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The Journey Down: Chapter One cover art

The Journey Down: Chapter One

SkyGoblin · 2013-01-09

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 21, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), May 18, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 19, 2012 (iOS), May 31, 2018 (Xbox One), May 18, 2012 (Linux), May 18, 2012 (Mac)

The Journey Down is a point-and-click series with an Afro-Caribbean twist. Get ready to embark on a journey of exploration, mystery and grave danger - but also a journey of warmth, friendship and love.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (20 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 27% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 52k–104k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,294 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.69 at Steam (2014-06-19) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

202026-08-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.16$0.892015-01-012026-07-262015-01-01 — best price $3.492015-03-16 — best price $8.402015-07-16 — best price $3.492015-10-21 — best price $1.822015-12-01 — best price $3.382015-12-29 — best price $6.992016-03-18 — best price $3.592016-05-17 — best price $8.992016-09-12 — best price $8.992016-11-29 — best price $8.992017-07-05 — best price $8.992017-11-01 — best price $8.992018-02-26 — best price $8.092018-07-05 — best price $8.992018-11-01 — best price $8.992019-02-11 — best price $8.992019-06-03 — best price $8.992019-09-12 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $0.892020-03-16 — best price $4.492020-07-09 — best price $8.992020-10-16 — best price $6.992020-12-14 — best price $10.862021-04-26 — best price $6.992021-08-02 — best price $6.992021-12-04 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $6.992022-09-19 — best price $2.792022-12-22 — best price $2.442023-05-05 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $3.492024-02-08 — best price $4.992024-06-17 — best price $6.992025-07-27 — best price $6.992026-07-26 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

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1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)1,36969%14
PS4 (PlayStation)13646%14
Switch (Nintendo)30%0

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

Player tags

2.5DDarkNoirIndieComedyLinearFantasySurrealColorfulEpisodic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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