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Journal cover art

Journal

Locked Door Puzzle · Lupus Studios Limited · 2014-02-17

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 17, 2014 (Mac), Feb 17, 2014 (Linux), Feb 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Enter the pages of the hand painted world of Journal. A journey through the life of a young and troubled girl as she tries to face up to the choices and responsibilities that come with childhood. An experience that questions the reliability of how we choose to remember events and explores the truths hidden within our dreams.

Journal is a 2014 Adventure and Indie game priced at $9.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 349 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 349 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35 reviews).
  • · Top 23% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.7k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 349 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.29 at Steam (2016-02-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820142025Week of 2014-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.292015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-03-23 — best price $2.492015-06-11 — best price $1.992015-08-03 — best price $9.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $2.492016-02-05 — best price $1.292016-03-14 — best price $1.392016-04-28 — best price $2.492016-06-23 — best price $1.392016-11-25 — best price $2.492017-01-23 — best price $1.992017-05-29 — best price $1.992017-09-25 — best price $1.992017-12-21 — best price $1.492018-06-22 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $1.992019-06-26 — best price $1.992019-11-26 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-10-29 — best price $1.992020-12-22 — best price $1.992021-06-24 — best price $1.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-11-22 — best price $3.092023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-08-07 — best price $1.992023-12-21 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $1.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-09-29 — best price $1.992026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
61.4%
earned "Window Shopping"
34.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,18142%10

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

Player tags

2DIndieShortCasualAdventureHand-drawnStory RichSingleplayerVisual NovelPoint & Click

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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