PCGame

The Long Journey Home

Space exploration roguelike about getting a stranded crew home

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

IndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Reviews
Mixed
59% of 1,934
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Playing now
0
right now
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update
9 years ago
Aug 10, 2017

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.

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The Long Journey Home

The Long Journey Home system requirements

As published by the developer.

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

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Achievements
69
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

  • 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

Multiplayer and co-op

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish.

Tags

Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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