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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?

Release DateMay 30, 2017
Price$ 9.99  Top 30%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)59.2% (mixed) Bottom 20% / 60.3%  Bottom 25%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)58.1% Bottom 30% / 59.2%  Bottom 30%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.3K  Top 15% / 1.8K  Top 10%
Curators45 reviews  Top 15%
Median Play Time8.6 hours  Top 20%
Play Time per Dollar52 minutes  Top 30%
Followers29.9K  Top 4%
Owners± 178.5K  Top 15%
Copies Sold± 71K  Top 15%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1.6M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Long Journey Home steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows The Long Journey Home's Steam rating and reviews between May 2017 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 73% (June 2017) to 60.2% (August 2023).

With 1.8K reviews Top 10%, The Long Journey Home could be an indie success or even a small AAA success. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Long Journey Home and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut chart shows The Long Journey Home's review languages. The most popular language is English (41%), followed by German (37%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 23 different languages represented. The game is translated in 8 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Long Journey Home percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in The Long Journey Home, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is not bad at all, with 29 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 4.7 times less than the median for positive reviews.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • well-balanced survival experience
  • fair gameplay
  • solid survival struggle
  • highly gratifying feeling of success
  • good music
  • replay value
  • interesting setting
  • good visuals
  • good UI
  • okay exploring aspect
  • repetitive gameplay
  • tedious flying
  • lack of upgrades/items
  • complaining crew
  • lack of customization
  • missing ground exploration
  • constant failure
  • punishes player for exploration
  • time-consuming gameplay
  • overpriced

The intention behind these pros & cons isn't to establish a balanced evaluation of the game, but rather to assist developers in identifying enhancement opportunities. The game's score of 59.2%  Bottom 20% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of The Long Journey Home's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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