The Long Journey Home
Released May 2017
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?
58% positive · 1,930 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
The Long Journey Home launched on May 30, 2017. In the weeks and months following launch, Daedalic Studio West was actively engaged — shipping several feature patches and quality-of-life updates through August 2017, including the addition of a Story Mode (June 2, 2017) and a Training Mode (August 9, 2017). The final recorded developer communication was a small bug fix on August 10, 2017. After that date, all developer activity ceased. There are no news posts, patches, or announcements of any kind beyond August 2017. The sole DLC is a soundtrack released on June 9, 2017 — no gameplay content DLC was ever released or announced. The store description contains no indication of ongoing seasonal content, a roadmap, or any future content plans. With no major content releases after launch, no unreleased DLC, no developer statements about future updates, and nearly nine years of silence since the last communication, the game was completed as a shipped product with a brief post-launch polish period that wrapped up in August 2017.
Evidence
Small bug fix update — the last recorded developer communication of any kind for the game.
Feature patch adding Training Mode, improved damage systems, wounds/medical overhaul, and various bug fixes — one of only a handful of post-launch updates, all confined to mid-2017.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Daedalic Entertainment
Achievements
69
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player
About this game
There are a million worlds in the galaxy. Only one of them is Home.
It was supposed to be a short test run – a quick flight to Alpha Centauri and back. But when mankind’s first experimental jump drive goes wrong, you and your crew find yourselves trapped on the wrong side of the galaxy. Now, you are entirely on your own – and the only way back leads through the vast unknown of outer space.
On your strange journey, you will encounter unforeseen obstacles and unimaginable treasures. You will fail and you will pick yourselves up again. You will suffer painful losses and also make new friends – in a vibrant universe that changes its design with every new journey. Your most important goal: Bring your crew back home to their families and friends.
The Long Journey Home combines an open world full of galaxies, planets and anomalies with quests and mechanics of a rogue-like RPG. You have to make decisions – and choose to live with the consequences.
One destination. Endless adventures. Where will this journey take you?
Features
• Explore a living, procedurally generated universe and encounter diverse alien races.• Revisit galaxies in which you have already travelled and try to take different paths in a familiar environment.
• Form alliances with strange aliens, from the noble knights of the Wolphax to the unpredictable Ilitza.
• Raid alien tombs full of traps and treasure, compete in the galaxy’s greatest combat tournament and research strange artifacts.
• Assemble your own crew and use their individual skills, from archeology to technology or diplomacy.
• Conduct negotiations and make challenging decisions, which will change the universe forever.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 28, 2026
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