Fit check
Is The Fifth Expedition worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want real-time control of a small exploration team
- Players who enjoy procedural maps and permanent character death
- Players interested in crafting, upgrades, and character customization
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a relaxed expedition game without traps, enemies, permanent death, or lasting injuries
- Players who prefer fixed maps and predictable encounters over generated exploration areas
- Players looking for a game with ongoing development and new additions
Our take on The Fifth Expedition
The page gives substantial space to exploration, customization, crafting, and alternate play, but also identifies the game as no longer in active development. That status is easy to miss among the feature descriptions and matters when considering the game's long-term scope.
What is The Fifth Expedition?
Lead the fifth expedition into an ancient production facility whose machinery provides food and shelter for a surface community.
Control up to five characters in real time while exploring generated areas containing interactive and destructible environments, traps, enemies, and other hazards. Each character has individual strengths and weaknesses, can gain levels, and can be customized. Several dozen items can be found or crafted, then modified with upgrades to provide different ways through problems. Injuries persist, and permanent death gives decisions lasting consequences. The game includes a campaign with a definitive ending and an alternate mode that records how far an expedition goes before death. The game is no longer in active development.
How The Fifth Expedition plays
- 01Real-Time Squad Control
- Up to five individual explorers can be directed at once while moving through the facility.
- 02Generated Exploration Areas
- The map changes between expeditions, and environments contain objects that can be used or destroyed.
- 03Persistent Character Consequences
- Explorers can receive lasting injuries or die permanently during an expedition.
- 04Crafting And Upgrades
- Several dozen items can be found or made, with upgrades that create different ways to address problems.
- 05Character Development
- Explorers have distinct strengths and weaknesses and can be leveled and customized.
- 06Campaign And Leaderboards
- A campaign has a defined ending, while another mode tracks how far an expedition progresses before death.
The Fifth Expedition compared to similar games
The Fifth Expedition centers on directing up to five explorers through generated environments, with crafting, character development, injuries, and permanent death. Anomaly: Warzone Earth instead uses an action-and-strategy format built around a reversed tower-defense structure, with cities under attack from alien forces and defensive turrets.
The Fifth Expedition: platforms & release
Is The Fifth Expedition worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want real-time control of a small exploration team. Skip it if: players seeking a relaxed expedition game without traps, enemies, permanent death, or lasting injuries.
Where can I download The Fifth Expedition?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens The Fifth Expedition's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is The Fifth Expedition on?
Windows and Linux.
