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Playing nowFewer than 10

Peak in the last 24 hours: 10

Peak in the last 7 days: 13

Expeditions: Samurai Early Access Steam store

Game description

The sun rises on another civil war, as you land in Japan aboard a battered Dutch ship. Thrust into command of its motley crew, you must navigate the politics of Sengoku-era Japan using stealth, diplomacy, or violence in this party-based RPG where every choice matters.

Basic info

DeveloperCampfire Cabal
PublisherTHQ Nordic
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateAug 7, 2026
Price
  • Steam store −34% $29.99 $19.79 · Steam ↗
  • Lowest-price store $19.79 · Steam
  • Historical low $19.79 · 3-month low $19.79Other stores ↗

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10/11
Processori5-8600K / Ryzen 5 2600X
Memory12 GB
GraphicsGTX 1070 8GB / RX Vega 56
Storage15 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 207 reviews from the past 1 year

62.8/ 100
Bottom 20%

Steam rating: Mixed (59%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 21, 2026)

Fans of the series are divided over this early access tactics RPG set in feudal Japan, and Expeditions: Samurai scores 62.8.

👍 Strengths

32 reviews say they enjoy it so far, liking the basic framework and wanting to support the developers through early access. 25 praise the story, saying decisions carry real weight and the setting and narrative are interesting. 22 enjoy the strategy and depth of its systems, with a wide range of classes, weapons and builds and a flexible progression system, and some love the range of choices. Pricing & Fairness ranks 889th of 1399.

👎 Where it falls short

44 reviews criticize the controls and feel, from right click doing everything with no way to rebind it to a clunky interface, a camera that needs constant moving and a weak stealth system. 22 dislike the visual style, finding the cartoony clay figures off-putting and lacking the grit of a historical setting. 22 report bugs, such as frequent crashes, freezes after reloading and a combat loop that a save could not fix. Visuals & Sound ranks 1200th of 1249, Content Volume ranks 1289th of 1351, Story & World ranks 1007th of 1096, and Tech & Support ranks 1033rd of 1399.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“likes the basic framework and supports the developers” · 32 reviews
“decisions carry real weight and matter throughout the game” · 25 reviews
“early access content is limited though developer support is active” · 18 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 59% of reviews · Bottom 20% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel -2.08 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Negative “right-click to move, attack, and interact is insane and cannot be rebound” · 44 reviews
Positive “combat system maintains old Expeditions series quality, stealth gameplay entertaining” · 12 reviews

Progression 7% · Difficulty 7% · Onboarding 16% · Freedom 11% · Strategy 31%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 61% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Story +0.34 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “decisions carry real weight and matter throughout the game” · 25 reviews
Negative “writing quality dropped significantly with new lead writer” · 13 reviews

Characters 29% · World 26%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 25% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Volume -2.24 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Negative “early access content is limited though developer support is active” · 18 reviews

Variety 2% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 47% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +2.90 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “voice acting is excellent and really helps elevate the writing” · 5 reviews

Visuals 44%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Playing together +0.95 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals

Community 0% · Servers & Connection 0%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 15% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.26 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “combat won by builds with no room for strategy” · 4 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 6% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 39% of reviews · Bottom 30% of the games we've analyzed

Stability -0.45 · Crashes, freezes, save loss, and game-breaking bugs
Negative “game-breaking bug with looting in combat causes unavoidable damage and death” · 22 reviews
Positive “few bugs, mostly small CTDs in six hours, polished for early access” · 1 review

Performance 9% · Developer support 16%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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