Can I Run The Long Journey Home?
Daedalic Studio West released The Long Journey Home in 2017. It is an indie role playing game, published by Daedalic Entertainment. It offers a single player campaign. Saves sync through Steam Cloud, so moving between machines does not cost progress. Its Metacritic score stands at 68. With more than 1 thousand player reviews on Steam, its behaviour on real hardware is well documented. Its 9 years mean the stated figures describe machines that were current then, not now. Full controller support is present, so nothing needs configuring before a pad works. 8 languages are covered by the store listing. Completionists have 69 achievements to work through. Alongside Windows it also ships for macOS.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | 3 GHz Dual Core CPU |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7790 |
| RAM | 4 GB |
| Storage | 16 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | 3GHz Quad Core CPU |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce 970 / AMD Radeon R9 380 |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 16 GB HDD |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
The game is set in space and the vessels that cross it. Play is structured around spaces built for exploration. Continuous worlds put sustained pressure on memory and storage, and The Long Journey Home can never assume the player will stop and let it load. The view is in two dimensions. There are 10 official screenshots to judge the look from.
Why The Long Journey Home is demanding
Very little is asked of the GPU by The Long Journey Home. NVIDIA GeForce 970 / AMD Radeon R9 380 scores low against the RTX 3060, putting The Long Journey Home within reach of laptop and integrated graphics. System memory expectations are modest at 8 GB. Disk footprint is light, near 16 GB.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run The Long Journey Home?
The Long Journey Home targets a mainstream modern PC: NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7790 and 4 GB of RAM for the minimum, stepping up to NVIDIA GeForce 970 / AMD Radeon R9 380 for the recommended experience. No single part dominates the requirements, so a balanced mid-range build clears it.
Bottleneck: GPU
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Comfortable | 3.04x |
| 1440p | Comfortable | 1.71x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.76x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Runs great |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against The Long Journey Home's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
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What are the minimum system requirements for The Long Journey Home?
The minimum requirements are CPU: 3 GHz Dual Core CPU; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce 650 Ti / AMD Radeon HD 7790; 4 GB RAM.
How much storage does The Long Journey Home need?
The Long Journey Home needs about 16 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run The Long Journey Home?
The RTX 3060 runs The Long Journey Home comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for The Long Journey Home?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Long Journey Home is the GPU.