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Deponia: The Complete Journey

Daedalic Entertainment · 2014-07-08

SteamEpic Games Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 02, 2014 (Linux), Jun 02, 2014 (Mac), Jun 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place.

23
playing now
84%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
39h
to beat · completionist 40h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

23 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place. When Rufus, on one of his attempts to leave Deponia behind, meets Goal, he not only falls madly in love with the beautiful girl from Elysium; he also accidentally shoves her right off her comfortable star cruiser and down to the desolate trash-planet. This accident kindles a new, brilliant plan: he needs to get Goal back to the floating city of Elysium – and while he's on it, he (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 23 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 90 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 171k–411k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,851 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.43-92%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at MacGameStore (2024-10-24) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 125 of 174 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
525220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

11992026-08-06 21:00 — 34 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 32 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 39 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 34 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 21 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 64 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 119 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 21 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 62 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 89 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 42 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 76 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 32 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 65 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 23 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$40.13$1.302015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $19.992015-05-24 — best price $39.992015-10-22 — best price $9.992016-02-17 — best price $9.992016-06-22 — best price $5.992016-11-18 — best price $39.992017-04-21 — best price $9.992017-11-29 — best price $39.992018-05-24 — best price $29.992018-11-06 — best price $29.992019-04-05 — best price $29.992019-10-09 — best price $25.192020-02-20 — best price $2.992020-06-27 — best price $29.992020-10-01 — best price $2.992021-01-03 — best price $29.992021-04-17 — best price $25.392021-07-18 — best price $29.992021-10-29 — best price $2.992022-02-04 — best price $2.992022-05-24 — best price $29.992022-09-23 — best price $2.992023-02-04 — best price $23.892023-07-03 — best price $2.992023-11-10 — best price $2.992024-03-11 — best price $2.592024-07-12 — best price $23.892024-10-22 — best price $2.812025-03-10 — best price $29.992025-07-21 — best price $2.562025-10-24 — best price $2.552026-02-09 — best price $2.992026-06-07 — best price $24.872026-08-21 — best price $2.43
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
57.7%
earned "Kindergarten"
16.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudCommentary availableRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,3379%105

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieRetroComedyPuzzleSci-fiClassicAdventureSteampunk

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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