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Northern Journey
A norwegian happysad game set in a northern land! Adventure through a beautiful and very varied wilderness. Dive, fly, use ziplines and find different weapons to aid your journey to reach the cold mountains and below. Encounter over 50 unique bosses and enemy types!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
56 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is a beautiful piece of art that kicks you in the balls occasionally”
“Ah, Northern Journey. A game I wanted to love, but was let down with time and time again. Let's start with the postives. This game is beautiful, and it's atmosphere is top notch. It blends old school graphics with…”
“A folk tale set in the Nordic wilderness, where you try to survive the real and imagined hazards of the old nature. In concrete terms, this is an FPS with early 2000s graphics set in mythological Scandinavia, where you…”
47 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Amazing game with great exploration. You don't have to manage a lot of stats, items, etc., you can just jump in and play. If you feel like the atmosphere is a little off at the start, keep playing for a few more zones…”
“Long story short, for this price you'll be pressed to find a better adventure game.”
“It is not about the destination, it is about the journey. If the journey happens to be the Northern Journey, then that is one of the greatest ones you will ever partake in. Northern Journey is a first person wandering…”
23 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Amazing game with great exploration. You don't have to manage a lot of stats, items, etc., you can just jump in and play. If you feel like the atmosphere is a little off at the start, keep playing for a few more zones…”
“Ah, Northern Journey. A game I wanted to love, but was let down with time and time again. Let's start with the postives. This game is beautiful, and it's atmosphere is top notch. It blends old school graphics with…”
“[h1] Rare gem of a game [/h1] This game was made by artists. It's got a vision to share despite some less knowledgeable technical sides: UI/UX is somewhat busted and not very good looking and bugs are present... but the…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“[h1] Rare gem of a game [/h1] This game was made by artists. It's got a vision to share despite some less knowledgeable technical sides: UI/UX is somewhat busted and not very good looking and bugs are present... but the…”
“It's like if Dark Souls was made by a Norwegian dev and based the maps on the stories of how their grandparents went to school uphill both ways. A must play game with really nice visuals, cool puzzle mechanics and funny…”
“Average day in the life of a Nord! The Story is kinda only here to move you from one area to another, however it is told in a really funny way. The characters are as wild and bizarre as the whole experience with them…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“A remarkable and unique indie game full of character. I would say "little" indie game, but it took me 12 hours to beat it. During that time I was constantly surprised, amused and horrified - I've heard it described as a…”
“I loved this game, finished it right around the 10 hour mark and it kept me engaged the whole way through! I found it more entertaining than the half dozen AAA games I played before it, proper good stuff!! As for looks,…”
“This game really is a journey. Feels a bit like Metroid Prime in the sense that you shoot stuff and explore beautiful environments while listening to great music. Not really a Metroidvania in the item-sense, but you do…”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Pretty awesome atmosphere. I didn't like the combat, kinda ruined it for me.”
“Charming and curious experience overall but pretty unpolished and janky. I enjoyed exploration, visuals and some prolonged meditative moments. Cons: - Almost exclusively giant insects/arachnids as enemies; - Terrible…”
“tbh this dev has gained my trust but I can't recommend it because it's honestly way too flawed at this point. The vibes of the first few areas are honestly great. The graphics look nice, the music is funky and I love…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 9 of them still recommend the game.
“Charming and curious experience overall but pretty unpolished and janky. I enjoyed exploration, visuals and some prolonged meditative moments. Cons: - Almost exclusively giant insects/arachnids as enemies; - Terrible…”
“It's as everybody said, it has jank and if you can tolerate it then you are in for a journey. The final level might not fit the the over all game but everything else is great.”
“One of the best games I've every played, HIGHLY UNDERRATED and the scariest I've ever played. Few horror games have been scary to me in daylight, except this one. 10 bucks? It's worth 30, the few complaints I can give…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“A strong 7/10. Definitely the strongest element to this game is the vibe and ambiance, but it kinda overstayed it's welcome, especially towards the end. If you're looking for around 10 hours of really old school…”
“It may look a bit wierd from just the screenshots and trailer, but I cannot overstate how incredible this game is. When you start playing, give it an hour or two. When it hits, it hits hard. I normally don't do reviews,…”
“amazing ambience and fun gameplay. drags a bit towards the end, but what game doesn't lol”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1] Rare gem of a game [/h1] This game was made by artists. It's got a vision to share despite some less knowledgeable technical sides: UI/UX is somewhat busted and not very good looking and bugs are present... but the…”
“tbh this dev has gained my trust but I can't recommend it because it's honestly way too flawed at this point. The vibes of the first few areas are honestly great. The graphics look nice, the music is funky and I love…”
“One of the best games I've every played, HIGHLY UNDERRATED and the scariest I've ever played. Few horror games have been scary to me in daylight, except this one. 10 bucks? It's worth 30, the few complaints I can give…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“tbh this dev has gained my trust but I can't recommend it because it's honestly way too flawed at this point. The vibes of the first few areas are honestly great. The graphics look nice, the music is funky and I love…”
“A truly inspired experience that blends atmospheric music with beautifully realized locations to create an enchanting, fairytale-like world. My only gripe is that the difficulty can feel punishing at times — almost…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Best drive by purchase I have ever made. This game really got me through the toughest part of my life. Its a weird, fun, goofy, psychedelic, horror, atmospheric game and the music/landscapes in this game just takes you somewhere else. A very 420 friendly game tbh. A note to the…”
— a player, Steam review · 237 hrs played“Beautiful masterpiece that stands out from all the atmospheric boomershooters. Made by someone who goes outside and you can tell.”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“It's like Half-Life, but instead of Xen you were teleported to Scandinavia.”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Update for last update + small issues fixes
With many new players after the Mandalorian review, the amount of issues discovered also scale. (Although the issues are happily of the more innocent kind) The fps-system for the last update was quick
Tweaks aimed towards high fps issues
People are getting better gpu's over time, so very high fps are starting to create some issues. I've decided to still keep the framerate free by default. But the game then has no fps-breakes, other th
A few tweaks and fixes
The bow now buffers the shoot-mouseclick, so if you shoot just before reload is finished, the shot will be executed. The return-sign from Drowned veins had the old stand-in name 'Riverhill'. Has been
A little amendement to recent update. Slingtweak!
The sling has been altered a bit. Now it will automatically reload after a throw, and start swinging again. If you want to lower it, just rightclick mouse, and it will be lowered after reload. This wa
Accumulated tweaks!
The flying witch in Sourwood has reduced some health, and the plank labyrinth have become wider and without un-neccesary gaps. Too many people felt frustrated about falling into the water. The witch i
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure |
| Player tags | Atmospheric · FPS · Fantasy · Retro · Action-Adventure · Exploration · Singleplayer · Adventure · Nature · First-Person · Medieval · Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 (64) Processor: 2.4 Ghz Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: GT 640 Storage: 7 GB available space Sound Card: Stereo Additional Notes: Game highly optimized. Will run fine even on older hardware.