Expeditions: Samurai is an expansive historical roleplaying game set in Japan during the turbulent years around 1600, where every choice can shape the fate of your crew and the country itself.

Step into a richly branching adventure, forge your own path through feudal Japan, and earn your place in history. Navigate the politics, intrigue, and drama of feudal Japan as you and your crew catch the attention of powerful warlords whose struggle will determine the future of the nation — and eventually become the first European Samurai.

In Expeditions: Samurai, the famous navigator William Adams never makes history as Japan’s first European Samurai, because this time, YOU get there first. Arriving aboard the Dutch frigate "De Albatros" as the newly elected leader of a ragtag crew of privateers, players are drawn into the final chapter of a brutal civil war where every choice can shape the fate of their crew and the future of Japan. With eight companions and eight personal stories to uncover, players can build bonds that grow into friendship, rivalry, or even romance. Every crewmate has their own story to uncover - if you manage to earn their trust.

Combat in Expeditions: Samurai is dynamic. It's fast-paced - and yet still turn-based! Blending simultaneous actions, stealth, gadgets, ambushes, and a broad mix of pirate and Japanese weaponry to an exciting tactical challenge for the players. And for the first time in series history, the adventure can also be played in drop-in/drop-out co-op - because navigating feudal Japanese politics alone is hard enough.

Currently available through Steam Early Access at $29.99 / €29.99, Expeditions: Samurai, developer Campfire Cabal and publisher THQ Nordic confirmed that fan's feedback was heard, and that updates are on the way.

While the team is already working on the first major update, we've read through the various feedback provided. Thanks to everyone playing the game and taking the time to let us know what could be improved! That's exactly why we chose the Early Access route: to learn what players would like to see in the game.

We will, for example, increase the party size from 4 characters to 6. You can expect to still bring 4 people to smaller levels such as castles or manors, but most levels will now allow 6 characters. The more, the merrier!

Additionally, your companions will soon be able to use their skills in dialogues, instead of your main character always having the last word (and the first … and everything in between). We will tweak the trade screens, improve the world map UX and the UI, and add a bunch of upgrades to stealth gameplay:

• Enemies will enter combat more readily when they see you attack their allies.
• Characters will now stay in sneak mode when executing a stealth takedown.
• Ranged sneak attacks will get a cooldown.
• Sneak attacks against aware or alert enemies will not deal bonus damage.

There's more coming soon, too – check out on what the team is working on here:

• Rebindable mouse inputs.
• More character creation options.
• We have multiple new outfits coming, including a new default outfit for Kage.
• Kage and Piet have both received face and beard updates to make them look better and match the detail level of other characters.
• Some weapon models have been scaled down, notably daggers and pistols.
• We have some VFX changes coming, including better gunsmoke effects for pistols, arquebuses/tanegashima, and the guns of De Albatros.
• In a similar vein, some of you have noticed that the visual effect that plays when you regain an action point in combat was the level-up VFX from Rome. That was a placeholder! We'll be re-implementing that VFX as a level-up effect and adding a new, subtler effect for regaining an AP.

Over the course of Early Access for Expeditions: Samurai, three major updates are planned. And while detailed plans are already in place, player feedback will determine what these updates actually deliver and add to the game – so consider this your invitation to help sharpen the blade. If you want to be part of the journey from the very beginning, make sure to join Early Access on August 7th, 2026 and take the first cut at shaping the game's fate. But if you're a wait-and-see type of gamer (patience, after all, is a typical virtue for a Samurai), add Expeditions: Samurai to your wishlist or join the Discord server to get every update, sharp and on time.

Key Features:

• Challenging, tactical turn-based combat that will put your skills to the test
• Your Choice: Fight, talk or sneak yourself out of any situation!
• Co-Op: Explore the wonders of Japan alone or with a friend
• Equip your party with countless weapons and choose skills and upgrades that match your playstyle
• The final game is planned to feature appr. 60 hours of gameplay, with all dialogues fully voiced
• 8 Companions, each with their own background, quests and agenda
• Earn the honourable title of Hatamoto and manage your very own village (will be implemented during Early Access - not yet available with EA launch)

Expeditions: Samurai is coming to PC (Steam) in Q1 2027.