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Deponia: The Complete Journey

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2014

Should you play it?

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.

What works

  • Engaging story and characters
  • Humorous and imaginative world
  • Challenging and creative puzzles
  • Beautiful hand-drawn art and music
  • Three games in one package with extras

Things to keep in mind

  • Some puzzles require trial and error or guides
  • Main character is often annoying and divisive
  • Some bugs and technical issues reported
  • Story pacing uneven with some slow sections
  • Lack of localization in some languages

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space

  • Deponia

  • Return to Monkey Island

  • Machinarium

  • Sam & Max Save the World

  • Randal's Monday

More expressive

Games that feels like Deponia: The Complete Journey but with more self-expression and customization

  • Whispers of a Machine

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout - Anniversary Edition

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • Edna & Harvey: The Breakout

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • The Book of Unwritten Tales 2

More thrilling

Games that feels like Deponia: The Complete Journey but with more suspense and thrill

  • The Rise of the Golden Idol

  • Goodbye Deponia

  • Irony Curtain: From Matryoshka with Love

  • Gibbous - A Cthulhu Adventure

  • Cleo - a pirate's tale

  • Monkey Island™ 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge™

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Deponia

  • Deponia Doomsday

  • Goodbye Deponia

  • Chaos on Deponia

  • The Whispered World Special Edition

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How to compare these games

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  • 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 Deponia: The Complete Journey. These titles are not in What to play next.

Deponia: The Complete 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 Continuation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 21/08/2026