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Original Journey cover art

Original Journey

Bonfire Entertainment · Neon Doctrine · 2017-08-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

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?

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 58% of 10,814 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

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

Current store prices

Steam$1.19-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 22 of 34 observed days · $0.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-11 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$1.192017-08-172026-08-302017-08-17 — 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 $1.192026-08-30 — 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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Similarity via IGDB.

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