The Journey Down: Chapter Three

The Journey Down: Chapter Three

Fair · Narrative · 2017

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
3.3h 3.9h to 100%
Value
$4.54/hr
Reviews
92% of 482 positive
It needs 47% off ($7.92) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $7.92 or less.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales.

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
Reviews92% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 90% 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 129 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

The final chapter 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, 1.5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $1.99. That was October 2020. It has been discounted 70 times in the 9 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart.

On value it sits in the top 14 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 81 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Paradigm ($14.99, scores 67) beats it on value, while it beats Broken Age ($14.99, scores 42).

More about The Journey Down: Chapter Three

80 from critics against 92 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Players

Players online
1 when we last checked, on Oct 8, 18:54 UTC

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

The series has come a long way from the first chapter. Chapter 3 has the biggest scope yet, mixing elements of pulp adventure, cyberpunk, and heavy metal to bring The Journey Down to a blockbuster finale.
GoblinmanRecommendedafter 5.9hNov 2025Read on Steam
1 more review
The Journey Down: Chapter Three concludes the story of The Journey Down, when Bwana and friends reach the mysterious Underland at last and have their final showdown with the Armando Power Company. Bwana, Lina and Kito finally make it to the Underland, although they don't stay there for long, as the power company's plan is finally coming to a head. Bwana and Kito return to St. Armando to stop them, with the help of...
The Greater SphinxRecommendedafter 7.8hMar 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 Three scores 58/100 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/579760/the-journey-down-chapter-three
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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+12
Critics80
Players92
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 482 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperSkyGoblin
PublisherSkyGoblin
GenreNarrative
Released2017
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate