Gone Home

I won't say much, but this is a very good game. Play it if you somehow haven't seen it.
Also, turn off mouse acceleration. This game is old, but having MA on by default is an insane decision.

Very well crafted narrative-driven exploration game here. There is something about the atmosphere of this game that I absolutely love, and I find myself coming back to it from time to time. I think it contains an element that brings all of us back to a simpler time in life, and the quietness of the house is relaxing.

Really suspenseful but wholesome game. Somewhat anticlimactic.

honestly just kind of underwhelming? it feels very mysterious and spooky at the beginning but quickly stops being interesting. finding bits of information feels less like uncovering clues in an ever growing mystery and more like getting some facts about the family that sort of fit together into a very mundane answer.

there isn't enough interesting game play to carry the story, no puzzles, every item you actually need to find is just pointed out to you, everything else adds almost nothing to the story, and there isn't enough story to carry the game. I don't just mean length, there's just not much going on, and what is there is straightforward and ordinary,

it's just not really worth it

so there is no mystery?

I love mystery games that unfold without being put on a timer. It's nice to be able to just explore and leisure sometimes.

I finished the game in about 2 hours. I didn't realize it was such a short game..

Short, sweet with a few puzzles in what is essentially a walking simulator back from 2013. Completed this on Xbox back then and revisited it in 2025 - nothing groundbreaking and probably a bit pricey at the full asking price (around £12.79/$15) so one for a sale if you're interested perhaps!

I recommend going in blind for your first run and experience the story and the puzzles - and then the achievements are a mixture of speedruns or out of the way easter eggs that you can mop up afterwards.

It's a lot of fun to poke around in this house. Worth the price of admission for the atmosphere alone, and the little story worked for me as well. I feel that if they had made it today they may have had the confidence to axe the narration in exchange for more written content. At times, it felt like the VO was butting in on an otherwise really nice quiet experience. Reasonable minds might disagree there. Even still, it works great and I got all misty-eyed. Good stuff.

Cute game, interesting to explore around and find out more about the story. Worth a playthough!

The controls aren't as bad as people say, you've just gotta go to Options and turn off Mouse Acceleration, Mouse Smoothing, and Sticky Targeting.

- Very positive surprise

- Level design is superb and house is nicely large to explore so if you like to explore game worlds every corner stylish like i do, you find lot of things so not boring empty game world feeling.

- Lot of things to read/listen scattered around house and all kind of little details/funny things so you have a very lot to explore and find. I maybe played 5 hours this game only one time through because exploring every corner etc.. so there is plenty to explore and not short game if you don`t rush.

- I`m born in 1991 so this is super atmospheric time trip to all kind of 90 era stuff and lot`s of nice 1990 popular culture references so very strongly feeling trip to a memory of what it felt like to be child/young in 1990.

- You find lot of story on the family members and some other persons etc.. so not only the two "main characters" so it`s very nice that it reveals also mom/dad stuff as example.


- Story nothing super special but it is very emotional coming to the age/how it feels to be young etc.. stylish story and works well if you read and listen all stuff and don`t rush. warm memories comes to mind when you think about your own youth in 1990/early 2000 era, those strong teenage feelings and strong imagination things which are no longer so strong as adult.

- This game needed to play slowly and listen/read all and explore etc.. that you got all out of it so if you are rush style gamer without patience/not focusing properly on the game i not recommend this maybe because you miss so much.

- Maybe not such a powerful experience if you haven`t born early 1990 or before but still interesting game so i think its good still to play even if you were younger.

- Maybe best walking simulator/exploration stylish game i ever played mostly because level design is so well made full of details/all kind of stuff to found/spot and nice story too so easily 9/10.

The underlying story is okay but as far as a game its incredibly boring. There are other games what are well-written for a mature audience, such as Firewatch, What remains, To the Moon, etc and I find that it was a combination of both captivating story telling and meaningful gameplay that made those stories amazing.

In the case, the story is almost there, but its just lacking a bit too much to put it up to the same level as its peers.

If you're on the fence, answer this question. Do you think that walking up and down supermarket asiles while listening to an audio biography that cost you (insert the price of gone home here) would be a worthwhile experience? If yes, this game is perfect for you. If not, maybe come back here when you've exhausted all the other ones first.

this has been one of my fav games since the day it came out, ive played it many times and its been so nice years later playing it again. if you are someone who likes a really chill laid back story game this is right up your alley. the achivements are super fun to get if youre into that like myself lol, but story alone its a very cute romance. my favorite thing is the atmosphere, it feels like im playing a scary game but its actually a love story? im so happy i found this game when it first dropped, and that ive finally finished now on steam too ((: cannot praise it enough <33

This is sad. I’m sad… also, this place is totally haunted.

I played this when it came out and I didn't get it. I was expecting more game -- "walking simulators" weren't really a thing back then. I spent a little over an hour exploring the house and learning the story, and put it down.

I recently came back to get the achievements and ended up playing through it again, and I really enjoyed it. It's a beautiful little story told through journals and found objects. Exploring the house is fun, and the voice work is top notch. Highly recommended. Check out the developer commentary as well.

ummm so this game really sucks. It lacks a lot of things. I don't even understand the hype the story was really simple, maybe I was expecting a much better plot.
and I don't even know why the gays are freaking out over this?? just two girls who left their whole lives behind and ran together that's pretty much it. Yk what!? let's talk about the poor Katie wtf is she gonna do now dude? also I'm really concerned about the bills it's gonna be crazy cz I left the all the lights on. FML.

2/10. cz it's cheap and short as it should be. I bet an 11 year old roblox player can come up with a better plot. AND GUESS WHAT roblox is free.

the controls are very bad but the game itself is really cozy and good

pretty gay

its fine storytelling game just like what remains of edith finch ( go play that game ) its bit shorter you can finish this game in 2 hours or even speedrun it ı couldn't get all off the achievements in my first gameplay maybe in my sec one ı cant really tell the story cause no reason to play it if ı said it just play it if you like walking simulator

Such a good game! The mystery is fun to solve and made me feel sad yet hopeful for the whole family!

Just seemed like there wasn't "enough" of anything in this game. Not really enough story, not enough interesting deduction or puzzles, not enough secret passages or hidden discoveries. Overall just very underwhelming.

Cried my ass off cause it's gay and I'm gay.

Boring as FK lol good thing got it on sale.

Unplayable on Controller. Unplayable on keyboard and mouse. Do not buy this game. It isn't a game, it is an input troubleshooting simulator and a total waste of your time and money. Oh, and apparently it crashes for a lot of people and won't even load.

You explore a house that has a story to tell. You piece together a complete story through fragments of narrative you find throughout the house. The main plot is about what happened to your sister, with subplots about your parents and the original owner of the house. Some things you find open up new areas of the house to explore. It's not a horror game, but the house does have a very eerie atmosphere, and you'll be darting to to turn on the lights every time you enter a new room.

Don't look up the story on a wiki or a watch a lets play before you play. The full story, when pieced together, isn't terribly complex. That's not to say it's a bad story (I loved it!), it's just that uncovering & piecing together the story is where Gone Home's narrative intrigue lies. If you already know the story before playing, there's not for the game to offer to you.

Gone Home is short---approx. 2 hrs. If $20 is a steep price for a 2 hr game for you, then wait for it to go on sale. (I got it on sale for $1.90)

The atmosphere and story of the game was very attractive and emotional. it was one of my best experiences that i will never regret.

This is a well-paced narrative adventure, held back only by the suspension of disbelief required to accept that a middle-income family could afford a home as large as the one featured in this title.

A well-told story with decent puzzles and easy navigation, but a disappointing ending.

You know what this game needs? A zombie. And you need to be a private detective searching for that zombie. And you need a gun. Actually, forget everything I told you. I'm going to make a private investigator in Call of Cthulhu searching for a zombie in a big ass empty house and you can't have him.

I actually thought this game is going to be about suicide or something, but the conclusion surprised me, even though I thought it's going to be better.

At the end it's a good story driven game with some short comings, like getting the audios deleted for some reason so when the audios played there was nothing to listen to just to read.

The conclusion of the story was pretty obvious half way through the game, which leaves the conclusion kinda lacking.

Short and sweet game with a predictable but still good story that unfolds in the form of recorded diary entries read aloud to you based on what you interact with

The beginning has some atmosphere and interest, but the story turns very predictable and the "game" is tedious and boring as a result. It isn't bad, exactly, but it isn't good.

I expected some cool mystery-adventure spooky game, but it all turned out to be a boring LGTVHD+ propaganda story without any substance. Can't recommend it and I'm really glad I bought it at this huge discount. If you're looking for a quality game that rubs this mystery itch then perhaps something like What Remains Of Edith Finch is gonna do it. But not this.

Nice atmospheric story experience.

Played in one sitting on steam deck - was an interesting story and although nothing scary happened the feeling throughout was pretty eerie as you’re exploring this huge empty house during a thunderstorm. Overall I liked it!

Gone home is a quick, atmospheric little game.2 hours tops, and that's because the camera moves at a particular speed. It's in essence a self-discovery story about a young woman discovering who she is and then... making a controversial decision

The atmosphere is that of a ghost story, or something terrible happening. And something did happen. The home that the protagonist knew is irreparably broken in many levels. It's emotional, not supernatural. The house is full of nostalgia. Those are the only ghosts in it.

It's superbly well written.

SUPER SPOILERS

1. Teenage girl loves another girl.
2. Overbearing parents on both sides.
3. Girls elope.
4. Big sisters arrives in the middle of A. Parents away on their anniversary (Despite the mommy having flirted with the idea of adultery, except she didn't have the chance to fulfill that little scratch) B. Younger sister running away from home with her paramour.
5. Elder sister is home alone, after being away for a year. No one ... not one person in her family is there to greet her. All of them have more important people to spend their time with.
In essence.... the protagonist is a stranger in a strange home where the people in that home became strangers to each other and chose to not even see her, since they have their own thing going on.

Jeezus. What great writing. What a shit show of a family.

The title is perfect. This is a Home that is Gone. Katie might as well get back on a plane to Barcelona.

This was a fun little cozy mystery game. There isn't much too it storyline, and I pretty much figured out exactly what was going on about halfway through the game. But I paid less than $3 for it and it was an entertaining way to spend 1.5 hours. I definitely wouldn't recommend spending full price, but for a few bucks, its a reasonably fun cozy game.

Meh it was going ok at the start i though it was a hunted house type deal, but it turns out your just following a gay couple love story on how they met and then the end, dont find anyone other then a diary about how much they love each other.

1. Game storyline sucks
2. the only thing good about the game is the picking up items opition

Walking simulator with story told through voiced letter fragments. Very well done

leans surprisingly into horror for a walking simulator, really touching story, #iheartwomen

Played this game over 10 years ago with a glass of wine on a stormy night. Did it all in one sitting. It is an impossible experience to replicate, because at the time, the walking simulator genre was relatively new and I just did not know what to expect from it. The expectations that I brought to my first playthrough had me on edge, expecting something terrible to happen at any given moment.

When it was over, I realized that I'd just had a gaming experience that was unique from any other that I had ever played before, and I absolutely fell in love with this genre of narrative/story/exploration adventure games. I'm genuinely grateful to this game for that, even now, all these years later.

I liked this one a lot. What a cute game with a compelling story and a great method for discovery.

There's nothing earth shattering here, it's 1995 and Katie comes home from a year abroad to an empty house - your mom, dad, and sister are all gone and you're trying to figure out where they went and why.

The game mechanics are simple - you walk around, you pick things up, you can crouch. But that's all you really need for this one. The game opens up the house in interesting and engaging ways. It uses mechanics like crouching and opening up boxes to help you discover family secrets. And periodically you hear voiceovers after interacting with certain objects. Through such simple mechanics, the game takes you on a journey of discovery that never felt boring or uninteresting.

Thinking about when this game came out (2013) and when it is set (1995) and being someone who was alive for both of those times, the themes feel so real. The character's fears and reactions make sense from those worlds, unfortunately. And the place where everyone ends up, the reason no one is home, all comes together into a concise, well told story that feels both heart breaking and beautiful.

I definitely recommend this one. it's short, but fun. If you are a reader, who loves a good book. If you are a movie lover, who enjoys weird indie flicks. If you simply like good stories. Then you are going to enjoy this game.

I put off playing this for years because I thought it was a horror game. It's not, for which I am so grateful. Beautiful environmental storytelling.

I feel sorry for Katy that no one welcome her home.

Reminder that this is NOT a horror game!! Do not expect any big jumpscares/crazy actions or sequences. It's a game about going home and exploring all the rooms, secret places, etc. So don't play this expecting it to be super action packed, instead it's a pretty calm and mysterious game and throughout exploring you will definitely be putting the hints and stories together in order to come up with your own guesses as to why the house is empty. It's a great story, definitely lots of things to discover.

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i love snooping so this game was made for me, lol!

a beautiful game. i cried - i related to so much of the story in some ways, and i was so happy about the ending.

i can't wait to go back and 100% it. <3

Lets just say I'm relieved i didn't pay full price for this game...

8/10.