The Long Journey Home is a Space Exploration RPG that combines the best of classic space adventures like Starflight and Star Control II with the replayability of modern roguelikes, in a procedurally generated, endlessly surprising living universe inspired by beloved modern Science Fiction shows like Farscape and Firefly.

Your goal: to find the way back to Earth. An accident during humanity’s first jump drive test has catapulted you and your crew to the other side of the galaxy, and the only way home is through. Lead your crew as you explore new worlds in search of allies and support. Face searing storms and deadly gravity as you plunder alien worlds for their secrets and technology. Befriend alien races and earn their trust. Keep your people alive.

Do whatever it takes to get home.

The Long Journey Home is due for release in the second half of 2016 for PC, Mac, Linux and consoles.

    Explore a living, procedurally generated galaxy
    Guide your crew through complex quests and moral dilemmas
    Uncover ancient secrets in the ruins of distant worlds
    Fight for survival in a dangerous universe
    Chart your own course - every game, a new journey

For all its friendly characters, neat interface and colourful writing, The Long Journey Home is a game that’s aware of the horror inherent to space. The music when you’re inching through an asteroid belt or navigating a galaxy is ominous, filled with bassy droning and sounds of muffled storms raging above some hostile planet. At moments, its relationship with space feels similar to Sunless Sea’s thalassophobic relationship to the ocean. Those space-exploratory bits are a nice contrast to the vibrant landscapes of planets, alien meetings and cheery archetypes of your crew members. Space may sometimes be scary in The Long Journey Home, but it’s also filled with life and secrets. It makes me want to discover how deep its rabbit black-hole goes when it releases at the end of the month.