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The Sojourn
Developer Shifting Tides
The Sojourn is a first-person puzzle game set in an immersive colour-drenched world of light and darkness. Think your way through dozens of puzzles as you traverse parallel worlds, awaken mysterious artifacts and overcome challenging obstacles on an unforgettable journey. From the Steam store page
137 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 9, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
89 positive · 39 negative
95% range 61–77%
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| Steam reviews | 89 | 39 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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9 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
163 of 229 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 137 · most liked firstAlthough I enjoy a mental challenge, The Soujourn has finally worn me out. Gameplay can be summarized as 'solve puzzle' and then 'move to next puzzle.' Although the scenery is lovely and the sound track enjoyable, the repetitive nature of the challenges is exhausting. This is compounded by the fact that there is no reward for solving a puzzle. Instead, you just move along to the next one. The story begins with following beings of light into an environment that unfolds before you. At first,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game starts with fifteen levels that are almost entirely logical combination puzzles. Then switches to one of those exasperating just-in-time challenges that require you to clickthenturnthenclickthenmovethenturnandrunlikeHell in tenth-of-a-second windows. I know there are lots of people who like those games. But getting fifteen levels in without needing any of the necessary reflexes and other skills, only to find the game has become unplayable without them, is utterly maddening. See, we just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Sojourn It's hard to say much about The Sojourn as it's a puzzle game without actual storytelling and it doesn't show us anything that we haven't seen in other games before. It's that type of game where you can't say anything bad about it but at the same time it's rather tedious - it's very unlikely that you'd want to complete it in one play session. It has nice visuals, it's polished and there's pleasant music most of the time. However, there are better alternatives like The Witness that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had to go for the less than an hours play refund. If I'd persevered then maybe it would have improved but there was no obvious story line and the game play was linear and gave no indication that this would change at any time. The world looked really beautiful and I was looking forward to exploring but you have to follow these light fairies around all the time. The puzzles were just a variation on a theme and got boring very quickly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Sojourn, a high quality puzzle game with some interesting and well made mechanics that just feels off somehow. The positive: I love the mechanics, the dark world, the introduction of new elements is very fair and slow to get you used to it before hitting you with harder stuff. There's about 5 core ones and all are original, any more than the amount they have would be too much for my mind to handle. The ability to cheese puzzles is great in this, and both a blessing and a curse. Because…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What would otherwise have been a truly fascinating "almost entirely pure puzzle" game, with mechanics that bend your mind in all sorts of fascinating ways, is COMPLETELY RUINED for me because -- just every once in a while -- you need to do something with split-second precision timing. WHY do developers do this? For the vast majority of the game, you have time to sit back, think, listen to relaxing music, move around, figure out just how you're gonna manage to get from point A to point B while…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game needs a fov slider and fast, can't play with this low fov due to getting straining my eyes and giving me a headache. Other than that game looks nice.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More interesting reviews on [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33843777//] Fenol Baron Approves Curator Page The opinion of this game depends solely on what exactly the player is trying to find. The puzzles here are the most important component around which the plot revolves ... I would like to say that the plot revolves around them, but here it is so vague and non-obvious that at some point you stop paying attention to it. Puzzles for the sake of puzzles is the best definition that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know that friend you have in college who just discovered philosophy and thinks they've reached enlightenment? That's Sojourn. All the pretense and exterior beauty of philosophy and none of the meaningful substance. For better solving and more philosophically impactful story play Talos Principle or The Witness... or probably a million other titles.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A meditative puzzle brewed from geometry, philosophy, and light.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Sojourn is a very good puzzle game where you need a combination of great thinking and good timing. I highly recommend this game to all puzzle fanats. Here is an example of the puzzles: https://youtu.be/yCxFZ2Jlb24
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So... I got this on sale and I am a huge nerd for puzzles of all kinds. BUT, I cannot say this game is a thing to recommend to just anybody. If you want to know the experience this game gives you just do some real puzzles and instead of lore or story or anything that has to do with the actual game, just open a fortune cookie that is most of the time poorly worded. That's this game. It's art is wonderful and the story could be great [if they had more than ~20 seconds of it] The music is nice [if…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Sojourn gives me a mixed feeling It looks beautiful, but the puzzles and rules are sometimes questionable, especially the time part with the harps. Some puzzles can be solved by breaking the rules and not by logic. This for me is a dealbreaker and somewhat ruins the game Some puzzles are well designed, but then others are beyond insane with too many steps and backtracking. They added a "story" but it has no purpose, no meaning en no explanation. it's just there to make the game look more…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really liked the concept and had high hopes here. At first it was fun. However, the puzzles are extremely repetitive, and in many cases overcomplicated for no reason, and plain boring. I very often had a situation where the puzzle was almost done, but a small detail was missing - however to get there and change it, I had to redo most of the puzzle from scratch. All of it is basically a remix of the same concept over and over again. There are 4 "worlds" which means the scenery changes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wanted to like it. Puzzles were good, visuals fine, mechanics and whatnot. Good "A-Ha!" moments too. There's not really any story, which is fine. The Witness is in the same boat, and I enjoyed that as well. What this game so desperately needs is a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ RUN BUTTON. The walking is UNBEARABLE. Whenever I have get stuck and finally strike that "A-Ha!" moment, I want to RUN to fix it because I am EXCITED that I figured it out! Instead, I jump small heights in fruitless attempts to bunnyhop. It…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is typically the sort of game I love, a story without the need of much words, relaxing music, beautiful athmosphere and good puzzles. This game is longer than it seems in the first place but it doesn't feel stressful, it only nudges your brain to find a clever way to master each challenge. Thanks again to my best friend, @geisterfuchs who always gifts me the best games ♥♥♥ !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very pretty and the puzzles are alright but I find the slow pace less relaxing and more irritating. Like I've figured out the puzzle but I still have to trudge my weighted legs to the solution.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun puzzles and interesting visuals. Not much story, but what there is is interesting. My biggest complaint is that the game doesn't tell you when you will advance to the next section and not let you come back to complete optional puzzles. So, if you want to complete everything, make sure to do it before moving on or you will not be able to do it later.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i need yall to know. i finished this game OUT OF SPITE. concept? 10/10 novelty in puzzles? 10/10 storyline? eh its there, some message about growing up and learning about the real world and being the change you want to be, etc etc. generic, but cute HOWEVER. this game def should have gone through a few more beta testers. you cannot sprint, there is no use for the jump button, and the puzzle solutions are finicky. The difficulty of the puzzles range from disgustingly easy (no thoughts brain…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Experienced on the Meta Quest 2. VR REVIEW ONLY! You can view my VR experience review & gameplay here: https://youtu.be/84eHKFkRRy8 You can play The Sojourn in VR by using the Unreal Engine Hack. Simply type "-vr" in the game launch options (right click on game listed on steam library, then left click on Properties, it's in the general tab). As usual though, with the Unreal Engine VR hack, menus do not render, also pop-up messages. There's also minor issues with reflective spots on surfaces…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bit of a let down. most puzzle are kinda linear. no too difficult. pace is really slow. story is... something? The 'wisdoms' you can unluck are just simple sayings written a bit more cryptic and mystical... i don't see any relation to the rest with it either. I like puzzle games but i can't get myself to finish this. just too plain boring. pretty but shallow
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good and long puzzle game with puzzles that make you think. There are 60 levels in total with most of them containing two puzzles. One puzzle allows you to proceed to the next level and the second is optional. You can come back to the optional puzzles after you beat the game. New game mechanics are introduced around the 20th and 40th levels. The combination of mechanics can sometimes make things quite tricky, but at the same time you get better at solving everything with practice.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Sojourn was an incredibly difficult puzzle game for me that I absolutely had to have a walk-through for lmao BUT outside of the difficulty it did feel like I was on a spiritual journey (maybe that's the point of the difficulty) and bonus points for the light guides being jellyfish. #ps4 #games
unlabelledView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/9686972/]Follow "First Person Exploration and Puzzle Games" for more games like this! An extremely linear first-person puzzler. As mentioned by others, this game is almost purely puzzles. There's no exploration at all. There's also barely any story, aside from some statues shown once every few puzzles. There's no narration, no books filled with philosophical meanderings, and no characters aside from the aforementioned statues. So what is there?…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm grudgingly giving this a thumbs up. The puzzle design is unique and absolutely brilliant. So why grudgingly? The rest of the experience frequently ruined it for me. The blindfolded statues clearly indicate there's supposed to be a story, but it's not remotely clear what it's supposed to be. Then there's the random enigmatic sayings that would make a fortune cookie jealous (or, frequently, confused). These started out as a bit odd, but quickly became annoying. I did like the ending though.…
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall, I enjoyed my time with The Sojourn, but it's also flawed in many ways. Some reviews are talking about very tight frame-windows, but that just isn't the case anywhere in the game, unless you try to cheese puzzles. + Breathtaking Visuals + Clever Puzzles + Beautiful Soundtrack - No Run Button -> this game is extremely slow and a lot of puzzles require backtracking - While the puzzles are good, the variety just isn't there and it gets repetitive pretty early on - Way too long for the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Move speed is slow.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks cool but immediately refunded due to the comically low FOV I literally spent my couple minutes saying "is this a joke?" Unbelievably there's also no .ini adjustment or mod i could find online
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice puzzle game. Beautiful graphics. A lot quite abstract in nature. Does what good puzzle games should do - leaves you to find for yourself how the mechanics work without a too-heavy helping hand. There IS a story - but it's another thing that isn't given to you on a plate. I'm only half way through now and I've got some theories but that's all they are - theories. The only niggle I have with the game is that there are puzzles where you're going to have to try lots of different things to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love when I expect a game to be great and it turns out to be incredible. That’s exactly the case with the Sojourn Past demo. It feels like a spiritual successor to Hyper Light Drifter. It’s fast-paced and full of intense platforming sections #indiegame #indiedev #demo
unlabelledView post →I had to look up the word Sojourn one day and stumbled upon this game. It's a good puzzle game. The mechanics are introduced gradually and intuitevely, before a new mechanic is introduced you have already mastered the ones that came before. A lot of merit puzzles posed quite the challenge and it was exhilarating to solve them. Not gonna lie, the game felt a little tedious at times. Despite the 11 hour play time it took me several years to complete the game. I would boot it up from time to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My experience was overall positive. I can recommend this if you have played other puzzle games such as witness and talos principle and portal and looking for something new.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →98% of your time would be solving puzzle and moving to the next puzzle. Puzzle that good for the first time then it get boring, repetitive and monotonous real fast. Only buy if you really into puzzle and know that you solve puzzle only to get the next puzzle in this game. There is no objective, bonus, or story for you to get it in this game. Tl;dr ONLY PUZZLES
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Disclaimer: My scores/reviews are almost always based on having bought the game at close to the "lowest historical price" on steam at time of purchase. Quick score: 5/5 Notes: This game is insanely undderated on steam and should have way more positive reviews, I wouldn't rate it quite as high as something like Portal or Talos Principle but maybe 1 tier below. 3 small complaints/issues #1 there isn't a run button and the walking speed is just a bit slower than I would prefer. Not a ton, but…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you liked games like Portal, The Talos Principle, but wanted something more relaxing and a bit simpler, you might enjoy this title. It's a simple game of teleportation-based puzzles, set in the usual sky island environment. The scenery is what you'd hope for from the Unreal engine, pleasing and not too distracting. It's definitely worth having if you want to put yourself in a relaxed mood, without going to sleep in the process.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TEDIOUS, the first game I've ever skipped all the side stuff in it in my life. I just couldn't wait to be done with the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sojourn is similar to Portal and Talos Principle. It doesn't quite live up to those titles but it's still a good game. I won't comment on the story as it's pretty cliche. It starts out easy and boring but eventually picks up in difficulty after a couple of hours. This will make it hard to judge if you should refund since the first couple of hours are less enjoyable. It's definitely worth a buy if you enjoy puzzle games and don't focus too much on the story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a definition of a borderline recommendation. I will talk about the puzzles, but let’s start with the narrative. It is not true this game has none. There' no less narrative here than in, say, The Witness, Antichamber, or Manifold Garden (all of which are phenomenal, imho). There’s more, in fact. You follow the path of the game’s protagonist through a set of stone-like sculpture compositions. Plus, you can collect, I’d guess, about 30 “merits” by solving optional puzzles, that provide…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a very beautifully slightly low poly game; with, for me personally, a very refreshing way of puzzling. I do not think its a game that you could play in one sitting, but its very well suited for playing for 2-3 levels at a time, and then resuming your other activities. I've seen quite a few people complain that there is no rewards.. GUYS. This game is a reward in itself. Beatiful design, amazingly soothing OST. If you have no patience, don't get the game. Just don't. If you do, and you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game! Some of the chapters were extremely challenging but these brains are happy :) I was looking for a fix for The Witness and The Talos Principle for quite some time and The Sojourn is definitely it. Of course this game is also very different and stands alone beautifully. Amazing visuals, solid story and fantastic wisdom bits that you will want to write down. Recommended.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's an excelent pgame with 5 stages, each stage with many of puzzles, many optional challenges that open up as you do the mandatory ones. The later ones are hard, at least as hard as the red puzzles from "Talos of Principle" Beautiful graphics, great music and a compelling story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice Epic Games timed exclusive puzzle game, 8/10 for me. Estimated 8-10 hours for completion, most of it walking gently.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →mass produced puzzles. Less then the witness, but you just learn slightly new mechanics to solve some new puzzles. There is some story. If you look for games like the house of Davinci or myst or quarn. then this isn't for you.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not hurry. A couple of riddles every evening will be enough.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Slow, tedious puzzles that are generally one note, combined with sophistry and unexamined beliefs on levels previously thought left in the 1600s. In the first hour and a half of gameplay there are two decent puzzles, with the rest being uninteresting reskins of the same tutorial puzzles. Combined with a slow walking speed, this puzzle game is frankly not worth your time
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm only partway through, but my initial impressions are that this game is wonderful. It's great to get away from the over complicated nature of today's games, with battle passes and limited time events and inventories with 1500 items, having to go out and grind for gear, and sit there forced to listen to (or read) NPCs talking to each other for hours. This game brings back the simplicity of games I haven't seen in a while. You have basically two core concepts: following the mostly textless,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Sojourn is a first person puzzle game and from that you'll know if you'll enjoy this game or not. It took me 14 hours to beat as at times I was having to scratch my head trying to figure out the solution to some of the merit puzzles! Loved the art and the atmosphere that the music creates!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good game. I don't know why so many negative reviews maybe because some levels are tedious and you need to think outside the box in order to beat them. Overall I had a great experience. Also, I think I cheesed some challenges at the end of the game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting puzzles, a decent addition to the 'first person puzzler' genre, but something about it just makes me bored playing after only 20-30 minutes, so I have to play it in smaller chunks. Maybe it's the slow movement speed and the inability to sprint (which is required for the puzzles to work), or the sterile environment with story notes so vague they might as well not be there. Regardless, the puzzles are quite clever and include optional difficulties, which are quite fun to tackle.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Difficulty : 3/5 (Rather Hard) Global : 3.5/5 (Very Good) A beautiful, original, pleasant and solid puzzle game. Good level design and use of the different mechanics, the puzzles were clearly made with care.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't like to be negative, but, in my experience, this game had very little in the way of redeeming qualities. The "plot" is hardly even an original idea, let alone a story worth telling over the course of an entire game. The proverbs prattled throughout the game, while fine when taken on their own, are increasingly self-important and self-righteous as the game goes on. The puzzles were challenging, but repetitive and unrewarding. The underlying philosophy of the game seemed extremely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Sojourn is a comparatively expansive first person puzzle game where you embark on a journey to learn the merits of life. The game has over 50 puzzles that are mostly presented as their own little levels that you enter through portals and such. In every puzzle, your objective is to get to the end and release a small caged ball of light. To do that, you manipulate the powers of dark and light. You enter the dark world through specific platforms or gates and, while in it, you can swap places…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Puzzles for the sake of solving puzzles in a beautiful and calm environment. Positive: - Beautiful visuals. In the first two areas I spent more time looking over the edges and into the background to admire the scenery than acutally solving the puzzles. - New puzzle elements which complement/expand the main light/dark mechanic are introduced gradually and they all use different game mechanics (distance walked, timing, holding and moving objects, temporary and persistent binary state changes,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game still launches Steam VR and the developer has not fixed this for over a year. The lack of responsiveness on this simple fix reeks of amateurism. Aside from that The Sojourn is great: the visuals and music are really nice and do a good job of setting the tone of the game. The walking speed feels slow at first but I do think it helps force you to soak in the experience which is the standout element of this game, and the set pace does help in some puzzles by letting you know that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a challenging puzzle game with interesting mechanics. The story behind it was not that compelling to me, but i liked the aesthetics a lot.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the initial concept but the lack of a FOV slider took me right out of the experience.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a challenging first person puzzle game. The puzzles are unique and deserve a 10/10! This involves many portal techniques. If you like first person puzzle games, this is the one! The only bizarre part is the artwork and statues tell some silent story that's pointless, but it sort of grew on me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far this game is fun, enjoyable and has great graphics. It is worth a play if you are into puzzle games and solving challenges.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Also got the new RoboCop game, so I'll be cyberpunking hard in the near future. Just, need time sinks. Also started to listen to The Sojourn, so, that'll help.
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