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The Longest Walk
The Longest Walk is a deeply personal biographical walking-simulator game about my father's experience of living with depression.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“one of the most sad games ever but also real”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“Powerful. This isn't so much a game as it is a walk and a talk with a stranger who gets it.. I've never heard a better narrative on the more somber realities of life. Thank you, Mr. Tarvet.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played“It's free and fine with an important message but honestly probably didn't need to be played as a game. I think maybe a video would have been a better medium. You don't lose anything from trying it though and its short.”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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The Longest Walk - V2.0 Update
Hey, Steam community! The Longest Walk V2.0 is now available to download and play! This version includes a variety of quality-of-life updates to improve the overall experience and performance for PC p
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Adventure, Casual, Indie, Free To Play |
| Player tags | Walking Simulator · Casual · Adventure · Exploration · 3D · First-Person · Free to Play · Indie · Controller · Linear · Singleplayer · Emotional (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Official site | https://www.alexanderjamestarvet.com/the-longest-walk |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD FX-6100 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon 6800 (1GB) Storage: 601 MB available space Additional Notes: Playable, but choppy framerate.