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The Long Journey Home

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Developer Daedalic Studio West

The Long Journey Home is a 2017 space exploration video game by Daedalic Entertainment for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

192 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

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37
Rotten

70 positive · 120 negative
95% range 30–44%

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Steam's own rating
Mixed
1,139 of 1,934 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

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  • Steam user Steam user …7133Steam reviews · Jan 9, 2021 · 4 h played

    Right now, and for 10 days to follow, the game is in sale at the massive discount of 90%. Given that there aren't many reviews, I'm writing mine with that in mind. So from the get-go, you can't really go wrong for €3. I love the whole Infinite Space/FTL type space exploration sub-genre, so of course I had to try it. It's life, Jim For those unfamiliar, the core gameplay of The Long Journey boils down to a simple concept: You are in one place, and you need to go to another, and there are…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7198Steam reviews · Jan 12, 2021 · 6 h played

    One of the many games I would LOVE to love... ...but alas... FIRST AND FOREMOST: There is nothing about the system that is intuitive. Want to steer towards that spot on the map? Wouldn't it be cool if you weren't zoomed in quite so far? Want to navigate that asteroid field? Or jump away from it now that you're done? Sure would be awesome if we weren't doing this blind. Trying to find gas to refuel with? Sure would be nice to be able to tell where the gas it, and where is isn't. For a…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0522Steam reviews · Jan 12, 2026 · 32 h played

    I really wanted to like this game. The concept is fantastic. Exploration, trading, managing resources - sounds great. But it's sooooo frustrating! You fly around multiple systems and 90% of the time attempting to land on the surface costs more in damage than you can gather so you just skip. Nothing cures the infestation so once you catch it (and you will) you're screwd. Ruins are so rare that you can discover maybe one or two item in a few hours of gameplay. You have no idea how much items are…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9544Steam reviews · Dec 22, 2020 · 45 h played

    This game punishes you for making bad decisions, taking unnecessary risks, not paying attention and requires a modicum of skill to pilot the lander in harsh environments. It does not hold your hand every step of the way and mollycoddle you making sure everything will be OK. Systems fail, people get sick, resources are limited and space is brutal. Your constantly teetering on the edge and just when you think you finally might be able to make it home hubris strikes, you explode and everyone…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9971Steam reviews · Jun 24, 2024 · 7 h played

    99% of this game is great, in fact this should have overwhelmingly positive rating on steam but that 1% is the most annoying stupid ♥♥♥♥ i saw developers do, and this 1% is in your face most of the game time. Instead of pointless RNG just make it so all systems degrade gradually at predictable pace, add a proper save system, i want to save whenever i want and load whenver i want and if i feel hardcore then i'd pick a mode that implies restricted save scumming. In short its a great game in…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4180Steam reviews · Nov 27, 2021 · 14 h played

    Awesome idea for a game, but absolutely falls down in the gameplay department. The two most frustrating and least fun parts of the game, namely, navigating through solar systems and landing on planets, will take up about 80% of your time. They never get easy and they never become entertaining. Trust me, I tried to push through because the rest of the game seemed promising, but I couldn't go on after a while. If those parts were entirely removed from the game, or massively retooled to actually…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1125Steam reviews · Nov 20, 2025

    The whole thing runs on three minigames that feel like they were ripped straight out of a “Learn JavaScript in 24 Hours” book: 1. Wiggle your ship through fake gravity to reach a planet. 2. Do the exact same thing again, but now you’re landing. 3. Generic pew-pew space shooter. Seriously, search “JavaScript spaceship gravity tutorial” or “Moon Lander clone” and you’ll find the source code for 90% of this game. That kind of bare-bones stuff can work if you’ve got something addictive on top…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4499Steam reviews · May 18, 2025 · 95 h played

    The characters and their interactions are relatable, amusing, and compelling, and the spirit evoked of exploration and discovery in a universe of endless forms most beautiful is wonderful. The problem is all of the actual gameplay. The space navigation system is physically inaccurate: at the speeds being traveled, gravitational effects would be almost negligible, as you can see by moving along a planet's orbit in-game orders of magnitude faster than the planet. This matters because it…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9470Steam reviews · May 19, 2021 · 4 h played

    Real disappointing to see a beautiful FTL-type game with such annoying mini-games and lousy user-interfaces. There may be some interesting stories contained somewhere, but after four hours of maddening controls, I am not sticking around to find out.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8634Steam reviews · Apr 1, 2021 · 5 h played

    The idea behind the Longest Journey Home, is a good one. Unfortunately, the execution is poor. The game has challenge, but it also has a great deal of frustration, not born of that challenge, but from shortcomings in the games design. A distinct lack of a zoom feature in the system view, is one. Whether you are trying to see where your ship is heading, trying to see where a fast moving enemy has gone during combat (as the minute they move out of view, you can't follow them at all. Your view…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2545Steam reviews · Mar 20, 2026 · 18 h played

    Ad astra per aspera. To the stars through hardships.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7914Steam reviews · Oct 2, 2025 · 4 h played

    I really wanted to like this game, but it's like the developers don't want me to enjoy it. the arbitrary planetfall of the lander killed any enjoyment I would have had with this game. You don't have control over the lander until it's already shooting like a bullet to the surface, clearing any objective you're trying to get to, to the point I believe it was made that way specifically to destroy the lander. When it feels like the game is rigged for you to fail, why care?

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  • Steam user Steam user …2520Steam reviews · Jan 7, 2021 · 8 h played

    Way too tedious in terms of resource gathering, way too difficult. If the resource gathering is simpler, with higher yield and easier extraction, then perhaps the various side quests will be more interesting. As of now, it's so difficult just to jump from one system to the next, I am trying to avoid first contact or subsequent contacts with the various alien races. The trade system is also obtuse too. Also, the one-time use of device is a really poor game mechanic. I bought this game on…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7189Steam reviews · Jan 16, 2021 · 8 h played

    Absolutely terrible game ! Only an exercise in frustration, nothing else. Do not get lured by how it looks. Would maybe have been a little fun had there been a god mode where ship, lander and crew did not get hurt ever. As is then your ship and lander uses fuel, then to get fuel you must visit hostile gas planets that ruins your lander and hurts the crew. Then you must visit other planets to get minerals for repairs which in turn incur great tear and wear on equipment which for most of it…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2709Steam reviews · Apr 9, 2026 · 10 h played

    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 impenetrable to new players. My initial impression was strongly negative, and similar…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8276Steam reviews · Feb 3, 2022 · 12 h played

    2nd try after years now. I give up now. This is only a bunch of ridiculus difficult minigames with clunchy controls and dying. All this without a story worth noticing. Mimimi? I like dying if it's a part of the game, like Hades or Everspace. But a game should be fun, not 100% frustration.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6326Steam reviews · Jul 27, 2024

    I couldn't get past the tutorial which tells me what to do, but now how to do them. I quit after running out of fuel trying to orbit on a planet and hitting the sun.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2027Steam reviews · Jul 2, 2023 · 3 h played

    The long journey home reminds me of when you buy a pizza from a kebab shop: the premise is interesting, the pictures look great, but when you take more than a couple of bites, youre left feeling disappointed. I have tried to give this game a chance, multiple new starts, watched a few YT videos, read a few guides, but ultimately im left feeling annoyed by it. And i play games to escape the annoying stuff i deal woth most days. Game runs well, no lag to speak of, its fairly unique and…

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  • Steam user Steam user …2759Steam reviews · Nov 20, 2020 · 5 h played

    Sounds great in concept - a space roguelike where you’re desperately trying to get home with dwindling resources from an unfamiliar part of space. Unfortunately, it’s inexplicably built around a clumsy Lunar Lander style minigame with controls so clunky that it’s like playing QWOP. To have that in a roguelike where errors can quickly wreck your playthrough makes for unbearable frustration.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3349Steam reviews · Dec 8, 2020 · 6 h played

    Initially i was a rather large fan of the gameplay; especially for a rougelike. The issues presented by the game as well as the themes presented are highly enjoyable and balanced in a fair and fun way. my game play experience has been nothing short of a joy; enough so I was considering buying copies for my friends. Why then am i giving it a negative review you may ask? one ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ word meorcl. also known as the worst ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ mechanic I've EVER ran into in a rougelike. Take my former comments on…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5336Steam reviews · Aug 25, 2025 · 11 h played

    Garbage in, garbage out. This game had promise but failed to achieve basic orbit.

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  • Steam user Steam user …7557Steam reviews · Oct 27, 2024 · 4 h played

    Gave this game a chance at $1. Really want to like this game. I can see some grind but the lander is just horrible to pilot. You do not need the atmosphere to kill you, you can easily kill yourself just trying to pilot the lander through the atmosphere. The Dev need to turn down the planet's environment effects like 15-20% and make the lander 2-3x tougher. Also there is not much resources to get. Getting gas is pretty hard since you have to pick it up mid-flght using the lander is this horrible…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8506Steam reviews · Jul 20, 2024 · 52 h played

    Mod support would revive this game. But that will never happen.

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  • Steam user Steam user …3687Steam reviews · Oct 29, 2022 · 1 h played

    First Impressions: There is nothing in the macro sphere of science that creates as much wonder, awe and sheer terror as the observable Universe. This is a fact, and yet there are so many games that miss the point. Here we have another space exploration, rogue-like. However, rather than making the crew realistic characters with ambitions and aspirations, as well as flaws and exploring the pressures and stress that deep space travel would create, with all the drama that would create with the…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7438Steam reviews · Jan 9, 2022 · 1 h played

    This game looks very interesting with the rpg and resource management aspects. However, the primary physics 'game' is so brutally frustrating that i find it is unplayable. I have a ship with a jump drive THAT CAN'T AUTOMATICALLY GO INTO ORGBIT OR LAND??? the primary mechanic is the same one i played on a computer thirty years ago. i do not play rpg/strategy because i like fast-twitch mechancics. huge regret trying this game.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8276Steam reviews · Oct 3, 2021 · 1 h played

    Do not play this game. It looks like an interesting space exploration game, but in reality is a precision control game where you have to guide a difficult-to-control ship, or a difficult-to-control lander. I didn't manage to complete the tutorial. The purpose of a tutorial is to introduce you to the main mechanics of the game, and allow you to become familiar with the controls, the behaviour of the craft, etc.. But in this game, the tutorial allows you to die. You start the tutorial, it tells…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7112Steam reviews · Aug 17, 2021 · 26 h played

    I held off on picking this up for ages because of the mixed reviews, but I really enjoyed my time with this game. The story of having to make your way home in a clunky, primitive starship across a galaxy that doesn't especially care for you appeals to me a lot and the alien, encounter and quest design really nail the tone. There's some lovely writing particularly in the alien dialogue, although the crew chatter in-flight starts to get a bit repetitive by the time you get midway home. To…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9410Steam reviews · May 15, 2021 · 53 h played

    Okay, so after about 8 play-throughs, half of which were successful and one of which was blatantly cheating, here's my take on this game, and I'll try to make it concise. 1. I like space exploration games and this has elements of that, so its good for it. 2. Too many things are settled with "kill stuff" which I find pretty cliche. Actually most of the contents are pretty cliche. Generic "go kill this target" missions. I suppose if you encounter a powerful alien spaceship, asking them to…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9379Steam reviews · Mar 23, 2025 · 12 h played

    It is just a bad game. Nothing more. Main gameplay loop is based on 3 minigames. 1. Pseudo gravity navigation through solar system to land on planet. 2. Pseudo gravity navigation on planet landing 3. Simple space shooter All those are literally beginner level gamedev tutorials (for example google "JS Spaceship with gravity" or "Moon Lander Game in JavaScript") For a game simplistic foundation is not bad by itself, but you need really strong hook for players to endure playing same 3…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8993Steam reviews · Feb 19, 2023 · 16 h played

    I cannot in good faith recommend this game. This game has many interesting and innovative gameplay ideas, stories, and some particularly peculiar art direction, but the single biggest problem with this game is that it is unfair to the player. I want to make this point clear, because it is quite apparent that the game design is INTENDED to be challenging and unexpected for the player, and this can be pulled off well in many games, but the reason this same intent falls flat on its face in Long…

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  • Steam user Steam user …5239Steam reviews · Jun 29, 2022 · 9 h played

    I bought it on sale at 90% off. The lore is neat, but the gameplay and combat are tedious and unfun. I can't give a mixed rating though on Steam.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2830Steam reviews · Jan 12, 2022 · 2 h played

    The developer clearly didn't think their UI out... the map vanishes once you get a quest. Am I supposed to divine where to go in systems?

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  • Steam user Steam user …9845Steam reviews · Mar 27, 2021 · 2 h played

    A very good mix of different game mechanics; lander-style games, gravity and momentum, embedded in a vast world to traverse and explore with different species, communication, and decisions to make. Resources and risks keep it interesting and add a strategic and at times pressing element to it. The game mechanics and environments support the story and setting very well. In the vastness of space you will need endurance, strategic and pragmatic decisions, and execution. The low “mixed” rating is…

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  • Steam user Steam user …3351Steam reviews · Jan 25, 2021 · 1 h played

    Maybe interesting story and universe. 1 good point controls are hard to master but doable. evade harsh planets etc. some flight vector corridor in solarsystem you can aim at would be nice cause watching an arrow slowly moving across isnt that entertaining cause when you accelerate too much you bypass the planets like sonic the hedgehog on speed. most of the time you have to do things slow and steady because of controls,physics and that just sucks and is boring. the point where i said screw this…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1084Steam reviews · May 31, 2024 · 31 h played

    A Rougelike gone wrong. I love rougelikes and similar games. I love space exploration. I love FTL: Faster Than Light The core princible is the same as in the famous roguelike FTL. You choose a starter ship/crew. And you have to travel trough multiple sun systems to get to the end of the cluster. From there you can take a jump to the next cluster in the hope of getting home. You will need lots´ of fuel to get there. But there a few major hicups: 1. Gameplay doesn´t make fun - To get to a…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0587Steam reviews · Dec 19, 2023 · 5 h played

    I can not recommend this game because it is my belief that it may genuinely be broken. Several key mechanics do not function. It is not enjoyable to play as a result. I have experienced in play that identical inputs under identical conditions produce different outputs. Attempting to play further is literally the definition of insanity.

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  • Steam user Steam user …0248Steam reviews · Nov 30, 2022 · 7 h played

    Theres quite a bit to like about the game (the music and atmosphere is excellent), and a variety of negatives (the controls primarily). Overall though, the main failure for me was that the game tries to get you to "try things out and see what happens" very often, but that isn't a good match for a game where runs take so long and trying things out is so punishing.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4956Steam reviews · Sep 13, 2022 · 94 h played

    The Long Journey Home deserves all the white knights it can get, and I am certainly willing to be one. The day 1 reviews were a tragedy, because this is one of the most unique rogue like FTL-vibe games I have ever seen. The devs put tons of effort into all sorts of aspects of the game, but most of all, it is very lore rich, and it will take you many many many playthroughs before you start to scrape the surface of what this game has going for it. I wish that Steam had a system that…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4498Steam reviews · Mar 10, 2022 · 4 h played

    consist of 2 mini games: a space gravity nav and landing shuttle. Both games are clunky are boring. You are in constant need for fuel and you will waste all your fuel searching for tiny amount of fuel. Aliens offer lots of interesting modules and upgrades, but if you trade credits for them, you will run out of fuel. The game is basically a slow painful death, the more skilled and better at nav, the slower agonising death will be. Boring, unplayable, frustrating.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4316Steam reviews · Jun 13, 2021 · 3 h played

    It's a real shame because I'm really into the lore and vibe of this game. The controls of the ship and lander are just too wonky and frustrating.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4269Steam reviews · Mar 12, 2021 · 2 h played

    It's an interesting concept but the main mechanic in gathering resources, the lander, is just badly done. It's difficult to control and very easy to flip; and if that wasn't bad enough it doesn't actually "land" so much as just "settle". So if the resource is under any sort of angle your lander will just slide right off the spot and you can't drill leaving you just wasting fuel. Also you spend more time looking at an arrow then your ship, it only showing up in little cutscenes. The character…

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  • Ryan Thompson @bardicknowledge.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 27, 2026

    Worth a note that I received Startropics and Final Fantasy (the original) on the same 1992 Christmas morning -- that's in conversation for the most important gaming day of my life. I wanted to list Willy the Worm Part II: The Long Journey Home rather than game 1, but this tool could not find it. :(

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  • Steam user Steam user …1093Steam reviews · Jun 13, 2025 · 23 h played

    Despite all the mixed reviews, i do recommend it, however do note some people dislike the controls scheme (not an issue for me), it can also seem grindy for others (not really imo) Some also complain of the difficulty which i think the difficulty is fine as is, its unforgiving because space is unforgiving All in all, great resource management and "exploration" game (with a lot of story hidden between)

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  • Steam user Steam user …2708Steam reviews · Feb 6, 2024 · 4 h played

    Really cool idea for a game and was really cheap but sadly that it just isn't fun because of the insanely difficult job of controlling the lander.

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  • Steam user Steam user …4646Steam reviews · Oct 20, 2023 · 15 h played

    I don't think this game deserves its mixed reception. I think it's decent fun, if far from perfect. At the very least, it is worth its price of 1 BUCK! (if on sale), if not quite its original asking price of 30 at release. If you are on the fence about buying it, go for it. You can still refund it for two hours, and by then you will know if you like it enough to keep it. The game presents itself as a roguelike RPG, without any meta progression and a rather slim selection of starting loadouts…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9149Steam reviews · Sep 15, 2023 · 22 h played

    I can deliberately crash into the sun a few times and NASA still thinks I'm qualified to be the person to test humanity's first warp drive

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  • Steam user Steam user …4015Steam reviews · Apr 6, 2022 · 6 h played

    The Long Journey Home should more accurately be called the Long Disappointment. This is a console game that's been badly ported to PC. While the theme looks fantastic, and teases a really cool "Faster Than Light but done properly" aesthetic, the technical implementation of this console port is a train wreck. The game displays very poorly on modern PCs, and there's not even the option to set the resolution for the game. It displays looking muddy and weakly upscaled, it's a blurry mess…

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  • Steam user Steam user …4834Steam reviews · Dec 27, 2021 · 2 h played

    +20 SOCIAL CREDIT ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⢁⠈⢻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠈⡀⠭⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠄⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣿⣷⣶⣶⡆⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣼⣿⣿⠿⠶⠙⣿⡟⠡⣴⣿⣽⣿⣧⠄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣟⣭⣾⣿⣷⣶⣶⣴⣶⣿⣿⢄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣩⣿⣿⣿⡏⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣹⡋⠘⠷⣦⣀⣠⡶⠁⠈⠁⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣍⠃⣴⣶⡔⠒⠄⣠⢀⠄⠄⠄⡨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡘⠿⣷⣿⠿⠟⠃⠄⠄⣠⡇⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⢁⣷⣠⠄⠄⠄⠄⣀⣠⣾⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠉⠙⠻ ⡿⠟⠋⠁⠄⠄⠄⢸⣿⣿⡯⢓⣴⣾⣿⣿⡟⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ ⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⡟⣷⠄⠹⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄ +1 WAIFU ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠉⠄⠁⠄⠄⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡟⠁⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⠄⠄⠐⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠄⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡇⠄⢀⡀⠠⠃⡐⡀⠠⣶⠄⠄⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣶⠄⠰⣤⣕⣿⣾⡇⠄⢛⠃⠄⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿…

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  • Steam user Steam user …8737Steam reviews · Nov 27, 2021 · 2 h played

    Gameplay is just tedious and boring. Its two mini-games, getting the ship around the star system and getting to lander down to planets for resources (Asteroids for the ship, Lunar Lander for the planet missions). The controls for both are clunky, imprecise and annoying. The nice atmosphere and decent world-building does not save it, unfortunately. Too bad, was looking forward to playing a nice story-based Scifi game again. But this is not it.

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  • Steam user Steam user …6175Steam reviews · Jan 26, 2021 · 1 h played

    Nope, sorry, even though I got this game on a sale, still kind of WOOF about it. It showed promise at first. As I was building my crew, I thought it would be a game where decisions matter and there are interesting branching things to do. Instead, what I got was a game with absolutely horrible ship controls and a combat system that may as well not exist. After several boring, repetitive mining missions involving a lander minigame from 1995, I finally just got so bored I insulted an alien race…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9504Steam reviews · Jan 16, 2021 · 40 h played

    This game is so bad, it's worse than a kick in the balls at 5am. If you like to figure out how a nonsensical game works that has no real mechanics and it is all about random ♥♥♥♥ happening because of "reasons" or a buggy mess "fixer-upper", well here ya go. Story makes no sense, mechanics are stolen and bad implemented from other genres that do it better, and the gameplay itself is cumbersome and slow past the point of boring. I've gave it a chance throughout the years, and it is still not…

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  • Steam user Steam user …1798Steam reviews · Feb 10, 2026 · 16 h played

    The Long Journey Home, developed by Daedalic Studio West and published by Daedalic Entertainment, is a science-fiction exploration RPG built around isolation, survival, and the unpredictability of deep space. The premise is immediately compelling: humanity attempts an experimental hyperspace jump, only for the mission to catastrophically misfire and strand a small crew on the far side of the galaxy. With Earth unimaginably distant and resources limited, the only objective is simple in theory…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9849Steam reviews · Nov 29, 2025 · 2 h played

    I guess, you guess, everyone guess that it's not the worst space exploration game. Drift around emptiness of space. A bit of shooting and strategy elements where you choose trajectory of flight and RPG elements. Nice visuals. Overall it's ok to check it out especially for $1.

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  • Steam user Steam user …8707Steam reviews · Jul 20, 2025 · 19 h played

    If you like procedurally generated games, and lost in space, this is both. It has the exact same tropes only an added bonus game like lunar lander to get supplies for your ship. Pretty well put together, and no chump when it comes to challenge either. Good game over all.

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  • Steam user Steam user …2016Steam reviews · Oct 15, 2022 · 8 h played

    so, this game is definetly not for everyone. but it might be for you if you: -like games with a heavy focus on exploration/discovery -like games with a focus on resource management -dont mind progress setbacks when you screw up (however there is a "storymode" that is very forgiving if this is an issue for you) -are patient enough to learn the controls -know basic orbital mecanics/own ksp (its very basic stuff but not knowing how to properly navigate a solarsystem is going to make things…

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  • Steam user Steam user …7335Steam reviews · Jul 16, 2022 · 6 h played

    This game wants to be a star control II, but it feels more like Rogue. I bought this for $0.99. If you can buy it for that price, and enjoy physics puzzles and brutal resource management, you should buy it. Otherwise, don't bother. The story and exploration it promises is walled off behind tedious resource collection, where you're lucky to get more resources than you spend in every expedition. I've started the game three times now, never getting past the first stargate before I ran out…

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  • Steam user Steam user …9447Steam reviews · Nov 21, 2021 · 5 h played

    Looks like fun, but is sooo frustrating

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  • Steam user Steam user …4827Steam reviews · Sep 27, 2021 · 5 h played

    I bought this 4 years ago and want a refund. There are so many design flaws that I don't even know where to start. I guess with the controls, since that's what you see first. Why does it default to the arrow keys while also using the mouse to aim? What kind of drunken backwards intern though that was a good idea?! Speaking of controls, why don't the on-screen prompts change to WASD if I set my controls to use that? The lander controls like a brick with strings attached to it. I don't even…

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  • Steam user Steam user …0055Steam reviews · Aug 15, 2021 · 3 h played

    It feels more like a Jump n Run than a space game. It's all about maneuvering in this game, not tactical decisions. Maneuvering is a mess both in space and on planets, making any movement extremely tedious. Every wreckage is the same, interaction with aliens serves no purpose.

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  • Steam user Steam user …5002Steam reviews · Jul 8, 2021 · 1 h played

    This game tries to be Star Control 2 (the default universe is even seeded with Ur Quan!), but it fails horrifically. All the same weaknesses of Star Control 2 are here - the endless mining on deadly planets, the scrimping resources for repairs and fuel, long slow maneuvering through space - but none of the charm. By being randomly generated, all the game does is give you an open universe to walk through, with none of the interesting or funny interactions that have been carefully timed by…

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