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'''Archaeological Expedition''' (AE) is a cozy archaeology dig-sim across ten historical eras, made by [[About AKKA|AKKA Game Studios]]. Excavate at real-world historical sites, choose [[Tools]] that trade preservation against speed, and build a [[Journal]] you grow across sessions.
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|+ Archeological Expedition
The Steam release ships in 2026. A demo will go public during Steam Next Fest (15–22 June 2026).
 
== About the game ==
 
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! colspan="2" | Dossier
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| Genre        || Cozy dig-sim
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|-
| Platforms    || Windows · Linux
! scope="row" | Genre
| Cozy dig-sim
|-
|-
| Engine      || Godot 4.6
! scope="row" | Platforms
| Windows · Linux
|-
|-
| Players      || Single player
! scope="row" | Engine
| Godot 4.6
|-
|-
| Demo        || Coming early June 2026 (Steam Next Fest, 15–22 June)
! scope="row" | Players
| Single player
|-
|-
| Release      || 2026
! scope="row" | Demo
| Available now<br><small>(featured at Steam Next Fest, June 2026)</small>
|-
|-
| Languages    || 2 (EN · UK)
! scope="row" | Release
| 2026
|-
|-
| Origin      || [[Archaeological Emergency]] — Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2
! scope="row" | Languages
| 2 (EN · UK)
|-
|-
| Steam app ID || [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3910670/ 3910670] (full)
! scope="row" | Origin
| Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2<br><small>([[Archeological Emergency]])</small>
|-
|-
|             || [https://store.steampowered.com/app/4536010/ 4536010] (demo)
! scope="row" | Steam
| [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3910670/ Full game]<br>[https://store.steampowered.com/app/4536010/ Demo]
|}
|}


Excavate artifacts at '''real-world historical sites''' — from Egyptian tomb chambers to Roman ruins, Greek temples, and Bronze Age burial mounds.
'''Archeological Expedition''' (AE) is a cozy archaeology dig-sim across ten historical eras, made by [[About AKKA|AKKA Game Studios]]. Excavate at real-world historical sites, choose [[Tools]] that trade preservation against speed, and build a [[Journal]] you grow across sessions.
 
The Steam release ships in 2026. A free demo is available on Steam now.
 
Excavate artifacts at '''real-world historical sites''' - from Egyptian tomb chambers to Roman ruins, Greek temples, and Bronze Age burial mounds.


Choose your tool carefully. A brush takes its time but preserves what it finds; a pickaxe is fast and brutal. '''Tool choice is the strategy''' — pick wrong on a fragile rare and you'll smash the discovery you came for.
Choose your tool carefully. A brush takes its time but preserves what it finds; a pickaxe is fast and brutal. '''Tool choice is the strategy''' - pick wrong on a fragile rare and you'll smash the discovery you came for.


Every find populates a journal you grow across sessions. Catalog the perfect specimens, mourn the chipped ones, return to a site you missed something at. Spend coin between digs on better tools, gentler ones, faster ones. Hit a storm warning and decide whether to push for one last find or pack up the kit and call it a day.
Every find populates a journal you grow across sessions. Catalog the perfect specimens, mourn the chipped ones, return to a site you missed something at. Spend coin between digs on better tools, gentler ones, faster ones. Hit a storm warning and decide whether to push for one last find or pack up the kit and call it a day.
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== Game systems ==
== Game systems ==


* '''[[Tools]]''' — Brush, Pickaxe, Shovel, Bulldozer key. Each trades preservation against speed across ground, stone, and bone. Tiers: Bronze · Silver · Gold (Amethyst reserved for a future update).
* '''[[Tools]]''' - Brush, Pickaxe, Shovel, Bulldozer key. Each trades preservation against speed across ground, stone, and bone. Three tool tiers.
* '''[[Eras]]''' — Ten historical eras in the base game (Bronze Age, Buddhist, Egyptian, Greek, Hindu, Islamic, Medieval, Persian, Prehistoric, Roman). DLC adds four more (Early Medieval, Harappan, Phoenician, Vikings).
* '''[[Eras]]''' - Ten historical eras spanning prehistory through the medieval period.
* '''[[Locations]]''' — Real-world dig sites: Acropolis, Alexandria, Bagan, Bukhara, Carthage, Cordoba, Jericho, Jerusalem, Lothal, Naples, Petra, Pompeii, Saalburg, Tarsus, Troy, Valley of the Kings, Varanasi, York. Plus the Tutorial site.
* '''[[Locations]]''' - Eighteen real-world dig sites across the ten eras.
* '''[[Artifacts]]''' — 160 base-game artifacts across 10 eras (350 in total including DLC content).
* '''[[Artifacts]]''' - 160 artifacts across the ten eras, every one traced to a real archaeological find.
* '''[[Achievements]]''' — Across categories: collection, money, mastery, location, tool, stat, event.
* '''[[Achievements]]''' - For collectors, perfectionists, and people who repair the bulldozer a little too often.
* '''[[Storm warning]]''' — Each dig has a clock. The storm warning music drops a half-step in pitch. Push for one last find, or pack up.
* '''[[Storm warning]]''' - Every dig ends when the storm arrives. Push for one last find, or pack up.
* '''[[Journal]]''' — Every dig adds to a growing catalog. Condition matters — perfect, weathered, chipped, destroyed.
* '''[[Journal]]''' - Your museum. Every find is remembered in the best condition you've ever recovered it.


== Field Notes (key features) ==
== Field Notes (key features) ==


# '''Real history, not fantasy''' — artifacts draw from actual finds: Venus figurines, terracotta bull-on-wheels, Çatalhöyük seated woman, Harappan seal stones.
# '''Real history, not fantasy''' - every artifact in the game traces back to an actual archaeological find.
# '''Tool choice is the strategy''' — pick wrong on a rare and you'll smash what you came for.
# '''Tool choice is the strategy''' - pick wrong on a rare and you'll smash what you came for.
# '''A journal that remembers''' — perfect / weathered / chipped / destroyed condition tracked per find.
# '''A journal that remembers''' - your best recovery of every artifact, kept forever.
# '''Storms, time pressure, real consequence''' — push for one last find, or pack up the kit.
# '''Storms, time pressure, real consequence''' - push for one last find, or pack up the kit.
# '''Cozy on the surface, deep underneath''' — calm loop with real economy of tool tiers, era unlocks, condition milestones.
# '''Cozy on the surface, deep underneath''' - a calm loop that quietly rewards care, patience, and knowing your tools.
# '''Honest about where it came from''' — AE began as a [[Archaeological Emergency|two-person Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2 entry]].
# '''Honest about where it came from''' - AE began as a [[Archeological Emergency|two-person Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2 entry]].


== Studio ==
== Studio ==


* '''[[About AKKA]]''' — A passionate group of Ukrainian friends making games.
* '''[[About AKKA]]''' - A passionate group of Ukrainian friends making games.
* '''Studio site''': [https://akkadev.games/ akkadev.games]
* '''Studio site''': [https://akkadev.games/ akkadev.games]
* '''Steam publisher page''': [https://store.steampowered.com/developer/akka AKKA on Steam]
* '''Steam publisher page''': [https://store.steampowered.com/developer/akka AKKA on Steam]
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== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3910670/ Steam — Archaeological Expedition]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/app/3910670/ Steam - Archeological Expedition]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/app/4536010/ Steam — Demo]
* [https://store.steampowered.com/app/4536010/ Steam - Demo]
* [https://akkadev.games/games/ae/ AE on akkadev.games]
* [https://akkadev.games/games/ae/ AE on akkadev.games]
* [https://akkadev.games/games/ae-jam/ Original Brackeys 2024.2 jam version]
* [https://akkadev.games/games/ae-jam/ Original Brackeys 2024.2 jam version]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@akkagamestudios YouTube — @akkagamestudios]
* [https://www.youtube.com/@akkagamestudios YouTube - @akkagamestudios]


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Latest revision as of 02:39, 3 July 2026

Archeological Expedition
Genre Cozy dig-sim
Platforms Windows · Linux
Engine Godot 4.6
Players Single player
Demo Available now
(featured at Steam Next Fest, June 2026)
Release 2026
Languages 2 (EN · UK)
Origin Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2
(Archeological Emergency)
Steam Full game
Demo

Archeological Expedition (AE) is a cozy archaeology dig-sim across ten historical eras, made by AKKA Game Studios. Excavate at real-world historical sites, choose Tools that trade preservation against speed, and build a Journal you grow across sessions.

The Steam release ships in 2026. A free demo is available on Steam now.

Excavate artifacts at real-world historical sites - from Egyptian tomb chambers to Roman ruins, Greek temples, and Bronze Age burial mounds.

Choose your tool carefully. A brush takes its time but preserves what it finds; a pickaxe is fast and brutal. Tool choice is the strategy - pick wrong on a fragile rare and you'll smash the discovery you came for.

Every find populates a journal you grow across sessions. Catalog the perfect specimens, mourn the chipped ones, return to a site you missed something at. Spend coin between digs on better tools, gentler ones, faster ones. Hit a storm warning and decide whether to push for one last find or pack up the kit and call it a day.

Game systems

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  • Tools - Brush, Pickaxe, Shovel, Bulldozer key. Each trades preservation against speed across ground, stone, and bone. Three tool tiers.
  • Eras - Ten historical eras spanning prehistory through the medieval period.
  • Locations - Eighteen real-world dig sites across the ten eras.
  • Artifacts - 160 artifacts across the ten eras, every one traced to a real archaeological find.
  • Achievements - For collectors, perfectionists, and people who repair the bulldozer a little too often.
  • Storm warning - Every dig ends when the storm arrives. Push for one last find, or pack up.
  • Journal - Your museum. Every find is remembered in the best condition you've ever recovered it.

Field Notes (key features)

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  1. Real history, not fantasy - every artifact in the game traces back to an actual archaeological find.
  2. Tool choice is the strategy - pick wrong on a rare and you'll smash what you came for.
  3. A journal that remembers - your best recovery of every artifact, kept forever.
  4. Storms, time pressure, real consequence - push for one last find, or pack up the kit.
  5. Cozy on the surface, deep underneath - a calm loop that quietly rewards care, patience, and knowing your tools.
  6. Honest about where it came from - AE began as a two-person Brackeys Game Jam 2024.2 entry.

Studio

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