The Longest Journey

Point-and-click adventure about solving puzzles across parallel worlds

Funcom · Released May 1, 2007

Action Adventure RPG

Reviews: Very Positive; 90% of 2,176
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 4; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

Free demo available, 1 playing it now: get the demo.

Metacritic: 91/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Longest Journey?

This single-player point-and-click adventure follows April Ryan as she travels between parallel worlds with fantasy and science-fiction settings. You explore locations, talk with characters, and solve puzzles.

For you if...

+you like character-driven stories with lengthy conversations
+you enjoy exploring contrasting fantasy and science-fiction worlds
+you like classic point-and-click puzzle solving

Not for you if...

−you expect modern graphics instead of older adventure-game visuals
−you dislike puzzles that require experimentation or precise clicking

What players say

90% of 2,176 reviews are positive

Players praise the writing, April Ryan, and the contrast between the two worlds. Many report trouble running the game on modern Windows PCs, including crashes, faulty save dialogs, and problems using the interface.

Screenshots and trailer

The Longest Journey system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

Windows 2000/XP, Pentium 166 MMX , 32 MB RAM, Mouse and Keyboard, 640x480 SVGA high colour (16bit) video card with 2 MB RAM, Windows compatible sound device, 300 MB free hard drive space Recommended: Pentium II, 266 mhz, 64 MB RAM , 3d accelarator card ( Direct 3d compatible ) with 4 MB RAM, 1GB free hard drive space