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Northern Journey

Slid Studio · 2021-08-18

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Aug 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A norwegian happysad game set in a northern land! Adventure through a beautiful and very varied wilderness. Dive, fly, use ziplines and find different weapons to aid your journey to reach the cold mountains and below. Encounter over 50 unique bosses and enemy types!

Northern Journey is an Adventure game released in 2021, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 3705 reviews).

2
playing now
97%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 338 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 29,087 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 74k–167k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,705 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.59 at Steam (2026-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
27027020212026Week of 2021-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
343Oct 2021Aug 2026Oct 2021 — avg 9 · peak 29Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 10 · peak 52Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 20Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 15Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 34Dec 2022 — avg 7 · peak 31Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 9Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2023 — avg 34 · peak 143Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 27Dec 2023 — avg 11 · peak 40Feb 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2024 — avg 6 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 21Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2024 — avg 7 · peak 28Feb 2025 — avg 6 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 23Aug 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Dec 2025 — avg 7 · peak 25Feb 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$6.592021-08-182026-07-092021-08-18 — best price $19.992021-09-22 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $9.592021-12-01 — best price $11.992021-12-23 — best price $8.032022-01-05 — best price $11.992022-05-16 — best price $7.792022-05-23 — best price $11.992022-06-23 — best price $8.992022-07-07 — best price $11.992022-10-10 — best price $7.792022-10-17 — best price $11.992022-12-22 — best price $7.792023-01-05 — best price $11.992023-03-16 — best price $7.792023-03-23 — best price $11.992023-06-29 — best price $7.792023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-12-21 — best price $7.792024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-06-27 — best price $7.192024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-12-19 — best price $7.192025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-06-26 — best price $7.192025-07-10 — best price $11.992025-12-18 — best price $7.192026-01-05 — best price $11.992026-03-12 — best price $7.192026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $6.592026-07-09 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSRetroActionHorrorNatureArcheryFantasyShooterMedievalAdventure

Census log

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

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