AFK Journey Review
Nowadays it’s impossible to watch anything on the internet without one of those AFK Journey ads popping out. After so many ads skipped, I finally caved in and decided to download it and try it for myself. I mean if they advertise it so much, it can’t be all that bad.
AFK Journey was released in December 2023 and now less than 6 months in, they already have over 1 million downloads. You can play the game on the PC and on the mobile with one account. Now the question is if that popularity is due to ads or if the game is actually good.
AFK Journey starts with a customization of the character, a very promising start. Customization is on the basic side, you get to change some of the features of the character but that’s pretty much it. I found out later in the game that you can unlock more cosmetics, which gave me some hope that maybe this is how the game earns money, but more on that later.
The story of the game revolves around the character who seems to have lost all of his memories. But fear not, your character is recognized by almost everyone and is none other than great Magister Merlin.
Yeah, you heard it right. But as I progressed deeper in the game, it felt more like I played Detective Merlin than Magister. I’ve been solving mysteries left and right, Sherlock Holmes has nothing on me.
The road to solving mysteries is always filled with all kinds of enemies. In order to defeat them, you’ll need a party of 5 heroes. There are 6 classes of heroes: Tank, Warrior, Mage, Marksman, Rogue, and Support. Some of them you get for free and some of them you’ll need to summon.
When it comes to summoning the heroes, I think my summon rates have been decent but also not good enough. There is only so much that sheer intellect can get me, and now I’m stuck at the point in the game where I’ve done all I can do and there are only two options.
The first one would be to wait till I get enough resources from AFK-ing to improve my heroes. You get a certain amount of resources (exp, gold, weapons, armor) every minute whether you are in the game or not. The amount you get mostly depends on what AFK stage you have beaten previously.
The second one would be to pay for it. There is an obvious advantage with cashing and the progress is way faster, you don’t have to wait as much. In fact, you don’t have to wait at all. This is at times very tempting but also I’ve only started playing the game. If I whale this early into the game then it’s just downhill from there. I found a great discussion about it on Reddit, you should definitely check it out here. But in the end, it all comes down to your own choice, all I can advise you is to spend responsibly. So I guess I have no choice but to wait it out.
There’s always some PVP to do, but I finish that quickly, and then I’m back to the waiting game.
Graphics and Audio
For the looks of the game, I have nothing to complain about. It looks beautifully designed, the animations are good and so far I haven’t seen anything that puts me off. Music and audio are also totally fine. What really caught my brain were some of the lines of the heroes while they cast their ultimates. I found myself yelling the lines with them on more than one occasion. Luckily, there wasn’t anyone around me.
Final thoughts
There is something about AFK Journey that makes me want to play it on a regular basis. Even though my progression is now very slow, I still enjoy it for some reason. If you are a busy person and don’t have much time for gaming but still need something to relax for a little bit then AFK Journey is definitely the right choice for you. You can enter the game once a day, finish all the stuff that you have time for, and continue your day without worrying about missing something. And if you want to check out other mobile games, you can do it here.
AFK Journey Codes
If you decided to try out the AFK Journey, here are some of the codes to help you get started:
AFKJourneySpecialedd – 100 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyPreston – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyHi – 100 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyRug – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyPG0 – 100 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyVG – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyLGIO – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyJoshDUB – 100 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyJianhao – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyMSA – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyDE – 100 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyVIVA – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyTGT – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyCMK – 100 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyNOGLA – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourney88 – 100 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyZanny – 100 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyCarbot – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneySqueezie – 200 diamonds and 20k gold
AFKJourneyTT – 88 diamonds and 16k gold
AFKJN2024 – 188 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyCreator – 200 diamonds and 18k gold
AFKJourneyArt – 327 diamonds and 16k gold
AFKJourneyPAX – 400 diamonds and 40k gold
