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Original Journey

Bonfire Entertainment · Neon Doctrine · 2017-08-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 16, 2017 (Mac), Q2 2018 (Xbox One), Q2 2018 (PlayStation 4), Q2 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 16, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Original Journey is a 2D hand drawn, sci-fi action-adventure with a bold hand drawn art style. Join the Ato as they embark on a mission to save their home world. Only a mysterious power source discovered on a distant planet can save them but how far will the Ato go save themselves?

Original Journey is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2017, priced at $1.19, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 206 reviews).

0
playing now
71%
positive of 206 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
34/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.19
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (44 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 206 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.19-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2020-09-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 36 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420172026Week of 2017-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$1.192017-08-172026-10-082017-08-17 — best price $9.592018-02-15 — best price $8.392018-08-02 — best price $11.992019-02-12 — best price $11.992019-08-29 — best price $11.992019-11-12 — best price $11.992020-01-27 — best price $11.992020-06-25 — best price $1.192020-09-28 — best price $11.992020-11-16 — best price $11.992021-01-07 — best price $8.812021-03-14 — best price $11.992021-04-23 — best price $8.812021-06-17 — best price $11.992021-07-11 — best price $10.792021-10-04 — best price $11.992021-11-08 — best price $10.792021-12-22 — best price $1.192022-02-16 — best price $10.792022-03-10 — best price $10.792022-04-16 — best price $8.812022-05-15 — best price $11.992022-06-03 — best price $10.792022-07-11 — best price $1.192022-09-29 — best price $1.192022-12-22 — best price $1.192023-04-10 — best price $1.192023-10-18 — best price $3.592023-12-21 — best price $1.192024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $1.192025-03-05 — best price $1.192025-06-27 — best price $1.192025-09-29 — best price $1.192026-01-17 — best price $1.192026-04-29 — best price $11.992026-07-12 — best price $1.192026-08-31 — best price $1.192026-09-08 — best price $1.192026-10-08 — best price $1.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
72.8%
earned "Arrival On Shadow"
21.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3256%28

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

Player tags

2DRPGCuteLinearShooterDifficultLore-RichPlatformerRogue-likeStory Rich

Census log

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

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