The Journey Down: Chapter Two

The Journey Down: Chapter Two

Fair · Narrative · 2014

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

WAIT.

It has sold at a BANGER price before.

Today

$14.99Fair

On its price record

$4.73BANGER

Length
3.3h 3.9h to 100%
Value
$4.54/hr
Reviews
96% of 560 positive
It needs 68% off ($4.73) to be a BANGER.
Worth it at $12.20.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.73 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 111 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Reviews96% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 94% after the small-sample adjustment
Holding it back
Value$4.54/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 110 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Chapter Two of The Journey Down, a classic point-and-click saga with an Afro-Caribbean vibe. Get ready to embark on an epic journey of brain-teasing adventure!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Direct X 9.0c compatible video card, 1.2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has been discounted 88 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $4.73, a level the record has reached 4 times.

Value puts it in the top 9 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 82 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Bear With Me - Episode One (free, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats The Journey Down: Chapter One ($6.99, scores 63).

More about The Journey Down: Chapter Two

Critics scored it 78. Players sit 18 points higher at 96 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.

Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 3.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.

What players say

Buy all three ! its been only a week and I want to play it all over again. Fantastic soundtrack, lovable characters, fun puzzles, great story line. A real gem for my point n click collection
JerkyzRecommendedafter 7.3hJul 2025Read on Steam
1 more review
A delightful point and click with a unique art style. A great homage to the 90's era of the genre.
wittebensRecommendedafter 4.1hJul 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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The Journey Down: Chapter Two scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/262850/the-journey-down-chapter-two
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+18
Critics78
Players96
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 560 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperSkyGoblin
PublisherSkyGoblin
GenreNarrative
Released2014
Players75Kowners, SteamSpy estimate