Gone Home is an adventure developed by Fullbright, released 15 August 2013 on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS and Linux. It currently starts at $4.49 at GOG. The main story takes about 2.6 hrs to finish.
What Gone Home is
Gone Home is an adventure game developed by Fullbright and released in 2013. It was published by Annapurna Interactive. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company. Gone Home is an interactive exploration simulator. Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to discover the story of the people who live there. Open any drawer and door. Pick up objects and examine them to discover clues. Uncover the events of one family's lives by investigating what they've left behind. Go Home Again.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, drama and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Gone Home holds a critic score of 74 out of 100. That places it above 47% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 558 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2.6 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $4.49, that works out to about $1.73 per hour of the main story, or $1.40 per hour if you finish everything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.49 at GOG, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Gone Home launched on 15 August 2013, within three weeks of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. All of them reviewed better. It was a Xbox One launch-window title.
Released around the same time: Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Papers, Please, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Gone Home yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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