The Longest Journey
Worth it · RPG · 2007
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$2.9970% offWorth it
- Cost per hourS
- $0.57/hr
- ReviewsA
- 90% of 2,195
- Critics
- 91 players 1 lower
- Genre rank
- Top 2% RPG
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $2.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 17.6h
- To 100%
- 22.9h 1.3x the story
Price and sales
- Sales
- 85 on record
- Typical cut
- 60% off
- Steam low
- $2.49 January 2013
- Sale every
- 42d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 5 now
- Cheaper than
- 38% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 93% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story
The value story
Across all 85 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 60 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score puts it in the top 2 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 62 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. It outscores the games it most resembles, including Dreamfall Chapters ($24.99, scores 62) and King's Quest (free, scores 79).
More about The Longest Journey
Of the 403 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 5 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 73 percent of the 281 reviews written there were positive, against 90 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
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
Note: I had to set the version to the "beta" branch and then had no issues playing on a modern PC with Windows 11. I decided one day to just play through The Longest Journey in its entirety and record it for Youtube. And it was one of the most fun adventure / point-and-click games I've ever played! You have a likeable protagonist in a unique setting consisting of a futuristic/sci-fi world that finds a way to travel...
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I'd heard a lot about this game, so I tried it years ago, but for some reason, I stopped playing and only returned to it a few days ago. This is a different and unique game. The worlds the main character travels to, the events that unfold, and the clever storyline that allows the player to progress in a captivating way all contributed to my enjoyment. Its puzzles are also intelligent and not overly complex, unlike...
IF YOU READ THIS BEFORE PLAYING THE GAME, PLZ TAKE TIME AND MOD IT (I didn't and I regret it) I might be 27 years late, but I've just played it. Finished it in 22 hours, so that was the longest journey indeed. It felt like a whole lifetime! If you don't know anything about this game (other than it's an old point-and-click adventure), be ready for a lot of swearing, 90s slang, death, and mentions of drugs and sex...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.
Minimum specs
Windows only.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
The Longest Journey scores 81/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/6310/the-longest-journeyReviews 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 Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.