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3.53 from 2657 ratings
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How long? Main story 2h · with extras 3h · 100% 3h (from 100 logged playthroughs)
Review Roach 4/5 · Jan 19, 2021
I recommend this game only if it is on sale since it took less than two hours to beat. I enjoyed the story driven curiosity that I felt while exploring the abandoned house. It's calming while eerily spooky. There isn't a whole lot to talk about without revealing any spoilers.
Review chaebyl 3/5 · Jul 10, 2020
I feel like the game was a bit misleading. For what I saw about it and the first part of the experience everything suggested a big mystery: no one's at your home for some unknown reason, there's 2 messages in the voicemail of someone crying calling your sister's name, they say the house is haunted and that the uncle who …
I feel like the game was a bit misleading. For what I saw about it and the first part of the experience everything suggested a big mystery: no one's at your home for some unknown reason, there's 2 messages in the voicemail of someone crying calling your sister's name, they say the house is haunted and that the uncle who lived there went psycho. Even one note suggested someone in the family went through the same thing as the uncle (I mean sure, it was high school nonsense but it was still there).
I was definitely expecting way more than what I got. Even when I felt like I got it all figured out (which was pretty soon) I still fell misled by the game
The story was cute and I enjoyed it, up until the end.
I probably ruined my experience by expecting something it wasn't and by playing What Remains of Edith Finch before it. Or maybe I just wasn't in the mood, because there's another walking simulator that's all about misleading you about this big mystery that's actually nothing, and I loved that one.
Review GigaDeathNullGolem 4/5 · May 23, 2020
This walking simulator is a short little exploration of your empty house where your family is no where to be found as you unravel the central narrative of why the house is empty and features enough things to nosey about to seem like an actual place (occasionally small nostalgic 1990s attention to detail helps). The game itself leans a bit …
This walking simulator is a short little exploration of your empty house where your family is no where to be found as you unravel the central narrative of why the house is empty and features enough things to nosey about to seem like an actual place (occasionally small nostalgic 1990s attention to detail helps). The game itself leans a bit more heavily on the idea and message of the story rather than the game itself. (Any discussion of, being rather spoilery iMO and best not discussed) But imo, both are pretty good and a walking sim is a very good vehicle to take with what they were going for since the player is approaching the subject matter 'as family' Some parts are funny some parts are a bit sad. Overall it's a rather emotionally charged game.
just know its short and linear
One thing I liked the most was it is kinda nice how you can infer a few things about some of the minor characters and events that happened in the story that arent central plot related (if you are nosey enough) based on what you find in the house (arguably secrets) Even though you dont know these characters and learn some of their flaws making them feel like real people.
As far as walking sims go, it's a very good one.
Review JayGatsby 5/5 · Apr 1, 2020
obsessed with the fact that this takes place in the bioshock cinematic universe. but mostly it was one of the very first "walking simulators" ive ever played and it was gay and set in the state i live in so all around i enjoyed it. also some good spooks and scares sometimes for like no reason but idk i kinda …
Read moreobsessed with the fact that this takes place in the bioshock cinematic universe. but mostly it was one of the very first "walking simulators" ive ever played and it was gay and set in the state i live in so all around i enjoyed it. also some good spooks and scares sometimes for like no reason but idk i kinda loved that too
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Status VyXZeN Oct 1, 2017
Loving the tense, stormy atmosphere of the game and the way you can linger in each room to soak up the gorgeous art design. Feeling like I may have an idea as to what is going on, but we'll just have to see. Going to continue searching the downstairs of the house for more clues.
Status fireflys_locket Sep 10, 2017
Another game I watched most of online, but wanted a chance to explore on my own. Unfortunately, the PS4 version's text is very hard to read. Looks like I would have been better off getting it for PC.
Review Sam.Nicholson 5/5 · Aug 15, 2017
9/10
Review shaneo632 3/5 · Jun 20, 2016
Pros:
+ Tantalising drip-feed premise
+ Sinister tone that doesn't give way to the temptation to go total survival horror
Cons:
- Very, very short.
- If you don't like "walking simulators" it might bore you.
- The resolution is fairly unsatisfying.
Review Snapefan 3/5 · Feb 21, 2016
6.5/10
Status periahdark Jan 2, 2016
The completion time is for my second playthough. I don't actually know how long my first play through was. maybe a bit longer since I didn't know exactly what to do the first time. Or maybe a bit shorter because on my second play through I made sure to grab the two audio logs I missed the first time.
This …
The completion time is for my second playthough. I don't actually know how long my first play through was. maybe a bit longer since I didn't know exactly what to do the first time. Or maybe a bit shorter because on my second play through I made sure to grab the two audio logs I missed the first time.
This was my game of the year in 2013
Status The_Milkman May 19, 2015
There seems to be a lot of controversy about this game, which boils down to two issues: 1) The old "is it a game" baloney <YAWN>, and 2) a supposedly unacceptable cost/length ratio. As for the first, I simply don't give a crap. Call it whatever you want, I don't see why it matters. It's a moving experience, and that's …
Read moreThere seems to be a lot of controversy about this game, which boils down to two issues: 1) The old "is it a game" baloney <YAWN>, and 2) a supposedly unacceptable cost/length ratio. As for the first, I simply don't give a crap. Call it whatever you want, I don't see why it matters. It's a moving experience, and that's all that I care about.
The second issue is very subjective. I paid $18 and don't feel ripped off, but I can see why some people would feel like $18-20 for a 2-4 hour game is unreasonable. It's certainly true that it's not in line with the pricing of other games of similar length, but let the market decide. It's the developer's right to set whatever price they want. If you don't like it, don't buy it. If you bought it and weren't satisfied with the experience, don't buy their next game. Welcome to capitalism, folks! But I think it's a shame that people are allowing the cost/length ratio to influence their critical reponse to the game. It's a consumer review issue, not an artistic criticism.
All that being said, I was surprised and moved and genuinely touched by Gone Home in a way that few games have done. If you like interesting narrative and characters in games, I highly recommend it.
Review derickjasper 3/5 · Jan 15, 2015
Here is my review of Gone Home on YouTube. Hope you enjoy!
Status Jess Jan 26, 2014
A "rummage through someone's house' simulator. Ever want to dig through a stranger's drawers and discover their secrets? This game is for you!
Oddly enough, despite knowing this is in no way a 'scary' game, I did find myself a bit jumpy. Going around a corner, seeing a shadow, you convince yourself you've seen something. The atmosphere of the game …
A "rummage through someone's house' simulator. Ever want to dig through a stranger's drawers and discover their secrets? This game is for you!
Oddly enough, despite knowing this is in no way a 'scary' game, I did find myself a bit jumpy. Going around a corner, seeing a shadow, you convince yourself you've seen something. The atmosphere of the game is superb.
The story is wonderful and as such, I highly recommend the game as well.
Review FredLobster 4/5 · Nov 25, 2013
Gone Home is a game in the barest sense. No life meter, no combat, no puzzles, no stealth mechanics... It does only one thing, and it does it extremely well. As Katie Greenbriar, you return from a European vacation to your family's new home, discover the house is empty, find a cryptic letter from your sister on the front door, …
Read moreGone Home is a game in the barest sense. No life meter, no combat, no puzzles, no stealth mechanics... It does only one thing, and it does it extremely well. As Katie Greenbriar, you return from a European vacation to your family's new home, discover the house is empty, find a cryptic letter from your sister on the front door, and must nose around in every nook and cranny of the house to solve the mystery. Interaction is limited to opening doors and containers, examining objects, and reading notes; you aren't so much playing a game as watching a wonderfully credible, human story unfold, touching on a family back through the generations even if the focus holds tight on the vanished sister. While the writing itself is excellent, I was every bit as impressed with the depth of attention to detail that went into every room of the house. Decorated and cluttered with an array of era-appropriate necessities and knickknacks, there's a gripping sense of immersion here, in spite of the occasionally-lackluster graphics. A first-rate example of storytelling in games, and a touching piece of game art in its own right.
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Review sarahsometimes1 4/5 · Sep 20, 2013
How well do you really know the people closest to you? When Kaitlin Greenbriar returns home from a gap year in Europe to find her entire family gone, it’s up to her to uncover the secrets that didn’t make it into those long-distance letters.
Picking up the threads of her family’s lives, the player must explore the colossal house they …
How well do you really know the people closest to you? When Kaitlin Greenbriar returns home from a gap year in Europe to find her entire family gone, it’s up to her to uncover the secrets that didn’t make it into those long-distance letters.
Picking up the threads of her family’s lives, the player must explore the colossal house they have since moved into, examining letters, newspaper clippings and, if one so chooses, the hundred thousand other details that make up a life. If it’s the people, and not the house, that make a home, then this game shows how each individual has inhabited every room with their cares, uncertainties and basic humanity.
From hastily scrawled notes passed between friends during class, to adult magazines buried under work documents, Gone Home is teeming with meticulously authentic details of family life that the player is at liberty to snoop through, turning each find over to yield further hidden notes or features.
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