63)
story milestone ending side
- World 2 Reach world 2 100%
- World 3 Reach world 3 84%
- World 4 Reach world 4 73%
- Adventure awaits! Survive the tutorial. 66%
- World 5 Reach world 5 64%
- World 6 Reach world 6 56%
- History will forget you Finish a full game in 3rd place. 52%
- Second winner is first loser Finish a full game on 2nd place. 50%
- And here is your statue Finish a full game on 1st place. 47%
- Legendary Headbutt a raptor. 44%
- Abort! Abort! Use your hot air balloon to escape an expedition. 41%
- Snarfrattle must die Hunt down and kill the legendary hyena. 40%
- There is no weak spot! Kill a giant crab. 38%
- Unchained Defeat a slave trader and free the slaves. 34%
- Treasure hunter Obtain 100 treasure items. 32%
- Party train Have at least 3 members of your trek be alcoholics. 29%
- Arachnophobia Kill 20 giant spiders. 28%
- Nope! Flee 10 times from combat. 26%
- Giant giant chicken dinner Kill 10 giant birds. 23%
- I just can't say no Complete 50 harbor quests. 19%
- Interdimensional traveler Travel through 20 portals. 17%
- Hungry Heart True lovers don't eat their loved ones. 15%
- Fight fire with fire Blow up an active volcano with dynamite. 15%
- Scorpion king Kill 10 giant scorpions. 15%
- Bring shovels! Find and dig up 10 treasures using treasure maps. 15%
- Dinotopia Recruit 5 dinosaurs. 14%
- Hyena hunter Kill 100 hyenas. 13%
- Xenophil Recruit 20 natives. 12%
- Special Visit Visit 5 different special regions. 12%
- Schroedingers Box I just want to make sure the cat is fine. 11%
- Adventurous spirit Succeed in 500 expeditions. 9.5%
- Made for battle Obtain a rare creature from the beast master. 9.2%
- Entomologist Collect 50 butterflies. 8.8%
- What lies beneath A chalice awaits beyond the face. 8.8%
- This Land is My Land... Discover a Region in Curious Expedition: RIVALS 8.6%
- Breeder Hatch 10 eggs. 7.7%
- Corrupted king Find the unholy Blood Crown. 7.0%
- Out of the way! Blow up 50 mountains 6.5%
- Walrus hunter Kill 10 giant walruses. 6.5%
- Chocolate addict Eat 500 chocolate rations. 6.1%
- Art collector Create 50 paintings. 5.9%
- A good heart is hard to find Finish a full game without your standing ever dropping below 0. 5.2%
- Secret Session Finish a full game with a secret explorer. 5.0%
- Curious Explorer Unlock 13 explorers. 4.8%
- Crocodile Dundee Kill 20 crocodiles. 4.7%
- Beyond the gate Stay inside a portal world for 100 days. 3.9%
- Cold companion Find an extraordinary friend. 3.8%
- Fame without fortune Finish a full game without selling anything to the auction house. 3.4%
- A collector of sorts Find all items 2.7%
- Ballooning Seeing London from above. 2.7%
- Dedicated explorer Obtain 19 golden frames. 2.5%
- No new friends Finish a full game and recruit nobody at the harbor or villages. 2.5%
- Making a Name for Yourself Discover an Outpost in Curious Expedition: RIVALS 2.3%
- The Reanimator Revive 10 trek members at altars. 2.2%
- Anthropologist Create 50 anthropological studies. 2.2%
- Triple Trouble How many abominations can you handle? 2.2%
- Trippy Trip Finish a full game using no sanity item other than coca leaves. 2.0%
- This belongs in a museum Donate items worth 100000 fame. 2.0%
- Auctioneer Sell items worth 100000 funds. 2.0%
- Pattern recognition There is something to find in every region. 1.8%
- Monumental Achievement Discover the Golden Pyramid in Curious Expedition: RIVALS 1.6%
- A tribute to Yama Return what belongs to an altar. 1.4%
- Obsessive explorer Obtain 19 platinum frames. 1.4%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.