The Long Journey Home

Wait59%

Mixed · 2k player reviews · Medium confidence

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Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows
  • macOS

Daedalic Studio West · Simulation · May 30, 2017

Player review score
59%
Mixed
Price
$0.99−90%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
69
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
8
Full audio0 of 8
Subtitles8 of 8

Should I buy The Long Journey Home?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 30 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 130 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 60 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Combat: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
33% of themes are praise25% are divided42% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I really liked the idea of this and enjoyed the bits I got of characters and the aliens’ personalities and backstories.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
30 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If I were trying to summarize the game, in one sentence it would be "The game is FTL with a more Lost in Space theme, better graphics and music, less focus on combat, and more focus on interacting with alien factions and resource management." Pros
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The controls are possibly the best starting point to describe some of the problems I was having as I found this almost unplayable with mouse and keyboard, so gamepad is the only way to go for me.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The whole soundtrack evokes the beauty and dread of the journey perfectly.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story78 reviews
Graphics30 reviews
Controls16 reviews
Audio12 reviews
Divided opinion
Performance
40% still recommend
Bugs
33% still recommend
Optimization
0% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
36% still recommend
Difficulty
53% still recommend
Combat
43% still recommend
Interface
38% still recommend
Crashes
29% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play on TV
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$0.99$9.99−90%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

11 points recordedtoday · $0.99

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