The Long Journey Home
- Developer
- Daedalic Studio West
- Publisher
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Released
- 30 May 2017
- Age rating
- PEGI 16
- UK price
- £8.50
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC, macOS, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Genres: role playing rpg , simulator , strategy , adventure , indie
The Long Journey Home combines the endless freedom of space with a new open questing system that always leaves you in command. Deliver the stranded Glukkt to his homeworld as he asks, or to your new slaver friends? Attempt to make allies with everyone, or pin your hopes on the tougher races, and hope they never turn on you? Jump by jump, make hard decisions and live with the consequences, in a universe that is never the same twice.
Best gaming PC for The Long Journey Home in 2026
Full buyers guide →Below are the four PC tiers we'd actually recommend for The Long Journey Home today. These are our 2026 hardware picks, not the dated publisher minimums you'll find on Steam.
Budget
1080p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 5 7600
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 8GB
- RAM
- 16 GB
- Storage
- 1TB NVMe SSD
Mid-tier
1440p · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 7700
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Super 12GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
High-end
1440p · 144fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16GB
- RAM
- 32 GB
- Storage
- 2TB NVMe SSD
Enthusiast
4K · 60fps
- CPU
- AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 32GB
- RAM
- 64 GB
- Storage
- 4TB NVMe SSD
Official system requirements
These are the minimum and recommended specs as published by Daedalic Entertainment on Steam. They tend to be conservative — usually "what ran the game at 1080p when it shipped". For what you should actually buy in 2026, see the tier cards above.
| Minimum | Recommended | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Win 7 / 8 / 10 / 64-bit | Win 7 / 8 / 10 / 64-bit |
| CPU | 3 GHz Dual Core CPU | 3GHz Quad Core CPU |
| RAM | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7790 | NVIDIA GeForce 970 / AMD Radeon R9 380 |
| Storage | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| DirectX | 11 | 11 |
Verified 16 July 2026 against the Steam store page.
Can your PC run The Long Journey Home?
If your CPU is roughly equivalent to 3GHz Quad Core CPU and your GPU is at or above NVIDIA GeForce 970 / AMD Radeon R9 380, you'll hit recommended settings at 1080p/60. For 1440p or higher, see the tier picks above.