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Long Gone Days
Developer This I Dreamt
Long Gone Days is a role-playing video game for Windows, OSX and Linux developed by This I Dreamt and published by Serenity Forge. Written, developed and illustrated by Camila Gormaz, Long Gone Days features a dystopian story in which a young soldier becomes disillusioned for the cause of an operation he was part of, and deserts them to prevent an international war. The original demo featuring the first hour was… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
214 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 20, 2026 · last updated Oct 21, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
142 positive · 35 negative
95% range 74–85%
| Source | + | − | = |
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| Steam reviews | 142 | 35 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
315 of 362 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
80% recommend · 144 yes, 37 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 181 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (492 of 560 positive).
Players praise the game's heartfelt story and political themes. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the combat slow and the writing lacking. [4][5][6] The art and character design are widely appreciated. [2][7][8]
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Representative posts
- [5]
It's cool to see this project come to fruition, especially since I used to follow it relatively early in its development! I love the premise, and the art is absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately, the game struggles to fully commit to exploring its premise, consequently making it harder for me to get invested. To start, the combat is nonsensical: if you're a sniper, why do you start battles by running up to enemies and …
- [1]
It's a game with so much love and heart put into it that it rips at the seams and spills out. I've been following the development of this game since the first demo and I feel so happy to finally see it completed. I loved the story, it feels very topical with the unrest in Eastern Europe at the moment - as a Polish person myself I loved to see an interpretation of my country, haha. I became very attached to the …
- [2]
This is going to be a "thumbs up with a caveat" type of review - since this is a game that, while I found it enjoyable, it is very story driven and political - so that may be a turnoff for some people. The game, its premise, and the gameplay proper are well done, and will be straightforward to get into the groove of for anyone who enjoys the RPG genre. Pros: - Art and Music are solid (I'm not even a fan of "tall …
- [3]
This game is about war, but more importantly, it's about the cost of war on civilians and those that get caught in the cross-hairs, in front and behind the gun. This game touched many human experiences, and I could tell that this game was a labor of love from its developers. The story is very engaging, and I would personally say its strength lies not so much in the (sort of sci-fi,) alternate universe plot, but in …
- [4]
Let's get bad out of the way: Combat. And not even combat itself, but rather combat animation speed. It's slow, it's painfully slow. If you or enemy use buff, prepare to stare at the screen for next 5-10 seconds waiting for notifications to go through one by one for each affected person. It's especially annoying in later game, where there are mostly 3 enemies each fight, so get comfy waiting for each of them to …
Summarised from 34 of the 217 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
80% of the 181 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Long Gone Days. The complaint that keeps coming up: slow combat animations. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
On Metacritic, Long Gone Days received mixed reviews for Windows and positive reviews for the Switch. Although they praised the morale mechanic, Hardcore Gamer criticized what they felt were an "inconsistent tone and unconvincing meshing of visual styles". RPGamer praised the combat, visuals, and music, but they felt the pacing was too fast to cover the subject matter. RPGFan made it an editor's choice and called it "a gorgeously poignant game". RPG Site enjoyed the story and said the combat was "decently balanced". They recommended it to fans of narrative role-playing games set in the modern world.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 214 · most liked firstIt's cool to see this project come to fruition, especially since I used to follow it relatively early in its development! I love the premise, and the art is absolutely gorgeous. Unfortunately, the game struggles to fully commit to exploring its premise, consequently making it harder for me to get invested. To start, the combat is nonsensical: if you're a sniper, why do you start battles by running up to enemies and shooting at them from three feet away? Why can't you snipe outside the (very…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR review: Forgiving and recruiting a guy who murdered children and trafficked women is needed for the ‘good’ ending. What did they mean by this? Longer review: First, the good. The character design and overall art direction is great. The main cast is likeable. There's a foundation here that could have made a good story. That's more or less the only praise I have for this game. I'll summarize using their listed features on the Steam page. A Nuanced Look at War: Experience the clash of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Our game LONG GONE DAYS is finally BACK on Steam 😭💕 We lost a lot of momentum during that time, so if you want to help us recover, please consider leaving a review (if you haven't yet) and spreading the word 💚
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a game with so much love and heart put into it that it rips at the seams and spills out. I've been following the development of this game since the first demo and I feel so happy to finally see it completed. I loved the story, it feels very topical with the unrest in Eastern Europe at the moment - as a Polish person myself I loved to see an interpretation of my country, haha. I became very attached to the characters; maybe it's just me, but they were written in a very humane way - you're…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game, so before I ramble on about why I dropped it and don't recommend it I'm going to point out some of the stuff I really liked: - the artwork is clean, professional and well integrated - the large sprites are expressive and stylish - there is a wonderful attention to detail regarding the different cultures and locations - the RPG elements are present but not intrusive. No random battles or exp/money grinding. Mechanically the game is very simple. Occasional RPG…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🎉 Today marks 2 years since the release of our game Long Gone Days! We’re endlessly grateful to everyone who’s joined Rourke and the team on this journey! Your support means the world to us 💚 Here’s to more stories, more languages, and more hope ahead 🌍✨
neutral · AI labelView post →Reference vs art (from our game Long Gone Days)
neutral · AI labelView post →Hello! I'm Camila, a game dev and artist from Chile 🇨🇱 You can support my work by: 💚 Playing Long Gone Days: store.steampowered.com/app/510540/L... (also available on the Switch, PS4/5 and Xbox!) 💚 Ordering from my store: www.burasto.com 💚 Following me on Instagram: www.instagram.com/burasto
neutral · AI labelView post →We’re proud to support Download for Charity, helping uplift the next generation of game devs. Keylocker, Long Gone Days, Lifeless Moon, and LISA are featured in this event where every purchase funds mentorship & scholarships for the global game dev community. store.steampowered.com/curator/4533...
neutral · AI labelView post →TL;DR This is an unusually conflicted review for me, and the game did keep me interested for most of its duration (which is much shorter than my playtime would indicate, I left it AFK at one point), but I can't recommend it at full price. I got it very cheap on sale personally, and that's what I'd recommend. However, it's overrated in my opinion, and I'll go on to explain why. PRESENTATION - The store page is misleading. "Spot and take down targets from afar in Sniper Mode, or engage…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Technically sound and beautifully presented yet irreconcilably dull. It desperately wants to be a topical war drama and a feel-good cartoon at the same time, ending up doing neither convincingly. Characters seem to have a devil-may-care attitude even when their entire way of life unravels around them, which wouldn't be a problem if the game wasn't hellbent on reminding you this is a serious game, with serious themes like false flag operations, minority persecution and child killing. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Boys handsome, Girls cute, War bad. I demand a Rourke's Slice of Life Dating Sim Sequel/DLC!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"horrors of war" "choices matter" Then after a fight, "oh he's just unconscious" after being shot repeatedly in the head. Also no choices except "this is bad!" or "this is not good, I think."
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros; - The pixel art and the cutscene art is truly wonderful - Performance is extremely solid and smooth - Some of the music tracks are excellent - The lord & worldbuilding is very interesting Cons; - The writing for both the events of the story & dialogue is extremely poor which really shows given how much potential the worldbuilding & lore give the story. How characters interact with each other and respond to situations feels incredibly unnatural as well as contrived. - For a game with the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is going to be a "thumbs up with a caveat" type of review - since this is a game that, while I found it enjoyable, it is very story driven and political - so that may be a turnoff for some people. The game, its premise, and the gameplay proper are well done, and will be straightforward to get into the groove of for anyone who enjoys the RPG genre. Pros: - Art and Music are solid (I'm not even a fan of "tall sprites" in Anime-styled RPGs usually, but this one is an exception, and I love…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really tempted to jokingly label it as "Metal Gear Undertale". This is an indie JRPG that combined a pretty grounded for a JRPG scifi plot involving modern war... and also a story about friendship. Generally it sticks very closely to this older JRPG canon of having parties, equipment giving stat boosts, taking turns using abilities or attacks or items, travelling trough locales and engaging in dialogue, all that. It's faithful to older 2D JRPGs to a fault, despite more modern art style it can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish there was a way to give Long Gone Days a "Meh" review. As there is not, I'm going to go ahead and give it a negative one just to try and temper the overwhelmingly positive score the game now has. The game promises a mature and political story about war and its consequences, set in a dystopian alternate universe which hits close to home given the current global situation. The setting is quite good, and the idea of a shadowy PMC calling the shots and destabilizing democratic countries in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →interesting concepts; wasted opportunities. I have very mixed feelings about Long Gone Days, especially as I continued to play which ultimately ended up with me having a negative conclusion rather than a positive one. Lone Gone Days has some very neat concepts story- and character-wise, some good and fun animations and cute possible character interactions. But. It never really commits to anything substantial. Sniping minigame? Happens three times. That's it. The language barriers? Barely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is really really good, but it is abandoned by the devs, I think it wont ever get finished ever again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hey, the art is awesome. The music is on point. The UI is nice, save for the fact you're not able to close the game, and there's some... interesting lore? I guess? But my goodness, the story is very profound disappointment. Spoilers to follow for obvious reasons. The story hooked me to start, with a pretty interesting cutscene. Private oblivious is introduced to us through this cutscene that adds the foundation for Rourke, but nothing more is added to his character other than the fact that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll be quick: this game is boring. It promises feelings and moral choises but fails to deliver them. Just a mediocre RPG.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This review contains slight spoilers about the first few hours of the game, read within your own discretion. Long Gone Days has good art, charismatic characters and plenty of polished animations and cutscenes. You can tell these parts were made with care and it has a good story premise, but it falls short immediately during the first hour of the game because of the characters’ highly unrealistic behaviors. The initial point of the plot revolves around Rourke, a member of a mercenary group…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Atiye vowing to bring justice to corrupt organizations with the power of friendship, and this gun she found. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Long Gone Days is a classic-style 2D RPG with turn-based battles. In terms of gameplay and mechanics it's very familiar and reminiscent of the 2D RPGs we're used to. However, it's not just another medieval fantasy story that we've seen many times already. The story here takes place in a modern day world (possibly very near future). We start as part of a top secret special force of young soldiers who have been trained since childhood and who undertake important missions around the globe.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WR holder for both categories of Long Gone Days now! Such a good game and still feels like one of the most relevant modern times RPGs I have ever seen.
positive · AI labelView post →I was quite excited for this game, i felt it could be really good. But i don't think it lives up to its potential. First of all: the english translation isn't great: there are some typos. But more importantly: the characters don't speak very... naturally. Like mostly saying "We are" instead of "We're". That could make sense for some of the characters, as english isn't their first language, but even those who've seemingly spoken english their entire lives don't talk in a way that a native…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is about war, but more importantly, it's about the cost of war on civilians and those that get caught in the cross-hairs, in front and behind the gun. This game touched many human experiences, and I could tell that this game was a labor of love from its developers. The story is very engaging, and I would personally say its strength lies not so much in the (sort of sci-fi,) alternate universe plot, but in its snapshots of how war, and elements surrounding war, affect people. The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished the game, here's my thoughts: Pro: 1. Carefully written story, interesting location changes 2. Side quests can be fun and add character to the world 3. Language element is respectable Cons: 1. SLLLLOOOOOOOOOWW Text Speed, you will wait 20-30 seconds just for the text to roll out, even if you hold V to fast-forward it's still slow, especially in combat. 2. Combat system is very one dimensional and boring after a while, many battles are there just for the sake of it and it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Picked up on the cheap out of a humble bundle, and it's unfortunately the type of game I never would've tried otherwise. Saw the cover, saw the trailer, something in it resonated with me - put it off for about a week, then gave it a try. It is, at the time of writing this, 05:36 AM on a Tuesday morning, and I have just spent 15 consecutive hours playing this absolute masterpiece. My only regret is that chances are not enough people will see this as it deserves, and those that do may not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Still rather early in the game, but so far it's quite good. The combat system isn't too cumbersome. The characters interesting and the art style simply great. I highly recommend for fans of story driven rpg. After finishing it, I say this was a pretty darn good rpg despite being one on rails. The story was nice, but I wish you would have had the chance to interact and chat more with the NPCs who are part of the cast, maybe have a chance to have sgt, Faye officially join the team during the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Games taking place in the real world, even more so using actual existing countries as such, are surprisingly rare. Add JRPG into the mix and you get Long Gone Days. Is it worth it? After a very brief in medias res opening we assume control of soldier 716 deep within the underground Core base since he's been selected as replacement leader after current sergeant got himself injured. Not knowing much beyond the fact you serve Father General, you're transported away with your unit on a brand new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Art and story are pretty good but combat, movement around the map and side quests are quite bad. It wasn't worth waiting more than 7 years for it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unique! Gameplay comes with lots of variety. The story is fun to play through. I really enjoyed the graphics and felt more immersed than expected. I'd definitely recommend this! You do not need a mouse for this - would make a great game to play in the dark in your bed at night!! 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Summary Long Gone Days is a game where I mostly tolerated the gameplay in order to experience the story. Despite advertising itself as a modern JRPG, I would say the moment to moment gameplay was subpar compared to titles thirty years prior such as Final Fantasy I. While the story was intriguing enough to keep my playing, the short length made wanting a little more as not all the characters were as arc'd out as I would have liked. Overall, I would give Long Gone Days a 6/10. Given the length…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Easily one of the best new games I've ever played. I bought it because the screenshots reminded me of the geopolitical intrigue of the Suikoden RPG series, and I was not disappointed. I instantly cared about the characters and their motivations, the story was compelling, the NPCs brought life to each location. I hope this is the first in a new series.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Long Gone Days caught my attention a few years ago because of its excellent visual style, but I only managed to play it now. I'm glad I waited for the full release as it would have been painful to stop in the middle without following the plot till the end. Political fiction genre with a modern world setting is pretty unusual for a jRPG-style game, so it warms my heart we actually got an interesting story with lots of varied characters to befriend along the way. It took me about 12 hours to beat…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First the good parts: - Great artwork - The music doesn't make me want to jab out my ear drums - Something brave showing ruzzians of all people as the victims instead of the villains Now for the bad parts: - Nonsensical story and outright mentally challenged characters - Uninspired quest design (walk around the map pressing everything) - Combat and inventory management is very shallow - Fabled Sniper mode happpens at most 2 times - No real branching story narratives making any decision you get…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/10 Thank you for the depression
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me preface this by saying that I finished the game and enjoyed it, but I can only recommend it if you can buy it on sale because of the rather short playtime. -------------------- The Good: The artstyle is amazing. The game uses a mix of pixel art in the overworld, character portraits in combat and dialogue, and full-on vibrant/moving art pieces in some important scenes. The love could be felt everywhere in those special scenes, so much so that I sent a couple as screenshots to my friend…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's get bad out of the way: Combat. And not even combat itself, but rather combat animation speed. It's slow, it's painfully slow. If you or enemy use buff, prepare to stare at the screen for next 5-10 seconds waiting for notifications to go through one by one for each affected person. It's especially annoying in later game, where there are mostly 3 enemies each fight, so get comfy waiting for each of them to throw buff and waste 30 seconds for some reason. Onto good things: Story is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awahhhh! Y'all look at this animation of Lief!!! So good~~ Burasto from vGen(she also did the game Long Gone Days) is awesome to work with so please check her out! #MTG #MTGOC #Werewolf #dietfurry
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is iight, the story is kind of interesting if the world politics were more fleshed out. Hard to believe world, not much is really expanded upon in detail, which is disappointing. It felt more like a visual novel with some basic easy combat. nothing really felt like a choice, the ending I got baffled me. its kinda funny how one of the players in your party wont use a gun for some dumb reason and therefore is gifted with incredibly OP ability to "encourage" people and gives your party…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Rourke is my baby boy I would die for him
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fight difficulty is always a joke entire way through sadly. Battles are also super tediously unoptimized. Why do I have to shoot the turrets down after killing the boss? How come if I increase the stats of every party member, I have to sit through a message for every one?... and a message for every single one losing said buffs? If you don't guess what the dev wants you to pick during boss fight convo you get the bad ending. Said bad ending also just doesn't make a lick of sense in context of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There was a lot of potential with this game and the idea and while some of it is executed upon, I found the overall package to be a little lackluster. Its a decent game and not too long, but a game such as this lives and dies by its writing and the writing here left something to be desired
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the indie games showing AAA mean's nothing in 2024.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think it's pretty meh. I only finished the first act before I was bored out of my mind. Sidequests involve a lot of running around fetching random stuff for random people in the most unimaginable way. Combat is a joke. The story so far was both implausible and very predictable after the initial exposition. The artstyle is gorgeous though.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros + Pretty good story and writing + Very good characters + Decent pixel gfx + Amazing art and character portraits + Decent music Cons - Honestly, my only complaint is how easy everything is overall. The combat, puzzles, and side quests, are all super simple. I'm not saying it has to be super hard, but a little bit more challenge would have been great for me. Overall, the game is pretty good. If you are in the mood of a heavy story based game with fun gfx, great art, and good characters,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →energy drink have -10 morale debuff??? good
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy 5 years to me changing the trajectory of my life (playing Long Gone Days and being very Normal about it) There were so many traces of this game in my interests and hobbies and art and self expression and Oh I can't be sappy throws a smoke bomb and sprints away in tears #Art #LongGoneDays
positive · AI labelView post →A very nice JRPG/VN. I would say it is a VN with some light RPG mechanics, so if you want a JRPG first, this might not be for you. The JRPG mechanics are all decent, nothing spectacular but good enough to stay interesting. The story and characters for the first 2 acts were great, I really enjoyed the party in this game. The third act regrettably feels very rushed, and even though I got the good ending, it felt over too quickly. Despite that, I really enjoyed the game! The language barriers…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game. The description calls it a JRPG, but I would argue it’s more of a visual novel with JRPG-like presentation exploring for items and NPCs with limited turn based combat. I like that it’s a tight story without being longer than maybe 10-12 hrs. It doesn’t waste your time with filler. I love that. It’s also a very prescient story in our current day. More enjoyable for the story and atmosphere than the battles. Battles are fine, but more of a stylish add-on (you don’t earn exp. so no…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm in the middle of 100%ing this, but I love this game. There's so much charm and heart and soul in the game. The art style is wonderful and gorgeous to look at, the characters are engaging and believable. The story is heart wrenching in all the right ways. I adore this game, and highly recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this as part of the Serenity forge humble bundle. Story was engaging. Felt connected to each of the characters. Some strong parallels between what is happening in the game vs real life. I thought the use of multiple languages was a nice touch. I ended up using a translator for some of the dialogue segments, it had a nice charm. My only gripe is that there's some achievements you can completely miss that require you to go back to a previous save or restart the game again to get. Wish…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A nice nuanced story and decent pixel art, but very little actual game play. Terrible interface, though. Every little thing takes half a second too long for comfort. And no way to change the keybinding. Recommended if you want a story about the horrors and uncertainties of war from the perspective of everyday people. And if you don't mind to read a lot and do very little else. And press the X key a lot. A lot!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so underrated I GENUINELY wish more people would play this game because this has SUCH an experience
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What if [insert indie RPG developer] made Call of Duty? Long Gone Days tells a powerful story of a soldier by the name of Rourke who deserts from his private military company after realising he committed a war crime, in so, he roams around Europe, meeting new people, luckily befriending them instead of killing them. It's a JRPG where instead of fighting with swords and magic, you fight with guns and grenades while it touches on the themes of human connections to and during conflict. The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has a unique combat system and gameplay that blends JRPGs and point and click adventure games. I played it in two sittings as it felt like reading a good book that I couldn't put down. Better writing than most $70 AAA games. Highly recommend !
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very good story about co-operation and a take down of the military industrial complex held together with some fantastic sprite work and character writing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I learned 4 languages playing this !
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