diff --git a/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx b/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
index 2cbbfe4a..56b554fa 100644
--- a/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/estate/EstateNavigator.tsx
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import { useClosedNavCategoriesAtom } from '../../state/hooks/closedNavCategorie
 import { makeNavCategoryId } from '../../state/closedNavCategories';
 import { roomToUnreadAtom } from '../../state/room/roomToUnread';
 import { AsyncStatus, useAsyncCallback } from '../../hooks/useAsyncCallback';
-import { EstateRoom, EstateTier } from './buildEstate';
+import { EstateGroup, EstateRoom, EstateTier, splitGroups } from './buildEstate';
 import { activateEstateRoom, awaitMyJoin } from './joinEstateRoom';
 import { useEstate, useEstateRootId } from './useEstate';
 import * as css from './EstateNavigator.css';
@@ -167,25 +167,53 @@ function Collapsible({ categoryId, label, rooms, children }: CollapsibleProps) {
   );
 }
 
+function GroupSection({ tierId, group }: { tierId: string; group: EstateGroup }) {
+  return (
+    <Collapsible categoryId={`${tierId}|${group.mind}`} label={group.label} rooms={group.rooms}>
+      {group.rooms.map((r) => (
+        <EstateRow key={r.roomId} room={r} />
+      ))}
+    </Collapsible>
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Groups of rooms the user has not joined, behind one quiet entry. Closed until opened, on every screen; the opening is
+ * remembered per device like any other section.
+ */
+function Browse({ tierId, groups }: { tierId: string; groups: EstateGroup[] }) {
+  const [toggled, setToggled] = useAtom(useClosedNavCategoriesAtom());
+  const key = makeNavCategoryId('estate', 'browse', tierId);
+  const open = toggled.has(key);
+  const count = groups.reduce((n, g) => n + g.rooms.length, 0);
+
+  return (
+    <NavCategory>
+      <NavCategoryHeader>
+        <RoomNavCategoryButton
+          closed={!open}
+          onClick={() => setToggled({ type: open ? 'DELETE' : 'PUT', categoryId: key })}
+        >
+          {`Browse ${count} more ${count === 1 ? 'room' : 'rooms'}`}
+        </RoomNavCategoryButton>
+      </NavCategoryHeader>
+      {open && groups.map((g) => <GroupSection key={g.mind} tierId={tierId} group={g} />)}
+    </NavCategory>
+  );
+}
+
 function Tier({ tier }: { tier: EstateTier }) {
   const allRooms = useMemo(() => [...tier.loose, ...tier.groups.flatMap((g) => g.rooms)], [tier]);
+  const { front, browse } = useMemo(() => splitGroups(tier), [tier]);
   return (
     <Collapsible categoryId={tier.id} label={tier.label} rooms={allRooms}>
       {tier.loose.map((r) => (
         <EstateRow key={r.roomId} room={r} />
       ))}
-      {tier.groups.map((g) => (
-        <Collapsible
-          key={g.mind}
-          categoryId={`${tier.id}|${g.mind}`}
-          label={g.label}
-          rooms={g.rooms}
-        >
-          {g.rooms.map((r) => (
-            <EstateRow key={r.roomId} room={r} />
-          ))}
-        </Collapsible>
+      {front.map((g) => (
+        <GroupSection key={g.mind} tierId={tier.id} group={g} />
       ))}
+      {browse.length > 0 && <Browse tierId={tier.id} groups={browse} />}
     </Collapsible>
   );
 }
diff --git a/src/app/features/estate/buildEstate.test.ts b/src/app/features/estate/buildEstate.test.ts
index 8f898a0f..7b63eac5 100644
--- a/src/app/features/estate/buildEstate.test.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/estate/buildEstate.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { buildEstate, EstateHierarchyRoom, EstateInput, stewardOfChild } from './buildEstate';
+import {
+  buildEstate,
+  EstateHierarchyRoom,
+  EstateInput,
+  splitGroups,
+  stewardOfChild,
+} from './buildEstate';
 
 const ROOT = '!root:gamecult.org';
 const PROJECTS = '!projects:gamecult.org';
@@ -324,3 +330,34 @@ describe('direct invites', () => {
     ]);
   });
 });
+
+describe('splitGroups', () => {
+  const projects = (membership: EstateInput['membership']) =>
+    buildEstate(input({ membership })).find((t) => t.id === PROJECTS)!;
+  const labels = (gs: { mind: string }[]) => gs.map((g) => g.mind);
+
+  it('puts a group nobody has joined behind Browse, and keeps loose estate rooms out of it', () => {
+    const tier = projects(new Map());
+    const { front, browse } = splitGroups(tier);
+    expect(labels(front)).toEqual([]);
+    expect(labels(browse).sort()).toEqual(['eureka', 'void']);
+    expect(tier.loose.map((r) => r.name)).toEqual(['Misc']);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a group up front once any room in it is joined, its unjoined siblings with it', () => {
+    const { front, browse } = splitGroups(projects(new Map([['!cultlib:gamecult.org', 'join']])));
+    expect(labels(front)).toEqual(['eureka']);
+    expect(labels(browse)).toEqual(['void']);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps a group up front for an invite, which is something to act on', () => {
+    const { front } = splitGroups(projects(new Map([['!aeth:gamecult.org', 'invite']])));
+    expect(labels(front)).toEqual(['void']);
+  });
+
+  it('loses no group: front and browse together are the tier groups', () => {
+    const tier = projects(new Map([['!cultlib:gamecult.org', 'join']]));
+    const { front, browse } = splitGroups(tier);
+    expect([...front, ...browse].sort((a, b) => a.mind.localeCompare(b.mind))).toEqual(tier.groups);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/features/estate/buildEstate.ts b/src/app/features/estate/buildEstate.ts
index b9232beb..ca656211 100644
--- a/src/app/features/estate/buildEstate.ts
+++ b/src/app/features/estate/buildEstate.ts
@@ -71,6 +71,20 @@ export type EstateInput = {
   mindLabels?: ReadonlyMap<string, string>;
 };
 
+/**
+ * A tier's project-room groups split for the navigator: a group the user is in anything of (joined, or invited, which is
+ * something to act on) stays up front; a group of rooms nobody has joined waits behind one Browse entry, so the first
+ * screen is conversations, not a wall of Join buttons. Loose (estate) rooms are never grouped away.
+ */
+export const splitGroups = (tier: EstateTier): { front: EstateGroup[]; browse: EstateGroup[] } => {
+  const front: EstateGroup[] = [];
+  const browse: EstateGroup[] = [];
+  tier.groups.forEach((g) =>
+    (g.rooms.some((r) => r.state !== 'joinable') ? front : browse).push(g)
+  );
+  return { front, browse };
+};
+
 export const DIRECT_TIER_ID = 'direct';
 export const ELSEWHERE_TIER_ID = 'elsewhere';
 
diff --git a/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavCategoryButton.test.tsx b/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavCategoryButton.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a500f920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavCategoryButton.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { renderToStaticMarkup } from 'react-dom/server';
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
+import { RoomNavCategoryButton } from './RoomNavCategoryButton';
+
+const html = (closed?: boolean) =>
+  renderToStaticMarkup(<RoomNavCategoryButton closed={closed}>Browse</RoomNavCategoryButton>);
+
+describe('RoomNavCategoryButton', () => {
+  it('says it is collapsed when closed, so assistive tech does not rely on the chevron', () => {
+    expect(html(true)).toContain('aria-expanded="false"');
+  });
+
+  it('says it is expanded when open', () => {
+    expect(html(false)).toContain('aria-expanded="true"');
+  });
+
+  it('claims neither when the section does not toggle', () => {
+    expect(html(undefined)).not.toContain('aria-expanded');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavCategoryButton.tsx b/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavCategoryButton.tsx
index 3af8aeac..e232b856 100644
--- a/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavCategoryButton.tsx
+++ b/src/app/features/room-nav/RoomNavCategoryButton.tsx
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const RoomNavCategoryButton = as<'button', { closed?: boolean }>(
           src={closed ? Icons.ChevronRight : Icons.ChevronBottom}
         />
       }
+      aria-expanded={closed === undefined ? undefined : !closed}
       {...props}
       ref={ref}
     >