Gone Home
Fullbright · 2013 · Walking Simulator, Short, Indie, Exploration, Atmospheric
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About Gone Home
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Explore a mysteriously empty 1990s house and uncover your family's secrets by examining personal objects, letters, and belongings scattered throughout. This atmospheric story-driven experience rewards curiosity and observation with a deeply personal narrative, letting you investigate at your own pace without combat or puzzles getting in your way.
June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM
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.
A Personal Story: Created by veterans of the BioShock series and the story team behind Minerva's Den, Gone Home offers the rich, nuanced details of one family's struggles to deal with uncertainty, heartache, and change.
An Immersive Place: Return to the 1990s by visiting a home where every detail has been carefully recreated, and the sounds of a rainstorm outside wrap you in the experience.
No Combat, No Puzzles: Gone Home is a nonviolent and puzzle-free experience, inviting you to play at your own pace without getting attacked, stuck, or frustrated. This house wants you to explore it.
Fully Interactive Investigation: Discover what's happened to the Greenbriars by examining a house full of the family's personal possessions, and the notes and letters they've left behind. Use your powers of observation to piece together a story that unfolds as you explore.
Behind-The-Scenes Commentary: Over 90 minutes of commentary by the developers, musicians, and voice talent behind Gone Home. Access Commentary mode by clicking the Modifiers button when starting a new game!
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.
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What Steam players say
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What a waste of time.5 found this helpful
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Very good, Sam's story line hit home for me. The mystery regarding Oscar, and the details from Prohibition are facsinating too.1 found this helpful
I loved this game. One of the first walking simulators I played, I enjoyed exploring the house, reading/listening to the story bits. Also, the soundtrack was great! I'd only had the most peripheral awareness of the Riot Grrrl movement as a tween, but I enjoyed what was in the game as well the excellent background music! I loved it all. More than just the game, story, and music, though; Gone Home gave me huge amounts of nostalgia. It wasn't just the place (grew up in the Pacific Northwest), it was the time period. Playing the game felt like it was *I* that had gone home. Back to the early/mid 90s. Even forgetting the nostalgia, I think it's a good game, if a fairly short one.
It's a cute story, it unfolds as you find clues, it is that kind of "walk sim" and click type of adventure, wih a fairly straight line plot and some good twists and goodies to find. Simple but well-crafted.
God this game is so beautiful. Starting it i thought it was gonna be horror because of the ambiance but nope just beautiful gay happiness! I love how the entire point of the game is just figuring out your own place in this story that's happened while you were gone, because that's true both as Katie and as a player. Sam and Lonnie are gone and wherever they are they are happy. And so am I because this game is so great; you can tell the amount of detail that went into its production. It really feels like you've stepped into a world that wasn't meant for you to figure it out (mainly - other than the journals), it's just there and you're left putting together the pieces. I could rant about this game for a while, but just go play it.
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