The Long Journey Home

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 1,944 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.7h for positive, 2.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (13% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (69)

• THE VICE MUST FLOW Discovered an alien brothel 100%
• COME INTO MY PARLOUR, SAID... Docked at a Raxact Black Market 89%
• IN, THROUGH... AND BEYOND! Dared take a trip through a black hole 78%
• ETERNAL VIGILANCE Discovered a stowaway before they were caught or fled 68%
• CONSPIRACY THEORY Double-checked the moon landings weren't a hoax 62%
• THE LONG JOURNEY HOME Brought the Daedalus-7 back home 51%
• OF HUMAN BONDAGE Sold a crew member into Ilitza slavery 51%
• THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE Visited at least one ruin from every ancient civilisation 50%
• THERE MAY BE A TEST LATER Survived all the Cueddhaest Sermons 48%
• WELCOME TO THE GALAXY Left the Final Gate open 42%
• PERFECT MISSION Brought your whole crew back home 42%
• RAIDER OF THE LOST ARK Found the perfect planet for an archeologist 39%
• HELLO, ADMINISTRATOR Accessed the Entrope database 35%
• LEAVE URANUS ALONE Whatever you were thinking - no! 32%
• SOUVENIR HUNTER Brought at least 15 souvenirs back to Earth in one mission 31%
• RAINBOW OF WORLDS Visited all of the galaxy's biotopes 28%
• ICARUS WARNED YOU Flew too close to a star 28%
• ANYTHING TO DECLARE? Been cargo scanned by every alien empire 26%
• INDEPENDENCE DAY Destroyed the Final Gate 25%
• HAMMER AND BONE Became allied with the Raxact Horde 25%
• IT'S A BUG HUNT! Didn't bring enough bug spray 23%
• ENEMY OF THE RAXACT YOU KNOW WHAT YOU DID 19%
• HOARDERS Collected and kept 5 alien relics 18%
• HOUSTON, IT HAPPENED AGAIN Failed before even getting out of Sol 17%
• REMISSION COMPLETE Discovered a cure for Kirsten's cancer 15%
• A HOLE IN SPACE Created a wormhole 15%
• EVERYONE HATES CUTE MASCOTS Tamed an adorable space pet 13%
• RENDEZVOUS Discovered a distant piece of Earth history 13%
• GAMBLER'S FRIEND Repaid a gambler's debt in full 13%
• THE TRUTH WAS OUT THERE Exposed a galactic conspiracy 12%
• DID WE FORGET SOMETHING? Brought the Mizzurani plague back to Earth 12%
• ALIEN NATIONS Encountered all alien races at least once 11%
• EXPRESS PASS Deployed an illegal gate hacking device 10%
• LOCAL DELICACIES Sampled 5 foods or beverages in a single Journey 9.2%
• THE STORY SO FAR Learned a dark secret about galactic history 9.2%
• ALL ABOARD! Transported 5 aliens aboard the ship at the same time 8.5%
• EXOBOTANIST Collected a sample of every plant in the galaxy 8.5%
• ELECTRIC DREAMS Helped the Cueddhaest ascend to the Nextplane 8.5%
• A SPACE ODYSSEY Survived drifting through a starsystem for 10 minutes without colliding with anything or injuring the crew 8.5%
• WORST. RESCUE. EVER. Ejected desperate alien refugees into space 8.5%
• THE VERY LONG JOURNEY HOME Made it back home in Rogue Mode 8.5%
• HOW MANY PLANETS FROM THE SUN? Sold Earth to the Entrope for harvesting 8.5%
• ARE WE NEARLY THERE YET? Took more than 2 years to get home 7.7%
• DEAL OF A LIFETIME Made 999 credits in a single trade 7.7%
• ONE CAREFUL OWNER Made it back home without losing any Landers in Rogue Mode 7.7%
• BEGINNER'S LUCK Won a round of Jassikan's Teeth 7.7%
• ALIEN ABDUCTION Collected a sample of every animal in the galaxy 6.9%
• BAD NEIGHBOURS Made enemies of everyone in the galaxy 6.9%
• TALLER THAN HE SOUNDED Reassembled the alien warlord P'tah 6.9%
• OPEN HAILING FREQUENCIES Met all ship types in the galaxy 6.9%
• 15 MINUTES OF FAME Collected all of the Glukkt VR experiences 6.9%
• DRAGONSLAYER Defeated an ancient galactic evil 6.9%
• PATIENCE, LITTLE GRASSHOPPER Let Squire Temrach have his victory 6.9%
• REBEL ALLIANCE Helped spark the Wolphax Rebellion 6.9%
• RETURN OF THE KING Retrieved a legendary treasure 6.9%
• TO HELL AND BACK Visited and escaped one of the galaxy's most dangerous planets 6.9%
• BATTERED, BRUISED, TRIUMPHANT Made it back home without healing any crewmembers in Rogue Mode 6.9%
• WE CAME IN PEACE Made it back home without firing a single shot in Rogue Mode 6.9%
• IN ORIGINAL CONDITION Made it back home without installing any new technology in Rogue Mode 6.9%
• THOU SAYETH WHAT?! Said what the whole galaxy was thinking 6.9%
• KNIGHTS TO REMEMBER Won the Wolphax Grand Tournament 6.9%
• GALAXY'S MOST WANTED Brought all eight bounty hunting targets to justice 6.2%
• PORTS OF CALL Visited all types of starports and cities in the galaxy 6.2%
• HERO SYNDROME Solved all of the galaxy's current problems 6.2%
• THEY BELONG IN A MUSEUM Found all of the galaxy's relics 6.2%
• HIGHLY DECORATED Won all available trophies and contests in the galaxy 6.2%
• LIVING ON BORROWED DIMES Built up an 1000 credit debt with the Glukkata Trade Alliance 6.2%
• UP TO SCRATCH Became infested with 20 Kliktiks at once 6.2%
• SPACE INVADERS Made it back home after attacking every alien met in Rogue Mode 6.2%