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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.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 350 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

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  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 46% of 11,424 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.8k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 350 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 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 12:00 — 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).

Details

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

Player tags

2DIndieShortCasualAdventureHand-drawnStory RichSingleplayerVisual NovelPoint & Click

Census log

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

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