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The Longest Journey

Funcom · 2007-05-01

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 27, 2014 (iOS), Nov 19, 1999 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.

The Longest Journey is an Action, Adventure, and RPG game released in 2007, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 2171 reviews).

3
playing now
90%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (201 ratings)
20h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The Longest Journey is a point-and-click adventure game developed by Funcom, and released on Microsoft Windows in November 1999. An iOS version was later developed and released on October 28, 2014.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 87k–174k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,176 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.98 at GameBillet (2024-06-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 98 of 156 observed days · $8.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-09-14 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
904Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 90 · peak 362Dec 2012 — avg 16 · peak 46May 2013 — avg 13 · peak 36Oct 2013 — avg 8 · peak 23Mar 2014 — avg 8 · peak 24Aug 2014 — avg 12 · peak 36Jan 2015 — avg 19 · peak 63Jun 2015 — avg 22 · peak 68Nov 2015 — avg 12 · peak 55Apr 2016 — avg 13 · peak 40Sep 2016 — avg 14 · peak 44Feb 2017 — avg 14 · peak 39Jul 2017 — avg 21 · peak 63Dec 2017 — avg 20 · peak 66May 2018 — avg 10 · peak 26Oct 2018 — avg 9 · peak 37Mar 2019 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2019 — avg 7 · peak 22Jan 2020 — avg 10 · peak 37Jun 2020 — avg 10 · peak 30Nov 2020 — avg 11 · peak 34Apr 2021 — avg 8 · peak 22Sep 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 7 · peak 28Jul 2022 — avg 7 · peak 24Dec 2022 — avg 8 · peak 28May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Aug 2024 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 18Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 21Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$10.45$1.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-06-12 — best price $2.492016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-09-09 — best price $9.992017-07-17 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $2.992018-09-13 — best price $7.792019-02-18 — best price $9.992019-08-30 — best price $9.992019-12-12 — best price $4.002020-03-02 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-26 — best price $3.522021-03-19 — best price $2.932021-08-03 — best price $9.992021-11-18 — best price $4.002022-02-07 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $3.992022-10-17 — best price $3.992023-01-06 — best price $9.992023-04-14 — best price $9.992023-07-10 — best price $3.992023-09-22 — best price $3.992023-12-13 — best price $3.992024-02-20 — best price $2.992024-04-23 — best price $3.742024-06-11 — best price $9.352024-08-26 — best price $3.992024-11-05 — best price $2.992025-01-20 — best price $3.992025-05-02 — best price $3.422025-07-12 — best price $9.992025-09-11 — best price $3.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-01-15 — best price $7.892026-04-03 — best price $4.002026-07-02 — best price $3.002026-08-30 — best price $9.992026-09-24 — best price $2.632026-10-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

340742026-06-02 — 94 pageviews2026-06-06 — 83 pageviews2026-06-10 — 95 pageviews2026-06-14 — 161 pageviews2026-06-18 — 114 pageviews2026-06-22 — 119 pageviews2026-06-26 — 136 pageviews2026-06-30 — 86 pageviews2026-07-04 — 114 pageviews2026-07-08 — 98 pageviews2026-07-12 — 115 pageviews2026-07-16 — 107 pageviews2026-07-20 — 92 pageviews2026-07-24 — 107 pageviews2026-07-28 — 107 pageviews2026-08-01 — 105 pageviews2026-08-05 — 93 pageviews2026-08-09 — 135 pageviews2026-08-13 — 102 pageviews2026-08-17 — 94 pageviews2026-08-21 — 83 pageviews2026-08-25 — 149 pageviews2026-08-29 — 158 pageviews2026-09-02 — 104 pageviews2026-09-06 — 158 pageviews2026-09-10 — 126 pageviews2026-09-14 — 119 pageviews2026-09-18 — 122 pageviews2026-09-22 — 144 pageviews2026-09-26 — 125 pageviews2026-09-30 — 120 pageviews2026-10-04 — 122 pageviews2026-10-08 — 102 pageviews2026-10-12 — 77 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyRetro1990'sPuzzleSci-fiClassicFantasyAdventureFuturisticStory Rich

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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