One-off purchase
Journey cost to play
What Journey costs in the UK on Steam and the PlayStation Store, its PEGI 7 rating, and how many people still play it on Steam.
Journey gameplay, images and trailer
© Annapurna Interactive, Journey trailer “PC Launch Trailer” on Steam · Steam store page
The short version
- From £11.99: Cheapest standard price: Journey (Steam UK, standard price)
- One-off price: Bought once; no store currency or random items on this page
- 2 h to beat: Main story: 2 hours (HowLongToBeat)
- £6 an hour: £11.99 ÷ 2 hours (main story)
- 143 Steam peak: Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts)
- PEGI 7: Age rating
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Journey player count
Concurrent players on Steam, from Steam Charts, read 28 Oct 2026.
- Peak, last 30 days
- 143
- Peak, Sept 2026
- 116
- 38 on average
- Change vs Aug 2026
- −17%
- monthly peak
- All-time peak
- 3,256
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Is Journey dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Journey peaked at 116 players at once in September 2026, with 38 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, PS4, iOS or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
| Month | Average | Peak | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 38 | 116 | −16.5% |
| August 2026 | 47 | 139 | +24.1% |
| July 2026 | 53 | 112 | +1.8% |
| June 2026 | 42 | 110 | −15.4% |
| May 2026 | 46 | 130 | +8.3% |
| April 2026 | 45 | 120 | −9.8% |
| March 2026 | 51 | 133 | +7.3% |
| February 2026 | 43 | 124 | −3.9% |
| January 2026 | 61 | 129 | +6.6% |
| December 2025 | 55 | 121 | −19.9% |
| November 2025 | 56 | 151 | +4.9% |
| October 2025 | 50 | 144 | – |
What Journey costs to play
| Item | Price | Per | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journey (Steam UK, standard price) | £11.99 | game | store.steampowered.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
| Journey (PlayStation Store UK, PS4, standard price) | £11.99 | game | playstation.com Checked 21 Oct 2026 |
How long is Journey?
Journey takes about 2 hours to finish the main story, and about 6 hours to complete everything.
- Main story2 h
- Main + extras2.5 h
- Completionist6 h
Cost per hour (main story)
£6
£11.99 on Steam UK ÷ 2 h
Source: HowLongToBeat, read 28 Oct 2026. Your time will vary with difficulty and play style.
How Journey is rated
GamesChart Score
88.9, #17 of 3,236 rated games
#1 of 2012 · #10 of the 2010s · #3 in Indie · #4 on Mobile
Critics
Players
Built from 41,243 ratings across 5 of 5 sources. Critics and players count 50/50. Ratings pulled 5 November 2026.
Where it sits in the ranking
- #16
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time1998 · Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development89.0 - #17
Journey2012 · ThatGameCompany88.9 - #18
God of War Ragnarök2022 · Santa Monica Studio88.9
Journey questions
How much does Journey cost in the UK?
Journey (Steam UK, standard price): £11.99. Journey (PlayStation Store UK, PS4, standard price): £11.99. Prices checked 21 October 2026.
Is Journey free to play?
No. Journey is not free to play: you buy the game to play it.
How long is Journey?
Main story: about 2 hours. Main + extras: about 2.5 hours. Completionist: about 6 hours (HowLongToBeat). At £11.99, that's £6 per hour (main story).
What age rating is Journey?
Journey is rated PEGI 7.
How many people play Journey?
Peak concurrent players on Steam, last 30 days (Steam Charts): 143, checked 21 October 2026. Its all-time Steam peak is 3,256.
What is Journey's all-time Steam peak?
3,256 concurrent players on Steam, the highest Steam Charts has recorded for Journey (read 28 October 2026). The peak in the last 30 days was 143. Players on other stores and consoles aren't counted.
Is Journey dead?
Not dead, but small on Steam: Journey peaked at 116 players at once in September 2026, with 38 playing at any moment on average. That is steady with the three months before. These are Steam players only; people playing on PS3, PS4, iOS or other PC stores aren't counted, so the real number is higher.
Do these Journey player numbers include consoles?
No. The player counts on this page are Steam only (Steam Charts, read 28 October 2026). People playing on PS3, PS4, iOS, through Game Pass or on other PC stores aren't counted, and publishers rarely publish those figures.
Who makes Journey?
Journey is developed by thatgamecompany and published by Annapurna Interactive.
Journey is an adventure game that can be played alone or with another player online; Steam lists single-player and online co-op. It was developed by thatgamecompany and first released in 2012 on the PlayStation 3. It came to PC on Steam on 11 June 2020, published by Annapurna Interactive, and is sold as a one-off purchase.
How it plays
Journey is an exploration game set in an ancient, mysterious world. The player is a traveller alone in a vast, burning desert who soon finds that a distant mountaintop is the goal. Getting there means soaring over ruins and gliding across the sand while uncovering the secrets of a forgotten civilisation.
It can be played alone or with another traveller online. The developer's site describes it as an anonymous adventure in which players have the chance to meet companions along the way, and Steam lists online co-op alongside single-player.
The trip itself gives the game its shape: one passage from the desert towards the mountain, which the developer says helps the player discover who they are, what the place is and their purpose. The publisher also points to the game's visuals and its Grammy-nominated score.
What it costs
At standard price Journey costs £11.99 on Steam UK. The PlayStation Store UK lists the PS4 version, published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, at £11.99 too. PlayStation's page says the PS4 version also plays on PS5 and includes the PS3 version at no extra cost. Steam lists no extra content for sale.
Players
The 30-day peak on Steam Charts was 143 concurrent players on 21 October 2026. Its all-time peak on Steam is 3,256. PlayStation and mobile players aren't counted.
Age rating
PlayStation UK lists Journey as PEGI 7, with fear and violence as content descriptors and a note that it has online interaction. We could not read the pegi.info database directly for this title.
How we checked
Prices are the Steam UK store data and the PlayStation UK game page, read on 21 October 2026. The player figures are from Steam Charts on the same day. The age rating is from the PlayStation UK page. The gameplay description is based on the publisher's Steam store page and thatgamecompany's official Journey page.
It ranks #17 in our best games of all time ranking.
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