Gripping, emotional story
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“what a plot twist again, what a beautiful story, what a lovely work, its rare to find something that STICKS in your head like this.”
Steam review · 32.5 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 82%Very Positive · 82%Red Thread Games2017Point & Click · Adventure · Puzzle
$24.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A slow, dialogue-heavy story adventure that wraps up the Longest Journey trilogy with strong characters and worldbuilding. Skip it if you haven't played the earlier games or want real puzzles.
Great for
Series veterans and story-first players who enjoy long dialogue, cyberpunk-meets-fantasy worlds and choice-driven plots
Main risk
Slow walking-and-talking pace with little real gameplay, and an ending/writing that disappoints longtime fans
What players love
Beautiful worlds and atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Beautiful graphics. The city of Europolis is huge and feels like a real city.”
Steam review · 9.2 h played ↗
Memorable characters and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Red Thread Games has a knack for writing some of the most likable, unique and multi dimensional characters out of any medium I've experienced.”
Steam review · 38.6 h played ↗
Satisfying conclusion to the trilogy
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“most of the loose ends that have emerged throughout the trilogy got a satisfatory answer”
Steam review · 21.8 h played ↗
Meaningful choices and replay value
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The choices you make in the game do genuinely have impact on the way the story plays out in a way that some choice-based games totally miss.”
Steam review · 64.5 h played ↗
Great music and sound design
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“excellent voice acting, one of my favorite soundtracks, music is both epic and emotional”
Steam review · 10.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Disappointing writing and ending for series fans
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“He half-assed pretty much all the plots left-over from Dreamfall, ruined April's story, and butchered the ending with a random Deus Ex Machina.”
Steam review · 33.8 h played ↗
Slow pace, endless walking and cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Walking at like 1 mph and running is like 3 mph. Reaching destinations took so long I just couldn't bare it.”
Steam review · 2.3 h played ↗
Little real gameplay, weak or obscure puzzles
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“puzzles with the depth and complexity of... "click on the only interactable item in the room"?”
Steam review · 33.5 h played ↗
Heavy-handed politics and character changes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Too much heavy handed current day political propaganda.”
Steam review · 8.4 h played ↗
Crashes, poor performance and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“The game crashes after the Made In Norway intro screen on many modern Intel CPUs.”
Steam review · 26.3 h played ↗
Clunky animations and dated graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“It was like watching mannequins spitting dialogue.”
Steam review · 25.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000
Storage12 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorQuad Core i5 2.5GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsATI or Nvidia card with 2GB VRAM
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 7
ProcessorCore 2 Duo 2GHz or equivalent
Memory3 GB RAM
GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 4000
Storage12 GB available space
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