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4.6 out of 5
'Excellent'
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Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, reconciliation, and hope.
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£8.50
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About Old Man's Journey
About this game
Old Man’s Journey, a soul-searching puzzle adventure, tells a story of life, loss, reconciliation, and hope. Entrenched in a beautifully sunkissed and handcrafted world, embark on a heartfelt journey interwoven with lighthearted and pressure-free puzzle solving.
A visual narrative about life’s precious moments, broken dreams, and changed plans, uncover stories of the old man’s life told through beautiful vignettes of his memories. Interacting with the serene and whimsical environment, solve playful puzzles by shaping the landscape, growing the hills to create the old man’s path forward.
During this compact gameplay experience, you’ll be transported to a vibrant and wishful world, exploring life’s complexities through the old man’s eyes. Meditatively delightful and reflective, Old Man’s Journey invites you to immerse yourself in quiet and inquisitive puzzles, and experience the old man’s heartache, regret, and hope.
Features
- A powerful and emotional narrative told only through imagery
- Gorgeously whimsical landscapes with hand-drawn art and frame-by-frame animations
- Handcrafted, pressure-free puzzles
- Unique delightful landscape-shaping mechanic
- A compact game experience perfect for a wanderlust-evoking escape
- Original and emotionally compelling soundtrack by SCNTFC
- Crisp drawings rendered in native resolution - even on your 4K monitor
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- May 17, 2017
- Developer:
- Broken Rules
- Publisher:
- Broken Rules
- Rating:
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Link:
- Play Styles:
- 2D
Singleplayer
- Features:
- Steam Trading Cards
Singleplayer
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Windows XP SP2+
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: Mac OS X 10.8+
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Critic Reviews
Based on 9 Critics
Old Man's Journey Statistics
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5.71%
~1 Hour
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37.14%
~4 Hours
42.86%
~8 Hours
2.86%
~12 Hours
2.86%
~20 Hours
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~60 Hours
2.86%
>= 80 Hours
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Achievement Hunter?
0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
0% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
60.53%
Easy
23.68%
Just Right
10.53%
Tough
2.63%
Unforgiving
2.63%
Relax & enjoy! 60.53% of players consider this game to be Simple
Completion Statistics
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Play Behaviour
Tried It
2.56%
Played It
5.13%
Halfway
2.56%
Beat It
61.54%
Conquered It
28.21%
Completionist! 28.21% of players have Conquered It
Old Man's Journey User Reviews
All our customer reviews are open and honest. We publish all reviews that are relevant and follow our guidelines.
11 - 13 of 11 Reviews
Phantom
The game is beautiful and its idea is unique and interesting. Sadly, that's everything positive I have to say about this game.
- The story is boring and told in short "cutscene" pictures only. It is also very bland and stupid, I couldn't identify or feel with the old man, I only felt bad for his family. There was no real emotion, drama, romance or ANYTHING of interest.
- The gameplay, while unique, is boring as well. The "puzzles" are way too easy (or just plain confusing because a new idea was not introduced propperly).
- The sheep are the WORST and I have no idea why they were added to this game! I have not managed to find a way to get them to leave my path because the old guy is unable to 1&?*# walk around them?!
- The guy walks so increadibly slow, I swear that 2/3 of my playtime was spend watching him crawl to the end of the level
- The game is anything but relaxing (I guess that's what it wants to be at least)
If you like slow games with almost no content, then go for it, but I regret getting it. Also, you get through the game in ~90 minutes (of almost no content/ story) and 8 bucks is definitely too much.
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Chilled out game with emotional story.
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This was one of the best little games I had played last year. The game's design is quite nice and evokes children's story book feeling; which works for us adults too. As the name implies, the story's about the journey an old man takes after a certain event in his life. And at the end of it, you're left with the warm fuzzies. Puzzles aren't too hard, but keep you entertained. Whole heartedly recommend this.
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Yury
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Good enough game, however only 2 hours long. Design is great and puzzles are not complicated
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Frequently Asked Questions
Relax and Enjoy! 84% of GameFAQs users said Old Man's Journey is Simple or Easy. 11% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right.
According to ACB, Old Man's Journey is suitable for players aged 6 and above.
Yes, Old Man's Journey is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that Old Man's Journey is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
- This game sometimes shows mouse, keyboard, or non-Steam-Deck controller icons
Minimum:
- OS: Windows XP SP2+
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: DX9 (shader model 3.0) or DX11 with feature level 9.3 capabilities
- Storage: 2 GB available space
Minimum:
- OS: Mac OS X 10.8+
- Processor: SSE2 instruction set support
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Storage: 2 GB available space
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 5 hours.
56% of critics on Metacritic recommend Old Man's Journey. The Metascore is 76 out of 100.
89% of Fanatical users recommend Old Man's Journey. The average review score is 4.3/5
Old Man's Journey was released on May 17, 2017
Yes, Old Man's Journey supports MacOS.
Old Man's Journey is published by Broken Rules
Old Man's Journey was developed by Broken Rules
Fanatical users tagged Old Man's Journey as Adventure, Casual, Puzzle, and Point & Click
Fanatical users tagged Old Man's Journey as Atmospheric, Hand-drawn, Great Soundtrack, and Stylized
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Old Man's Journey as Adventure
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Old Man's Journey as Casual
Yes, Fanatical users tagged Old Man's Journey as Puzzle
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