Journey

Overview

Journey is an adventure game developed by Thatgamecompany and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. The indie game was released on the PlayStation Network in March 2012 and ported to PlayStation 4 in July 2015. It was later released on Windows in June 2019 and iOS in August 2019 by Annapurna Interactive.

In Journey, the player controls a cloaked figure in a vast desert, traveling towards a distant mountain. Other players on the same journey can be discovered, and two players can meet and assist each other, but they cannot communicate via speech or text and cannot see each other's names until after the game's credits. The only form of communication between the two is a musical chime, which transforms dull pieces of cloth found throughout the levels into vibrant red, affecting the game world and allowing the player to progress through the levels. The developers sought to evoke in the player a sense of smallness and wonder and to forge an emotional connection between them and the anonymous players they meet along the way. The music, composed by Austin Wintory, dynamically responds to the player's actions, building a single theme to represent the game's emotional arc throughout the story.

Journey has received critical acclaim, with praise for the visual and auditory art as well as the sense of companionship created by playing with a stranger. Critics have called it a moving and emotional experience, and have since listed it as one of the greatest video games of all time. Journey won several "game of the year" awards and received several other awards and nominations, including a Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media nomination for the 2013 Grammy Awards. A retail "Collector's Edition", including Journey, Thatgamecompany's two previous titles, and additional media, was released in August 2012.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Platform, Adventure, Indie

Developer

ThatGameCompany

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment, Annapurna Interactive

Engine

PhyreEngine

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows

Age rating

ESRB E

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

Yes

Co op

Yes

Age ratings

ESRB

E

GRAC

ALL

CLASS IND

L

PEGI

7

Release dates

Editions

Check out the store

Subscription history

Trophies

Trophies14

Platinum possibleNo platinum

Platinum

0

Gold

1

Silver

2

Bronze

11

Total

14

Points

315

100% time

1 to 6 hours

Difficulty

3 out of 10

Playthroughs for 100%

1

Online trophies

4

Online note

Four trophies need another player: meditating with a partner, and finishing at least the Snow and Sky chapters with the same companion. The other ten are offline.

Missable trophies

0

Chapter select fixes a miss

Yes

• Threshold Cross the broken bridge without completely rebuilding it.
• Mirage Find the hidden desert flower.
• Explore Discover all cloth creatures in the desert.
• Adventure Pass through 15 gates while surfing through the sunken city.
• Trials Sneak through the underground passage without tearing your scarf.
• Ancestors Find a mysterious creature hidden in the temple.
• History Uncover all 10 ancient glyphs.
• Crossing Reach the summit with a companion and return to the beginning.
• Rebirth Finish the game and return to the beginning.
• Companion
• Reflection Sit and meditate with another player for more than 20 seconds.
• Wonder
• Return Start the journey again after a week long break.
• Transcendence

Playable today

Credits

Publisher

Sony Computer Entertainment, Annapurna Interactive

Developer

ThatGameCompany

Released

2012-03-13

Age rating

ESRB E

Region

US

Time to beat

about 2.1 hours