Deponia
Deponia
Game
Game2014
Deponia: The Complete Journey
Developer Daedalic Entertainment
Junk, junk and even more junk. Life on the trash-planet Deponia is anything but a walk in the park. No surprise that Rufus had enough of that and hatches one ludicrous plan after the other to escape this bleak place. From the Steam store page
296 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
53
Mixed
98 positive · 88 negative
95% range 46–60%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 98 | 88 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 14 | 9 | 58 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 1 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
2,038 of 2,590 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
54% recommend · 100 yes, 86 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 186 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (5,788 of 6,875 positive).
Players praise the game's humor, charm, and imaginative world. [1][2][3] Many reviewers report game-breaking bugs that block progress. [4][5][6] Some players recommend the original separate games instead. [7][8]
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Representative posts
- [4]
Unfortunatelly there is at least one game breaking bug around 10% of the game progress (during the first game in the series). Yes, it is the "pigeons puzzle" that is broken and discussed on various platforms. And the only fix is to download saved position after this part from developer´s website. That I haven´t tested, because I do not feel this as correct approach from the developer. I can accept the fact that the …
- [6]
Not Recommended I really wanted to enjoy this game, but there’s a critical bug that completely blocks progression, and it’s still not fixed after more than a year. The issue appears during a mandatory mini-game and makes it impossible to continue the story. Dozens of players have reported it, yet the developers haven’t provided a working patch or workaround. I can’t recommend a game that leaves you stuck with no way …
- [1]
A must play for point and click adventure fans! This is a truly unique experience that has aged remarkably well. The characters are memorable, the voice acting is strong, and the world is imaginative and full of variety. The puzzles are often innovative, creative, and thoughtfully designed, frequently encouraging out of the box thinking. The game also does a good job of providing fair hints to gently guide the …
- [2]
The humor in this game is so dark, no high-energy flashlight in the world could brighten it up even a little. So if you enjoy your humor as black as your coffee and have the smallest interest in point'n'click adventures, get this game right here and now. In this game, no once stays unharmed and every cliché is strained to the max. And more than once you're gonna think "He didn't really think/say/do this, did he …
- [3]
Cheesy, crass, and bursting at the seams with charm. Sure, the protagonist is a sociopath, the story's a bit of a mess, and the humor's very...for lack of a better term, "German," but there's enough here for me to say that this is probably the Monkey Island-equivalent for Europe.
Summarised from 34 of the 299 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 9, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
54% of the 186 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Deponia: The Complete Journey. The complaint that keeps coming up: game-breaking bugs block progress in multiple places. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
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neutral · AI labelView post →There are a bunch of jokes in this game that I absolutely am not okay with. Yeah, the whole point of the game is the main character being a horrible asshole. But then, the game for example makes jokes about a black woman ending up a slave. She ends up as a slave not because the main character is being thoughtless. Yes, his actions affect the result, but it's a pure coincidence he could not have reasonably predicted. The joke boils down to "look, we dare to be *this* inappropriate."…
negative · AI labelView post →[Steam] Deponia.
neutral · AI labelView post →Review by [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34633003-Gaming-Masterpieces/lists/] Gaming Masterpieces - The greatest games of all time on Steam. If you are just interested in point and click adventures go here: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/43642699-The-Adventure-Library/lists/] The Adventure Library Is this game a masterpiece? It would be, IF... Deponia: The Complete Story is the magnus opus of Daedalic - a company often referred to as LucasArts successor…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A must play for point and click adventure fans! This is a truly unique experience that has aged remarkably well. The characters are memorable, the voice acting is strong, and the world is imaginative and full of variety. The puzzles are often innovative, creative, and thoughtfully designed, frequently encouraging out of the box thinking. The game also does a good job of providing fair hints to gently guide the player forward. One of its biggest strengths is the sheer amount of dialogue even in…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my friend said... play don’t starve! you can make character mods! I put the character I like into the video game!!! WHY NOT! its fun. anything is possible #dontstarve #deponia
neutral · AI labelView post →Unfortunatelly there is at least one game breaking bug around 10% of the game progress (during the first game in the series). Yes, it is the "pigeons puzzle" that is broken and discussed on various platforms. And the only fix is to download saved position after this part from developer´s website. That I haven´t tested, because I do not feel this as correct approach from the developer. I can accept the fact that the game is abandoned. What I cannot is, that it is still available for purchase in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Daedalic is currently giving away for free one of their classics - a comedy point-n-click adventure game Deponia store.steampowered.com/app/214340/D... You can grab it on Steam for free until March, 16th, 17:00 UTC. Also, many other Daedalic's games are currently on sale with good discounts
neutral · AI labelView post →FInished that Goal commission work, from the Deponia game series! Commissioned by @/yapprivatealt on Twitter, thanks for the support!!
neutral · AI labelView post →It really still has game breaking bugs, after 11 years, like, what the f*. And the developers response "was" back then and still is now to download a save file to get past that point, loosing your own save and progress.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played the original Deponia games years ago now, and recently decided to replay the series through this. In theory, it’s great, but as it stands right now, I don’t think this version is worth buying or playing. This game is over 10 years old, and is currently being sold for £25.99. That might seem pretty decent for three great point & click games, but given that this complete package version is riddled with bugs and seems all but abandoned, it’s worth reconsidering. I went into this blind,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of Daedalic classics, the adventure game Deponia, is on giveaway on Steam, free until August, 20, 17:00 UTC store.steampowered.com/app/214340 Also, another classic, freeware metroidvania Knytt, received the updated release on Steam, and it is totally free store.steampowered.com/app/2656050
neutral · AI labelView post →Not Recommended I really wanted to enjoy this game, but there’s a critical bug that completely blocks progression, and it’s still not fixed after more than a year. The issue appears during a mandatory mini-game and makes it impossible to continue the story. Dozens of players have reported it, yet the developers haven’t provided a working patch or workaround. I can’t recommend a game that leaves you stuck with no way to finish it. Until the developers actually fix this long-standing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This edition of Deponia series is so infested in bugs that it is literally unplayable. I was stuck in the first chapter of the first game in two different spots (for the knowledgeable: the explosion puzzle and the pidgeon puzzle) and decided I do not want to risk getting softlocked later in the game. I have also noticed that the developers were refusing to fix these bugs even back in 2017, which is, frankly, unacceptable. Another thing: the newly added Hint system is both useless (does not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is WAY too buggy, play the three games individually, they're bugfree for example to select an item in my inventory i need to click like 10 times till it selects that. The most famous softlock is probably the magnet puzzle, if you dont complete it first try the magnet just.. aren't there anymore. oh and for some of the other reviews: this game contains the first 3 parts, deponia doomsday is NOT includet
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As much as I like the idea of a complete edition, this version is far too buggy and glitchy to recommend. I tried to play the game (with Proton on Linux) and encountered these glitches: - with Texture Compression on: The backgrounds of the scenes don't really work - with high Framerates: clicking on inventory items doesn't register half the time (144FPS). Limiting FPS helps somewhat. - The first minigame, where you have to adjust a targeting thingy onto some tracks, is glitched: The target is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Someday I have to replay the trilogy. All four parts. The games are great - though there are two things that urk me. For one, the player character, Rufus, is just unbearable. The other point of critique is the depiction and role of Goal, who, in the first game, is basically the personified damsel-in-distress trope. In the other parts she gets a bit of agency, but she is still frequently portrayed as the victim who needs help. Mostly the victim of Rufus' carelessness and lack of empathy, by the…
neutral · AI labelView post →There is extreme amount of bugs, couple of them even softlocks the game But what is even more important it is NOT a COMPLETE journey
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like these video-game series: * Ace Attorney * Monkey Island * Deponia Then you might enjoy Don's Curse! Play it for FREE at: rafaiska.itch.io/dons-curse #visualnovel #indiedev #indiegamedev #GameBoy
neutral · AI labelView post →The world and art style are charming, but I couldn't get invested in the rest. The humor didn't land for me, many puzzles relied on frustrating logic, and the protagonist was difficult to like. It has its fans, but I found it more irritating than entertaining.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even in 2026 it's still buggy as it was on 2021 by reports of same issues including graphical bugs, minigames broken and promises to update to fix them 5 years ago still not done at all. Very disappointed due to the fact I love the story and context of the game and characters from what I have played up too in it, specially it also being a point & click game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely do not buy not even for the $3 sale price. There is a game stopping bug with no fix after 10 YEARS. The save files they published to get around it do not match the current game version and are unusable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surely this one is Rufus from the Deponia games?
neutral · AI labelView post →You might have seen the other "not recommended" reviews here and I'm joining them in saying that this is NOT the version of the game you should get. Even though you'd expect a "Complete Journey" edition to be the final version of a game, one that includes everything and is the most up to date, it's NOT. This game was not updated unlike the original stand-alone version for some reason, which DID get updated. This edition has visual glitches, ranging from characters disappearing/blinking, to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I racked my brain for a long time trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. It turns out there's a bug in this game (Magnetic Field Puzzle) since 2016. It's never been fixed, the game is unplayable (soft lock), and as I understand it, there will be similar bugs later on...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Murabaa is definitely inspired by Rufus from Deponia, the point and click game. Who is acclaimed as one of the WORST protagonists in personality by a few game reviews... but I personally liked him. I stuck through all four games and rather liked him. (1/5🧵) #AwesomeCharacters
positive · AI labelView post →This is rather good point and click adventure game. It has some "moon logic" but overall, not that bad. Why can't I recommend this? It has so many bugs, some game breaking.. fortunately, at least the mini puzzle games have a SKIP button so you can actually progress. We encountered at least 3 puzzle games that just didn't do anything. You couldn't see the pieces you are supposed to move or the game was simply stuck. Also, you should remember to save the game to different slots every now and then…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deponia: The Complete Journey brings together the original trilogy: Deponia, Chaos on Deponia, and Goodbye Deponia into one cohesive package. This collection is a must play for fans of classic point and click adventures, offering a vibrant, absurd, and often surprisingly emotional story across three games. Set on the junk filled planet of Deponia, the series follows the chaotic story of Rufus, an arrogant and wildly self confident inventor who dreams of escaping to the sky city of Elysium. The…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Going back to my roots in drawing. Simple line art drawings of characters I like. Toni from Deponia, a point-n-click adventure game that I tried to play before, but got stuck. I'm not stuck anymore. Toni is a red head with an attitude. One of my favorites. 👀 #art #lineart #deponia
neutral · AI labelView post →i cant enjoy the game when its that buggy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are several game breaking bugs that have apparently been there for many years and have not been fixed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games I love~ ♡ Banjo Kazooie ♡ Celeste ♡ Deponia ♡ Detroit: Become Human ♡ Donkey Kong ♡ Life is Strange ♡ Metroid ♡ Minecraft ♡ Ori ♡ Pokémon ♡ Stardew Valley ♡ Super Mario ♡ The Last of Us ♡ The Legend of Zelda ♡ The Messenger ♡ The Witcher What are your favs? :3 #promosky #VTuber #VTuberEN
positive · AI labelView post →#GameRankings #Top400Countdown 309. Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec 310. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered 311. Need For Speed: High Stakes 312. Deponia Doomsday The Deponia game that wasn’t needed, and its greatest moments are at the beginning with David Hayter playing Rufus with a sore throat. (1/4)
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a great game, but it has a lot of bugs, and without searching in the internet for solutions (for the bugs), it's easy to find it impossible to finish.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't really recommend this game. First of all, there's a bug they never fixed, which is that inventory items fail to be clicked on most of the time, sometimes you have to click multiple times to actually select them, this is fixable on windows by locking fps to 60 but on macos, it's not possible to fix, at most you can lock screen refresh rate to 60hz in macos settings but it won't fully fix the problem, maybe make it slightly less bothersome. It's half gamebreaking in a point and click…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unfortunately, I cannot recommend this build due to a large number of bugs. It's passable, but requires various workarounds, which hinders full immersion. It's better to buy each part separately.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love their games. I already own Deponia and some others. But I still didn't own some of the other games. So I bought the whole pack for 5€ 🤩 Thanks for sharing!
positive · AI labelView post →I find Rufus to be incredibly unlikable. I also have to keep looking at a walkthrough and still get lost on where exactly I'm up to.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Backloggd is such an insane website. A guy who i saw on a separate occasion recommend a sexual assault simulator to a minor on the site, upon seeing my Deponia review where I called it reddit, left a hate comment, deleted it, and then blocked me. Is the groomer mad I said a game was reddit? aww
negative · AI labelView post →Very buggy game, several minigames dont work at all, and need to be skipped via loading of a seperate safe file from the developers, and constant visual artifacts, e.g. A duplicate rufus getting left behind after an action.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Take a look at point-and-click adventure games. Deponia is a good example of this.
neutral · AI labelView post →The games themselves are very fun graphic adventures, but I honestly can't recommend buying this. In the original first two games, there was Spanish dubbing (the 3rd one, Chaos in Deponia, didn't. But it still had subs). In this version all 3 games no longer have said dubbing/subs. Okay, no big deal, I can still play in English. But then you encounter several game breaking bugs along the way. Puzzles that become unresponsive or that you can't even interact with. And there's nothing you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game breaking bug nearly 9 years after publishing, and the solution by the dev is to have you download a dave game that they made to just skip that part of the game, wtf thats unacceptable. If i wasnt playing this with my partner but instead solo i would be filing for a refund right now, but they gifted it to me so imma struggle through this bug.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The humor in this game is so dark, no high-energy flashlight in the world could brighten it up even a little. So if you enjoy your humor as black as your coffee and have the smallest interest in point'n'click adventures, get this game right here and now. In this game, no once stays unharmed and every cliché is strained to the max. And more than once you're gonna think "He didn't really think/say/do this, did he now?" If anyone tries to tell you that Germans have no humor, show them this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Okie dokie, I'm finally done enduring the hellscape that is the Deponia series, and now I'm ready to actually have fun with a game! The question is, WHICH ONE? Why not let YOU, the VIEWER decide? www.twitch.tv/kav_p
negative · AI labelView post →It's DEPONIA FINALE DAY!! Will we finish the game before the timer runs out or... will the timer keep going??? Catch me here: twitch.tv/kirakuroto www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJGC... #VTuber #ENVTuber #VSky #kirakuLIVE
neutral · AI labelView post →The last two point and click games I've enjoyed were [the Deponia series](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deponia_(video_game)) and the [Book of Unwritten Tales](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Book_of_Unwritten_Tales). Both really good, challenging and fun :)
positive · AI labelView post →They seriously have game breaking Bugs, that still exists in 2025! The Devs say that you should download savefiles form their website, which fixes the first Bug i had (mine cart puzzle Bug), that blocks you from progressing, but as a result the next level has "artefacts" and you walk through walls and can't see where you go!!!! (savegame 18) W - T - F DO NOT BUY THIS GAME !
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🐍 NEW SCHEDULE 🐍 It is Mooviess time, we start the third Deponia game AND Neko & I will start our weekly BG3 run. ARE YOU EXCITED???? Art: # HeliArts Memes: # HeliAhaha Clips: # HeliaWatch NSFW: # sunoflewds Community: # Helians General: # sunofsnek
neutral · AI labelView post →Bugged to hell and back, softlocked at chapter one. The bug was reported a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decade ago and they have not fixed it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Deponia is like the AOL disks of games. They give it out for free constantly
negative · AI labelView post →Huge pet peeve: neither Steam nor Valve decided to make Deponia free until August 20. This discount is set entirely by Deponia's developer Daedalic Entertainment, with zero input from Valve. Stop crediting Valve for making consumer-friendly choices that they didn't even make.
neutral · AI labelView post →Starting early today with more Chaos on Deponia, which is the second game of the series. Last time we ended our boyfailure's adventure with "Rufus, I think your dad wants to f** your girlfriend." :: twitch.tv/winkuzz :: #envtuber #vtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →Game stuck on left side of monitor Can't click on Rufus to equip items like Cletus disguise, can't use chewing gum, etc They want people to use their savegames to get past bugs but how is this playing a game? WHY is this garbage asking for 30 euro when it's unplayable?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Goal Pin-Up. She is from Deponia, a highly underrated game. I absolutely love Goal.
positive · AI labelView post →Deponia: The Complete Journey brings together the entire original Deponia trilogy into one cohesive package, and in doing so highlights just how ambitious and imaginative Daedalic Entertainment’s point-and-click storytelling can be. Set on the garbage-covered world of Deponia, the game follows Rufus, a self-absorbed tinkerer who dreams of escaping his rundown home and reaching the floating paradise of Elysium. What starts as a comically misguided attempt to flee the planet quickly spirals into…
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