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The Journey Down: Chapter One
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“[b]The Journey Down: Chapter One[/b] is without a doubt an enjoyable point and click adventure game. It showcases a story of two Caribbeans – Bwana & Kito. Together they run a gas station. Though that doesn’t go that well, which results in debt to an electric company. Eventually…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“I still recall the original freeware game from 2010 or so, at the time it was a nice surprise to know it was getting a commercial remake. Of course the character design gets noticed first, with its inspiration from African wood sculptures and carvings, like puppets from a…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:55 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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SkyGoblin has a dev page!
https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/4399148/d19bc38f4aa5a0a091a1a66a7e3b90f1bca02864.png Dear Pointers & Clickers! We have finally put up a Steam dev page for our little
Entire trilogy is finally fully localized!
Heyo! We've finally text-localized the entire Journey Down Trilogy to German! So go find a German person somewhere who's in dire need of Point 'n' Click adventuring goodness. :D Also proud to announce
Entire trilogy is finally fully localized!
Heyo! We've finally text-localized the entire Journey Down Trilogy to German! So go find a German person somewhere who's in dire need of Point 'n' Click adventuring goodness. :D Also proud to announce
Chapter Three OUT NOW!!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/579760/The_Journey_Down_Chapter_Three/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz8e_18so4o The moment has come at last! The third and final chapter of The Journey Down is her
Chapter Three OUT NOW!!
http://store.steampowered.com/app/579760/The_Journey_Down_Chapter_Three/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz8e_18so4o The moment has come at last! The third and final chapter of The Journey Down is her
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Point & Click · Noir · Atmospheric · Indie · Surreal · Colorful · Comedy · Episodic · Fantasy · Linear · Mouse only (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , German * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.thejourneydown.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP SP 2+, Windows Vista, Windows 7 Processor: 1.8 GHz CPU Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Direct X 9.0c compatible video card DirectX®: 9.0c Hard Drive: 1 GB HD space