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Journey to the Center of the Earth cover art

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Frogwares · 2016-07-22

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 13, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ariane, a young reporter, is suddenly swallowed by the earth while covering a story near the Sneffels volcano. When she awakens, she discovers the strangest landscapes and a host of unusual objects. Join Ariane as she explores an unkown world of fascinating and fantastical civilizations hidden beneath the surface of the Earth.

Journey to the Center of the Earth is an Adventure game released in 2016, priced at $0.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (47% of 81 reviews).

0
playing now
47%
positive of 81 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

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

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a 2003 point-and-click adventure game developed by Ukrainian studio Frogwares and published by Micro Application. It was distributed in the United States by Viva Media.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 45% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 44% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.0k–4.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 81 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.47 at GamesPlanet US (2026-04-10) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 68 of 96 observed days · $0.52 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320162026Week of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.392015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $6.492017-01-02 — best price $4.992018-05-11 — best price $4.992018-09-18 — best price $4.992018-12-19 — best price $2.492019-03-12 — best price $4.992019-06-03 — best price $1.252019-09-23 — best price $4.992019-11-22 — best price $1.062020-01-20 — best price $4.832020-03-16 — best price $2.492020-06-04 — best price $1.502020-07-16 — best price $1.002020-09-08 — best price $4.992020-10-13 — best price $3.662020-11-19 — best price $1.252021-01-01 — best price $3.662021-02-07 — best price $4.142021-03-15 — best price $4.142021-04-29 — best price $4.992021-06-02 — best price $4.992021-08-03 — best price $3.662021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-03-28 — best price $1.992022-08-19 — best price $1.992023-01-20 — best price $1.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-10-09 — best price $9.992024-02-11 — best price $3.712024-05-27 — best price $9.992024-10-07 — best price $0.992025-02-05 — best price $9.992025-05-19 — best price $9.992025-10-08 — best price $9.992026-02-28 — best price $9.992026-06-09 — best price $0.992026-09-08 — best price $0.992026-09-28 — best price $0.992026-10-15 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6422026-06-01 — 2 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 8 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-25 — 7 pageviews2026-06-29 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-11 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 5 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-12 — 6 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-20 — 17 pageviews2026-08-24 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 18 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-09 — 12 pageviews2026-09-13 — 13 pageviews2026-09-17 — 6 pageviews2026-09-21 — 2 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 8 pageviews2026-10-03 — 8 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian

Player tags

CasualPuzzleAdventurePoint & ClickFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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