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The Long Journey Home

The Long Journey Home

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?

Released May 30, 2017 Developer Daedalic Studio West Publisher Daedalic Entertainment Platforms Windows · Mac SimulationStrategyRPGIndieSpace
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

59.1%positive1,884 reviews
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“Ad astra per aspera. To the stars through hardships.”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“I do not have this game but I would love to play this game and stream it. Not sure why its asking my feedback as I have not purchased it yet. Very odd...”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“The Long Journey Home is a game that expects you to meet it more than halfway. The concept is great, and the core gameplay mechanics are so close to being good. Unfortunately, pretty much every single mechanic or event lands on the wrong side of “fun challenge” vs.…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

69achievements
1.2%median completion
0.8%rarest: SPACE INVADERS
13.0% of players 11.5% of players 10.1% of players 8.8% of players 8.1% of players 6.6% of players 6.6% of players 6.5% of players 6.2% of players 5.5% of players 5.4% of players 5.0% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.5% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 13.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
13.0%THE VICE MUST FLOW — Hidden achievement
11.5%COME INTO MY PARLOUR, SAID... — Hidden achievement
10.1%IN, THROUGH... AND BEYOND! — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
0.8%SPACE INVADERS — Made it back home after attacking every alien met in Rogue Mode
0.8%TO HELL AND BACK — Hidden achievement
0.8%UP TO SCRATCH — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$0.99−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99base price
$0.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US0.99 USD−90%
EU0.99 EUR−90%
UK0.85 GBP−90%
Australia1.45 AUD−90%
Canada1.29 CAD−90%
Japan120 JPY−90%
Brazil3.29 BRL−90%
China5.90 CNY−90%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.6 Japan China Canada US Australia EU UK≈$1.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Aug 10, 2017
Tiny update for The Long Journey Home

Dear mizzurani friends, The IASA has issued two small updates in all ship systems: Fixed an issue where the mouse tutorial during encounters is displayed every time the player clicks left mouse. Fixed

Aug 10, 2017
Tiny update for The Long Journey Home

Dear mizzurani friends, The IASA has issued two small updates in all ship systems: Fixed an issue where the mouse tutorial during encounters is displayed every time the player clicks left mouse. Fixed

Aug 09, 2017
The Long Journey Home - Update -9.8.2017 - ENGLISH

Dear mizzurani friends, Welcome to our Training Day Update. IASA engineers have prepared a new holographic tutorial mode to help you get to grips with lander and ship piloting before embarking on your

Aug 09, 2017
The Long Journey Home - Update -9.8.2017 - ENGLISH

Dear mizzurani friends, Welcome to our Training Day Update. IASA engineers have prepared a new holographic tutorial mode to help you get to grips with lander and ship piloting before embarking on your

Jun 30, 2017
IASA approves first pictures made during mission

The IASA has published a few photo shots that were taken during the first space mission from the survivors making it back home. Plus, they gave away a licence for Trading Cards which you now have acce

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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.

GenresIndie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsSimulation · Strategy · RPG · Indie · Space · Exploration · Rogue-like · Sci-fi · Survival · Procedural Generation · Story Rich · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Remote Play on TV · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish
ControllerFull support
Achievements69
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.daedalic.de/en/game/The_Long_Journey_Home?lang_new=en
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Win 7, 8, 10, 64-bit Processor: 3 GHz Dual Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7790 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 16 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX 11 compatible sound card with latest drivers