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Big Journey to Home cover art

Big Journey to Home

The Light Sword Team · 2015-08-20

Steam

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 20, 2015 (Linux), Aug 20, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 20, 2015 (Mac)

You play as Jake, a simple guy who accidently got into trouble. What will happen to him, how he will behave, will he get home or not, all that depends on you. You will encounter a variety of creatures along your way, from roaches to huge scorpions, lizards and even small hamsters!

Big Journey to Home is an Indie, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2015, priced at $2.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (39% of 44 reviews).

0
playing now
39%
positive of 44 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 400% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 53% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2017-12-21) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220152025Week of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 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 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
140Aug 2015Jun 2023Aug 2015 — avg 11 · peak 68Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 8Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Dec 2016 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 55Dec 2017 — avg 4 · peak 283Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 22Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2018 — avg 2 · peak 28Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 54Dec 2018 — avg 1 · peak 104Feb 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 12Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2020 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 1

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Jun 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.592015-05-162026-07-092015-05-16 — best price $2.992015-05-25 — best price $2.002015-08-20 — best price $7.992015-09-20 — best price $7.992015-12-04 — best price $7.992016-01-25 — best price $4.992016-02-12 — best price $4.992016-03-18 — best price $3.292016-04-06 — best price $3.342016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-08-21 — best price $1.752016-10-03 — best price $3.992016-12-18 — best price $2.492017-01-02 — best price $3.992017-10-26 — best price $0.992017-11-28 — best price $3.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-06-22 — best price $0.892018-11-01 — best price $2.992018-12-21 — best price $0.892019-01-15 — best price $2.992019-06-26 — best price $0.892019-11-01 — best price $2.992020-06-25 — best price $0.892020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-02-11 — best price $0.892021-07-08 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $0.892022-02-03 — best price $2.992022-11-22 — best price $0.892023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-11-26 — best price $1.192024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.192025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $0.892026-07-09 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

31
achievements tracked
5.1%
earned "I Took Up Hunting"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availablePartial Controller Support2 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2015-08-20, latest 2016-03-18 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndiePuzzleMedievalStrategyDifficultLevel EditorSingleplayerGreat Soundtrack

Census log

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

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