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The Big Journey

PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2018

Should you play it?

A cat who's hungry for good food and excitement.

What works

  • Charming and colorful art style
  • Relaxing and accessible gameplay
  • Cute characters and story
  • Good replay value with collectibles and achievements
  • Pleasant soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Control issues and occasional unresponsiveness
  • Some bugs and glitches reported
  • Repetitive level design
  • Motion sickness potential due to screen tilting
  • Bonus levels can be frustratingly difficult

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

Less fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like The Big Journey but with less of a community feel

More social

Games that feels like The Big Journey but with more teamwork and cooperation

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From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

Similarity map

How to compare these games

Compare nearby games

Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with The Big Journey. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with The Big Journey. These titles are not in What to play next.

The Big Journey: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fellowship, Expression, Intimacy.

Last update: 25/08/2026