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A Long Way Home

Jonathan Mulcahy · 2016-05-27

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 27, 2016 (Linux), May 27, 2016 (Mac)

On day 200 of a 365 day mission your ship suffers a catastrophic engine meltdown. Stranded in space one hundred light years from Earth, you must make your way back one light year at a time. It's going to be a long way home.

A Long Way Home is a $1.99 Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2016, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, with a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 45 reviews).

0
playing now
62%
positive of 45 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 28,889 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2017-10-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320162025Week of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492016-05-272023-07-132016-05-27 — best price $2.542016-06-03 — best price $2.992016-08-15 — best price $1.942016-08-22 — best price $2.992016-11-23 — best price $0.982016-11-29 — best price $2.992016-12-22 — best price $0.982017-01-02 — best price $2.992017-02-16 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $0.992017-07-05 — best price $1.992017-10-26 — best price $0.492017-11-01 — best price $1.992017-11-22 — best price $0.492017-11-28 — best price $1.992017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-01-04 — best price $1.992023-03-17 — best price $0.492023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
24%
earned "Drifted Away"
5.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieSpaceActionCasualLinearSci-fiPhysicsRelaxingMinimalist

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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