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The Long Journey Home

Space exploration roguelike about getting a stranded crew home

Daedalic Studio West · Published by Daedalic Entertainment · Released May 30, 2017

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Reviews
Mixed
59% of 1,934
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
7 years ago
Jan 7, 2019
Minimum PC
HD 7790
4 GB RAM · 16 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 68/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Long Journey Home?

A single-player space exploration RPG with roguelike mechanics, set in a procedurally generated galaxy. After a failed experimental jump strands your crew far from Earth, you navigate between planets, explore them, use crew skills, and negotiate with aliens as you try to get home.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy slow space journeys with scarce resources
  • +you like making consequential choices in alien encounters
  • +you want each journey to take a different path

Not for you if...

  • −you want forgiving fuel costs and easy resource gathering
  • −you dislike manually navigating ships and landing on planets

What players say

59% of 1,934 reviews are positive

Players praise the stranded-in-space premise and the tense decisions involved in keeping the crew supplied. Common complaints focus on frustrating navigation and landings, resource costs that can outweigh what players gather, and repetition.

How many players finish The Long Journey Home?

6.6% of Steam players have unlocked «THE LONG JOURNEY HOME», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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The Long Journey Home system requirements

Minimum: HD 7790, 4 GB RAM, 16 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Win 7, 8, 10, 64-bit
Processor
3 GHz Dual Core CPU
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7790
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
16 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
Win 7, 8, 10, 64-bit
Processor
3GHz Quad Core CPU
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 970 / AMD Radeon R9 380
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
16 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does The Long Journey Home have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does The Long Journey Home run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
69
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish.

Does The Long Journey Home use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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