The Journalist

The Journalist

Jungwoo Yom · March 29, 2024 · Action, Action-Adventure, Adventure, 3D, Cute

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The Journalist price by region

The Journalist costs $2.69 in Georgia (USD), £3.39 in the United Kingdom, $3.99 in the United States, €3.99 in Europe (EUR), CA$4.99 in Canada, A$5.95 in Australia, NZ$5.99 in New Zealand, R$13.79 in Brazil and zł17.99 in Poland right now.

Cheapest The Journalist offer in each region, in local currency
RegionBest priceOfficial storeKey shopStores
Georgia (USD) $2.69 $2.69 — 1
United Kingdom £3.39 £3.39 — 1
United Statesyour region $3.99 $3.99 — 1
Europe (EUR) €3.99 €3.99 — 1
Canada CA$4.99 CA$4.99 — 1
Australia A$5.95 A$5.95 — 1
New Zealand NZ$5.99 NZ$5.99 — 1
Brazil R$13.79 R$13.79 — 1
Poland zł17.99 zł17.99 — 1

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About The Journalist

✦ AI summary

The Journalist is a photography action adventure where you document Seoul's disappearing neighborhoods with a 35mm camera while navigating tricky real-time challenges like crowded scenes, blinding spotlights, and film limitations. It's a nonviolent exploration game that captures the authentic struggle of film photography—complete with only twelve shots per roll, no previews until development, and the constant tension between staying still for the perfect shot and avoiding overexposure.

Equipped with 35mm film camera, a journalist embarks on a journey into a neighborhood of Seoul that is slated to be redeveloped. In the process of capturing the vanishing venues of the city, the journalist discovers the big world full of stories.

The Journalist is a photography action adventure filled with unique challenges. Sometimes, you have to take pictures of only one person in a crowded marketplace. Sometimes, you have to take picture of a car that interrupts you by pointing spotlight.

You can only take twelve pictures per roll. If you move while the shooting, the shot will be ruined. Also, if the film is overexposed by light, it's not usable. Take a perfect photo that meet these conditions. You will be able to check out the outcome only after developing the roll at the lab.

Features

  • 1+ Hour of playtime.
  • High-octane action without any killing.
  • You can only see the result of pictures at the end of each mission.
  • Cozy music you can listen to. (Composed by Dongbaek)
  • Small, but jam-packed city where you can freely roam.

The Journalist is a nonviolent action game that aims to capture the magic of film photography.

The Journalist — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

The Journalist is a charming and accessible photography game with simple mechanics that appeal to players of all PC capabilities, featuring well-designed characters and an excellent soundtrack that keep the experience chill and enjoyable without demanding grinding. However, players consistently note that the game feels unfinished, particularly regarding its bland empty environments and limited skybox, and the photo quality assessment system could use refinement, with several wishing for more content and map development overall. Most reviewers seem satisfied with it at its current price point.

Recommended Apr 4, 2024
For starters, the game itself is very much simple to learn, the graphics and overall design is charming and adorable, it's inclusive of PC rigs (which means that even if your computer is old and crappy, there's a high chance the game will still run on it smoothly). The game doesn't require you to grind like it's your last day on earth and is very much chill to its core. But even then, there's still much that can be polished and improved. For one, it would be better to have some skybox applied on the game world so that when you take pictures of the targeted characters, the background wouldn't be limited to an empty gray void that looks ominous when the map's end is in view, two, how the camera considers the quality of the photos you take can still be improved as it might be a bit disappointing that even though the target is clearly in the picture, it's still tagged as "out of sight", without the polish, it limits the player's creativity in terms of how they capture photographs. Third is a bit more on the AI side, NPCs still have some room for improvement as the pathfinding is a bit off, in some instances they just walk into each other and end up stuck in one place while displaying t…
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Recommended Sep 15, 2025
The concept and mechanics is fun. Maybe there can be development into game with more content and game length. The game characters are well made, I wish there was more background objects/environment/skybox the camera can capture. Music is >>> dope. :^)
Recommended Apr 27, 2025
Good game for the price

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