Play this when
Journey
A stranger walks beside you across a desert. You can't talk. You can only sing. It's enough.
Who it's for
Jenova Chen designed it to evoke a sense of smallness and wonder, and the vast desert and distant mountain create the kind of awe that research links to perspective and reduced self-focus (the game itself is not studied).
Feelings it meets
What it is
Journey is a 2012 adventure game by thatgamecompany, with Jenova Chen as creative director and music by Austin Wintory, first published by Sony Computer Entertainment and later by Annapurna Interactive. The player controls a nameless robed figure crossing a vast desert toward a distant mountain, passing through the ruins of a lost civilisation.
Where to find it
PlayStation Store (PS4; PS3 where available), Steam and Epic (Windows), iOS App Store.
Before you start
Heads up: Brief peril and an apparent death.
Age: Not verified (suggested all ages)
I am certain of nothing but of the holiness of the Heart's affections, and the truth of Imagination.John Keats, Letter to Benjamin Bailey
