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The Long Journey Home

Daedalic Studio West · Daedalic Entertainment · 2017-05-30

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Nov 14, 2018 (Xbox One), Sep 04, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 28, 2018 (Mac), May 30, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 14, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?

The Long Journey Home is a 2017 Indie, RPG, Simulation and Strategy game priced at $9.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 1,934 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 100,000 to 200,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

2
playing now
59%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
58/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
3.34★
PlayStation Store rating (287 ratings)
17h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

The Long Journey Home is a 2017 space exploration video game by Daedalic Entertainment for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 25 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,353 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 48k–116k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,934 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
GOG$0.99-90%
GamersGate$1.00-90%
GreenManGaming$1.00-90%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.56 at GameBillet (2025-10-30) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 158 of 203 observed days · $0.43 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420172026Week of 2017-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.772017-05-302026-10-142017-05-30 — best price $35.492017-10-27 — best price $39.992018-02-19 — best price $17.992018-06-06 — best price $28.592018-08-30 — best price $5.002018-12-13 — best price $11.992019-03-26 — best price $9.892019-07-29 — best price $7.492019-11-22 — best price $6.372020-02-07 — best price $4.792020-04-23 — best price $2.992020-07-24 — best price $29.992020-10-21 — best price $29.992020-12-23 — best price $3.002021-03-20 — best price $25.492021-05-24 — best price $1.992021-08-20 — best price $1.752021-11-01 — best price $1.592022-01-04 — best price $19.992022-03-28 — best price $0.922022-06-18 — best price $9.992022-09-14 — best price $0.892022-12-05 — best price $9.992023-03-22 — best price $0.992023-06-30 — best price $0.992023-10-09 — best price $9.992024-01-06 — best price $9.992024-04-04 — best price $0.992024-06-19 — best price $0.992024-09-21 — best price $0.802024-11-19 — best price $9.992025-04-10 — best price $9.992025-07-03 — best price $0.852025-09-02 — best price $1.002025-11-06 — best price $0.992026-02-02 — best price $9.992026-05-04 — best price $1.002026-07-28 — best price $7.892026-09-17 — best price $0.792026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2452026-05-29 — 15 pageviews2026-06-02 — 14 pageviews2026-06-06 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 9 pageviews2026-06-14 — 9 pageviews2026-06-18 — 13 pageviews2026-06-22 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 8 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 15 pageviews2026-07-08 — 14 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 9 pageviews2026-07-24 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 9 pageviews2026-08-01 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 15 pageviews2026-08-09 — 8 pageviews2026-08-13 — 21 pageviews2026-08-17 — 16 pageviews2026-08-21 — 12 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 14 pageviews2026-09-02 — 24 pageviews2026-09-06 — 12 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 6 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-26 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-07 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
13%
earned "THE VICE MUST FLOW"
1.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-06-09 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8831%69
PS4 (PlayStation)1882%39
Xbox One (Xbox)680%38
Switch (Nintendo)120%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSpaceSci-fiStrategySurvivalAdventureDifficultRogue-like

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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