Steam app 255300 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 22:00 UTC
Nuclear war, post apocalypse, barren and lifeless wastelands.Lifeless? Not so much!Mutated insects have made their home in a bomb shelter and they're set on exploring the world.Let this point&click adventure welcome you to a hilariously bizarre end time world and join the roaches Jim and Bud on their journey to the surface.
483 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
156 months, October 2013 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 212 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 271 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
Journey of a Roach was released on 4 Nov, 2013.
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18 achievements in total.
6 developer announcements, Dec 2013 to Nov 2014 · times in UTC
Exactly one year ago Journey of a Roach got released. To celebrate this, all the insects decorated the bunker for Jim's first birthday! There are presents, party hats and exploding stuff! There's even a rumor about an extra achievement you…
Tr4velbugExactly one year ago Journey of a Roach got released. To celebrate this, all the insects decorated the bunker for Jim's first birthday! There are presents, party hats and exploding stuff! There's even a rumor about an extra achievement you…
Tr4velbugJourney of a Roach is out on Linux! With the help of our community we were able to do a portation that should work on most distributions. Besides this we did some small fixes and added an option to switch off auto recognition of gamepads…
KoboldgamesJourney of a Roach is out on Linux! With the help of our community we were able to do a portation that should work on most distributions. Besides this we did some small fixes and added an option to switch off auto recognition of gamepads…
KoboldgamesWe added a new configuration launcher for the game. It should now work properly when mapping unsupported input devices with the separate configuration application. Just select 'Configuration Dialog' when starting Journey of a Roach to open…
Tr4velbugWe added a new configuration launcher for the game. It should now work properly when mapping unsupported input devices with the separate configuration application. Just select 'Configuration Dialog' when starting Journey of a Roach to open…
Tr4velbugWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | JoaR.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | JoaR.app | macos | ||
| Configuration Dialog | JoaR_config.exe | windows | ||
| Configuration Dialog | JoaR_config.app | macos | ||
| Launch 32bit | JoaR.x86 | linux | ||
| Launch 64bit (no Achievements) | JoaR.x86_64 | linux 64 | ||
| Configuration Dialog | JoaR_config.x86 | linux | ||
| Configuration Dialog 64bit | JoaR_config.x86_64 | linux 64 |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
|---|---|---|
WinAppDataLocal | Daedalic Entertainment\Journey of a Roach\Savegames | * |
MacAppSupport | Daedalic Entertainment/Journey of a Roach/Savegames | * |
LinuxXdgDataHome | Daedalic Entertainment/Journey of a Roach/Savegames | * |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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