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The Expanse: A Telltale Series
Developer Deck Nine
The Expanse: A Telltale Series is an episodic adventure game co-developed by Telltale Games and Deck Nine. Its five episodes were released between July and September 2023 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with a version for Nintendo Switch released in April 2026. It is a prequel to Alcon Entertainment's television series The Expanse. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
386 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
63
Fresh
154 positive · 90 negative
95% range 57–69%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 154 | 90 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 24 | 12 | 97 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
1,455 of 1,975 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
64% recommend · 151 yes, 86 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 237 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (2,233 of 2,950 positive).
Fans of The Expanse praise the authentic atmosphere and Cara Gee's return as Drummer. [1][2][3] Some players find the story short and choices less impactful than earlier Telltale games. [4][5][6] Several reviewers criticize poor voice acting, limited choices, and technical issues like motion sickness. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [6]
Even without reading the books or watching the show, I could follow this game's story well enough, which I appreciated. That said, it doesn’t quite live up to the emotional highs or meaningful choices of Telltale’s earlier games, and it feels like a smaller, more restrained experience, even with the better graphics. I understand the studio isn’t what it once was, and this game feels like a quiet ending to my …
- [7]
This is really bad! I loved the Expanse. books and show. Really enjoyed several TellTale games before too. But this does everything wrong. Story just isn't engaging, voice acting is generally poor and the art style is appalling. Seems like its either been rushed out or made by people who don't care about either franchise. Honestly the first 10 minutes had be squirming with second hand embarrassment and cringe. It …
- [1]
Set in the beloved universe of James S. A. Corey’s sci-fi saga, this episodic adventure focuses on Camina Drummer, one of the most compelling and complex characters from The Expanse TV series. The game serves as a prequel to the show, exploring Drummer’s early days aboard the scavenger ship Artemis and offering a tense, character-driven story filled with betrayal, loyalty, and the hard choices that define life in …
- [4]
Casual playthrough ~4 hours No spoilers in this review! [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45534557/]@MatureContent I thought I was gonna hate this game because of all the negative reviews I had seen, but I actually really liked it. It is just a shame that it is so short. I never heard of The Expanse before playing this game, but I really liked this story and the game is absolutely beautiful. That said, …
- [2]
Play if you're a fan of The Expanse. Don't if you're not. Prequel story for Drummer is interesting if you're a fan of the series and the show actor Cara Gee. There are a few neat minor things with finding salvage. Otherwise the story is mid and some twists and reveals are great for fans and mean nothing for non-fans. Gameplay is basic and decisions don't feel terribly important for the most part. DLC episiode feels …
Summarised from 34 of the 338 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked The Expanse: A Telltale Series talk about great atmosphere and world-building for fans of the series; those who didn't talk about short playtime, around 4-7 hours. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The Expanse: A Telltale Series received generally favourable reviews, according to Metacritic. GameSpot praised the game's writing, narrative design, Cara Gee's performance as Drummer, character-driven gameplay, and visual animations, but criticised the zero-g movement and collectible mechanic. Similarly, IGN also lauded Gee's performance, writing, and visuals but opined that it "struggles to find engaging mechanics outside of its dialogue scenes, relying too heavily on quicktime events and mediocre movement challenges."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 386 · most liked firstNEW SCI-FI GAME! The Expanse: Osiris Reborn has a customizable protagonist, characters from the TV show voiced by their original actors and it has romance ! 😍
neutral · AI labelView post →seen some people complaining like "yet another Mass Effect wannabe" after the Expanse game announcement and like....I don't really think we actually got a surge of good Mass Effect-like games to the point where I got sick of them. Quite the opposite!
positive · AI labelView post →The Expanse started as a MMO project, then a tabletop role-playing game, before becoming these great novels & TV series. Author Ty Franck: "I really wanted a version of EVE [Online], or something like EVE, where you could actually get off of your ship and have adventures on the ground."
neutral · AI labelView post →Listen, a The Expanse game should be a brutal and painstaking Belter economy simulator and nothing else.
positive · AI labelView post →After 7 years of development with a friend, our space fleet strategy game Space Reign is finally out on Steam. 🚀🪐 Inspired by Homeworld and The Expanse. Command fleets or take direct control of individual ships in 3D space battles. #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Star Trek: The Next Generation – A Final Unity (game, Spectrum HoloByte, 1995): Cover art by William L. Eaken Fun fact: one of the writers of this game, Naren Shankar, became the showrunner of The Expanse. He also worked on TNG, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Farscape, and For All Mankind.
neutral · AI labelView post →Xbox Partner Preview announced for March 26th - 10 AM PT news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0... -Stranger Than Heaven -S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl -The Expanse: Osiris Reborn -"plus brand-new reveals, world premieres and Xbox Game Pass announcements."
neutral · AI labelView post →Welp. There goes all my excitement for that game, which sucks because I love The Expanse. So pissed at these slophounds.
negative · AI labelView post →Four recent long-form sci-fi pieces on my Patreon: ↖️In a galaxy far, far away #1: The unproduced Millennium Falcon game ↗️The Art of The Expanse - Season 5 ↙️For All Mankind: All the spaceships through time ↘️All the spaceships in the Alien universe #1: Alien (1979) Links below🔽
neutral · AI labelView post →Apparently some people did not know about the use of AI in the new game from THE EXPANSE franchise and the studio Owlcat did not put the obligatory disclaimer in the Steam page. I am here to make you aware of it. Spread the word. www.eurogamer.net/owlcat-gen-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Expanse: Osiris Reborn | Gameplay Trailer ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=akem... ▪️Closed Beta on April 22, 2026 ▪️Coming Spring 2027 to PS5, Xbox (Game Pass Ultimate), and PC #TheExpanse #TheExpanseOsirisReborn #PS5 #Xbox
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m just never going to buy any game made with ai. Not the Amsterdam game. Not the Expanse game. Not the Warhammer Dark Heresy game.
negative · AI labelView post →Opaque water colour brush practice A dream game of mine. A newtonian physic based space mech combat game. Like, space battle from The Expanse but with mechs
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you know that if you choose to become a Founder of The Expanse: Osiris Reborn, you will support the development of the game, gain exclusive rewards, and get the game at a $10 discount compared to its final price? 👇
neutral · AI labelView post →The Expanse: Osiris Reborn just had a hands-off demo at Gamescom, so here's everything we know about the game all in one place! youtu.be/tQ0Yp0kSOBI
neutral · AI labelView post →If Owlcat used genAI for The Expanse game I am going to be so pissed but also it's so fucking ironic because the protomolecule is literally millions of humans bodies and minds stolen and repurposed to create something new and everyone (wrongly) thinks they can use it for their own purpose
negative · AI labelView post →I do think we need to recognize this guy's Ignorance Game, though, because not all art requires the same effort to miss its politics, and doing it to The Expanse is a pretty high tier achievement.
neutral · AI labelView post →my ideal game would probably be a hard sci-fi FPS with the world building of the Expanse
positive · AI labelView post →The Expanse: Osiris Reborn Beta is out! Leonid Rastorguev, the Game Design Director, and Grigory Ponomarev, the lead game designer, prepared a brief guide to the Beta's mechanics for you. Watch it right here: youtu.be/opmF_WzvNSg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Xbox Partner Preview is live in 30 minutes (10 AM PT) YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1pl... Twitch www.twitch.tv/Xbox -Stranger Than Heaven -S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl -The Expanse: Osiris Reborn -"plus brand-new reveals, world premieres and Xbox Game Pass announcements."
neutral · AI labelView post →The Expanse premiered 10 years ago on this day in 2015! I wrote the definitive origin story for the series: how it went from game concept to novel series to TV show. Read it here: transfer-orbit.ghost.io/the-expanse-...
neutral · AI labelView post →BSG Scattered Hopes, The Expanse Osiris Reborn, Star Wars ZCOM, Alien Isolation 2, the canceled-or-not Blade Runner Annapurna game, the T2 arcade game... Games are a great media to use a franchise in a new way. 🖖
neutral · AI labelView post →Fuck yeah! Proper zero-g combat. This is #TheExpanse game I've been longing for...
positive · AI labelView post →Do you like hard scifi? Do you like roleplaying games? Do you like minis? Am I alone in these interests? Anyway, the Expanse roleplaying game kickstarter is awesome and it's already funded and well into stretchgoals, including free adventures! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/g...
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m well into season two of The Expanse. I love the way the production team clearly played a Mass Effect and said, “Let’s steal this”… and the fact that the character who looks like Male Shepard (and every 2010s game protagonist) is an unfeeling sociopath (like every 2010s game protagonist)
neutral · AI labelView post →The Expanse: Osiris Reborn from Owlcat Games showcases a selection of new environments set to appear in the game including Pinkwater, Ganymede, Ceres Station, and more: www.rpgsite.net/news/18247-t...
neutral · AI labelView post →If you squint, The Expanse: Osiris Reborn game is basically Mass Effect 4 reactormag.com/the-expanse-...
neutral · AI labelView post →One thing I learned from watching The Expanse is that PDCs go brrrrrt!!! 🥳 We’ve still got a ways to go on our next game, but I’m definitely having fun testing stuff 🤣 #indiedev #gamedev #screenshotsaturday #unity2d
neutral · AI labelView post →Getting to know me through media My all time faves: Game - Mass Effect ✨ Movie - The Fifth Element ✨ Show - The Expanse ✨ Album - Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie
neutral · AI labelView post →After 6 years we finally got the Expanse board game to the table. We liked it a lot! Lighter than expected. But I can’t justify $125 on the expansion modules which are years out of print.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today, I'm gonna show off chargen in SILENT GIANTS! what is Silent Giants? Silent Giants is my #DungeonsandDragons, #5thedition compatible roleplaying game setting! It's what if D&D met the Expanse! Lets gooooooo!
neutral · AI labelView post →God I can't wait for the Expanse game. I really hope it's good
positive · AI labelView post →The Expanse video-game looks great, I can't help to think that maybe it can be the "mass effect" we've been waiting for. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyXG...
positive · AI labelView post →CHECKING OUT THE EXPANSE GAME BETA TONIGHT 🚀 ⏩ www.twitch.tv/pomatomaster
neutral · AI labelView post →✨SCHEDULE FOR APRIL 20TH TO 26TH✨ Super hype to try the beta for the Expanse game this week!
positive · AI labelView post →Even without reading the books or watching the show, I could follow this game's story well enough, which I appreciated. That said, it doesn’t quite live up to the emotional highs or meaningful choices of Telltale’s earlier games, and it feels like a smaller, more restrained experience, even with the better graphics. I understand the studio isn’t what it once was, and this game feels like a quiet ending to my Telltale journey rather than a big finale. Still, I’m grateful for the memories they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just saw that THIS is how Owlcat is trying to get folks to preorder the Expanse game. That's just cruel man. That is an emotional low blow. *Opens wallet while swearing under my breath*
positive · AI labelView post →So many great game announcements over the last few days 🩶 The one that stands out the most for me is now my most anticipated game (not counting Exodus) Please if you haven’t yet, watch this show… even better, read the series. The Expanse: Osiris Reborn youtu.be/pIQifuOTTe8
positive · AI labelView post →what do you mean owlcat is making an The Expanse game and its NOT a crpg
negative · AI labelView post →This is really bad! I loved the Expanse. books and show. Really enjoyed several TellTale games before too. But this does everything wrong. Story just isn't engaging, voice acting is generally poor and the art style is appalling. Seems like its either been rushed out or made by people who don't care about either franchise. Honestly the first 10 minutes had be squirming with second hand embarrassment and cringe. It was like a 14 year old watched the TV series and decided to adda chapter as a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Transport Union Edition is The Expanse Roleplaying Game (2019)’s updated core rulebook, now in crowdfunding! + official Expanse miniatures: "Ships of The Expanse miniatures. 10 different ships, 3x of each. 1/1000th scale. The Rocinante is approx 2 inches long." Thread:
neutral · AI labelView post →The Expanse: Osiris Reborn (Game, Spring 2027) "To investigate your mysterious enemy, you and your twin J decide to infiltrate the enemy base. But things don’t exactly go according to plan."
neutral · AI labelView post →'The Expanse: Osiris Reborn' is coming to Xbox Series, PS5 and PC next year. Also coming to Game Pass. youtu.be/akemL0MHLg4
neutral · AI labelView post →Man, Telltale has to be a grandmaster Lich or something at this point considering they died and then had various degrees of comebacks, successors or otherwise. The Expanse is a particular example of newly (re)formed Telltale cooperating with Deck Nine with a popular IP coming from both novels and TV show. Well, I only wish it was a bit better. We play as Camina Drummer serving under captain Cox in her pre-Tycho days. Scavenging some space wrecks leads them to discover possible payload that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HOLY S*** what a bad game, non of your choices actually matter, what the hell happened to Telltale?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The lasers are way too hard for no reason. The fact that every time you get hit by one you have to completely restart to the last cut scene no matter how far you made it is so annoying. I finally just rage quite and haven't played since.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Space Rangers style sandbox game in the world of The Expanse would be really fun
positive · AI labelView post →Play if you're a fan of The Expanse. Don't if you're not. Prequel story for Drummer is interesting if you're a fan of the series and the show actor Cara Gee. There are a few neat minor things with finding salvage. Otherwise the story is mid and some twists and reveals are great for fans and mean nothing for non-fans. Gameplay is basic and decisions don't feel terribly important for the most part. DLC episiode feels noticeably lower budget and less interesting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Set in the beloved universe of James S. A. Corey’s sci-fi saga, this episodic adventure focuses on Camina Drummer, one of the most compelling and complex characters from The Expanse TV series. The game serves as a prequel to the show, exploring Drummer’s early days aboard the scavenger ship Artemis and offering a tense, character-driven story filled with betrayal, loyalty, and the hard choices that define life in the Belt. Telltale’s writing remains sharp, and Cara Gee’s return as Camina…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fair game that the Expanse TV show had so many composite characters since the author of the books is themselves a composite character.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you're a fan of The Expanse series, you'll probably have some fun with this game. However, the story is very short, lasting around 5–6 hours at most. It's more of an interactive movie than an actual game. Most of the time, you're simply watching cutscenes and choosing between dialogue options. I wish Steam allowed neutral reviews, because this game isn't really bad, but it isn't particularly good either. It's somewhere in between and is really only worth playing for fans of the show.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thanks Vienna(?), welcome to my Patreon—you’ve covered a day’s work for me 🙏 Before I write about Season 6 of The Expanse, I’m going to revisit Star City and For All Mankind... Or maybe the ships from Interstellar? Alien? A canceled SW game? Let’s get wild—Coneheads! Let me know.
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a new Expanse game coming! The Expanse: Osiris Reborn is described as a Mass Effect-like video game from Owlcat Games. This looks really, really cool, and I can't wait to play it. transfer-orbit.ghost.io/the-expanse-...
positive · AI labelView post →I think its time to pick up my game of The Expanse meets the Mythos again… Belta Green. Sasa det, kopeng mi.
positive · AI labelView post →That's how you ruin a franchise! It is the worst telltale game I've ever played. I'll start with the Cons : Choices : This is the first game which has only 2 choices. I mean seriously? Literally lost the gist of it. Decision making is so easy and there's no fun and curiousty. The game is more based on collecting stuff rather than making choices. Voice Acting : Really poor! 2/10 . It's just bland. No feelings, just dialogue delivery, no emotions. Specially when she talks to her self,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was able to ask another conspiracy theory question though! No, they didn't game through the Expanse plot using Traveller
neutral · AI labelView post →A really nice experience for fans of The Expanse TV show. It works perfectly as a cool prequel, with great atmosphere and solid world-building. The story is simple but engaging, and the connections to the show (and books) feel natural, not forced. Classic Telltale gameplay with meaningful choices that genuinely affect how things play out. Only downside: it’s pretty short, and if you’re not familiar with the series or books, it might not have the same impact. Still, a must-play for any Belter…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Without thinking too hard about it here are my top 10 shows of the 21st century: Andor The Americans The Good Place Queen's Gambit The Expanse Castlevania Arrested Development Game of Thrones Project Runway The Clone Wars
neutral · AI labelView post →Late pledges for The Expanse RPG Transport Union Edition are open. Last chance to get the miniatures and books for a discounted price. the-expanse-transport-union.backerkit.com/survey_stores
neutral · AI labelView post →(Quiet voice) Game Of Thrones isn’t really that good as an overall series. The Expanse is better.
neutral · AI labelView post →
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