The Long Journey Home
Skip · Roguelike · 2017
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 5, under the fair line, at $9.99.
- Cost per hour
- $0.51/hr
- Reviews▼
- 59% of 1,935
- Critics
- 68 players 9 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 96% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reviews, Reach
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 19.6h
- Achievements
- 69
Price and sales
- Sales
- 90 on record
- Typical cut
- 90% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 March 2022
- Sale every
- 36d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 4 now
- Cheaper than
- 51% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 4% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
13% start to <1% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 90 discounts in the 9 years tracked, the median cut is 90 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 12 days ago.
It is less well reviewed than 96 percent of its genre. Between the Stars ($29.99, scores 35) outscores it, and so does Space Pirates And Zombies 2 ($19.99, scores 51). Both sit among its closest neighbours.
More about The Long Journey Home
Critics scored it 68, but players land 9 points lower at 59 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.
Of the 419 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 4 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 26 percent of the 295 reviews written there were positive, against 59 percent overall, and those are 22 percent of everything written about it.
Deck Verified, so no launch options and no controller remapping before it runs.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 12 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
A single small change would've made this game good: add an optional autopilot for navigating between planets and landing on them. It's way too annoying to do it manually. Also unrealistic, because even the 1960s tech could do it in real life. If not possible, please reduce the fuel consumption by x10.
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
The Long Journey Home is a game that expects you to meet it more than halfway. The concept is great, and the core gameplay mechanics are so close to being good. Unfortunately, pretty much every single mechanic or event lands on the wrong side of "fun challenge" vs. "frustrating." Like, imagine a promising game, but all the playtesters got super good at it, and because of their feedback, the devs made the game...
I do not have this game but I would love to play this game and stream it. Not sure why its asking my feedback as I have not purchased it yet. Very odd...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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?
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7790, 16 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Cite this score
The Long Journey Home scores 5/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/366910/the-long-journey-homeReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.