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Journey of a Roach - PC (Steam)
About
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.Journey of a Roach tells the story of two roach-buddies, who want nothing but...
- Platform
- Steam (PC)
- Developer
- Koboldgames, Daedalic Entertainment
- Publisher
- Daedalic Entertainment
- Release date
- 4 Nov, 2013
- Languages
- Genres
- Adventure, Indie
- Product type
- Digital key / activates on Steam
Supported languages
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Description
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.
Journey of a Roach tells the story of two roach-buddies, who want nothing but see the surface world.
On their way up, they meet all kinds of bizarre and ludicrous insects inhabiting the post-apocalyptic earth. In atmospheric 3D point&click adventure style you'll take control of Jim the roach through the bomb shelter, effortlessly crawling your way along walls and ceilings. This innovative and dynamic game mechanic creates opportunities for a wholly new puzzle design. Fondly designed speechballoons offer an unconventional new dialogue experience and the soundtrack delivers and atmospheric, post-apocalyptic mood.
Key Features
- Point&click Adventure in a unique environment
- Crawl along walls and ceilings, exploring secret underground
- Innovative controls create dynamic game mechanics
- Atmospheric 3D comic style world
- Two charming, memorable protagonists with humorous, nonverbal means of communication
System Requirements
- OS
- Windows Vista/7
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz (Single Core) or better
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 256 MB RAM (shared memory not recommended)
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
- Additional Notes
- Keyboard, Mouse
- OS
- Windows 7/8
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz (Single Core) or better
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 512 MB RAM (shared memory not recommended)
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
- Sound Card
- DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card and drivers
- Additional Notes
- Keyboard, Mouse, Microsoft XBox Controller
- OS
- Ubuntu Linux 12.04, equivalent distros should work
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz (Single Core) or better
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics
- OpenGL 2.0 compatible with 256 MB RAM (shared memory not recommended)
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
- OS
- OSX 10.6
- Processor
- 2.5 GHz
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2500 MB available space
News

11 years ago
Happy Birthday Jim & Bud!
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 can get, something about findi

12 years ago
Update v1.10.086 is online.
Journey 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.<br><br>Besides this we did some small fixes and added an option to switch off auto recognition of gamepads for all of yo

12 years ago
Update v1.10.046 is online.
We 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 it.<br><br>See <
Best Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 3 Jul 2026
A world devastated by nuclear war. A wasteland contaminated by radiation. And radroaches. ...Fallout. :P
15 found this helpful
👎 Not Recommended · Steam player · 9 Jul 2026
A speedrun achievement in a game with bad controls and buggy surroundings. Nice decision!
0 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 24 Jul 2026
This game is my legacy
0 found this helpful
Recent Reviews
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 24 Jul 2026
This game is my legacy
0 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 24 Jul 2026
I have 500 hours. Send help.
0 found this helpful
👍 Recommended · Steam player · 24 Jul 2026
Слишком сложно для меня
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