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Northern Journey

Slid Studio · 2021-08-18

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player

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!

3
playing now
97%
positive of 3.7k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 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 15% of 11,423 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 74k–166k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,699 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

1212026-08-07 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 9 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 12 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

Player tags

FPSRetroActionHorrorNatureArcheryFantasyShooterMedievalAdventure

Census log

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

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