Ho-Ho-Home Invasion

Ho-Ho-Home Invasion

Whitepot Studios · December 15, 2020 · Free to Play, Stealth, Indie, Action, Short

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Ho-Ho-Home Invasion price

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About Ho-Ho-Home Invasion

Ho-Ho-Home Invasion is a free festive stealth micro-game that we definitely didn't consider calling "Santa Game Solid". Help Santa enter houses, deliver presents, and leave - all without being seen or detected by the automated robots his elves have made to help him train.

ELF-MADE STEALTH TRAINING WAREHOUSE

The year was 2020, and due to social distancing requirements, Santa couldn't undertake his normal training. Thankfully, his elves crafted a fully automated Santa training area in a disused warehouse - with lots of "houses" for Santa to sneak his way through. Who knew this would still be useful for years to come?! Help Santa complete his training ahead of the Christmas period, by sneaking through all seven house layouts to deliver presents in record time.

YOU BETTER WATCH OUT

Make your way through fake houses, past fake robot residents, and place some fake presents. Be sure to:
  • Tiptoe to be quiet
  • Avoid training robots
  • Place presents
  • Safely escape the house
And most importantly
  • Be extra stealthy

TRAINING ROBOTS

Make sure you avoid:
  • Watchers - tiptoe past them when their head is buried in a book
  • Sleepers - quietly place presents in the stockings at the foot of their bed
  • And Patrollers - wait until their back is turned before making a run for it!

LEADERBOARDS


Can you be the stealthiest Santa in the world? Only one way to find out - get clocking some scores on the Steam leaderboards now!

NOW WITH TILT FIVE™ SUPPORT!


Immerse yourself as the stealthiest Santa of all! Use the Tilt Five™ glasses to get a birds-eye view on each of the training houses that our Santa needs to sneak through, and control Santa himself using the Tilt Five™ wand, making your way through each room and corridor, dropping off presents and filling stockings as you go. Find out more at Tilt Five's website.

Ho-Ho-Home Invasion — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

DLC & expansions

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

✦ AI summary

Players enjoy this indie game for its fun, quirky concept and surprising difficulty that keeps them engaged without becoming frustrating. Common praise includes the humorous Christmas and pop culture references, cute presentation, and achievement-focused replayability. However, players report technical issues like inconsistent hitboxes on interactive elements, missing door prompts that cause unfair catches, and achievement bugs that don't properly register completed challenges.

Recommended Sep 23, 2025
best game i have ever played it made my parents come back to get me from the adoption center
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Recommended Dec 21, 2024
Surprisingly difficult, this is a fun and engaging game. We loved the Christmas puns and the Metal Gear references. Definitely give this game a try!
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Recommended Apr 27, 2026
its very cute but the reading robots are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and you know it.
Recommended Jan 15, 2026
A simple free-to-play indie game with just one goal and one rule. Deliver the presents without getting caught. Rather than actually just delivering presents to all the good boys and girls, it is more about having a training course for Santa for the preparation of Christmas Eve, instead of having actual people living in their homes. It is actually trained by robots to find Santa like a normal human. Well, sort of when moving around and sleeping. The game is, as usual, casual as I expected. A simple and casual Santa simulator where there is nothing fancy, but sneak into people's homes from robots, and it is actually a good enough game to play. Although the moment of Santa is a bit slow and does not have enough movements like crouching, rolling, or sleep powder throw or other stealth abilities that the old Saint Nick has, it is still good enough. But at least I get to eat cookies in the game, but I can't even get to drink milk. But there is one thing I like most about the game is the soundtrack. When I almost got caught, I could hear the hip-hop trap beat from the song. And for a casual game, I really like how they did with the music in this game. There is nothing much I can say abo…
Recommended Dec 27, 2025
Fairly fun game. Good concept. The game was more difficult than expected and just frustrating enough to keep me playing but not quitting. Sometimes the hit boxes on the doors or cookies were weird and there was a couple times I got caught because the prompt to close a door just wouldn't show up. Otherwise good game if you're just trying to get some Christmas cheer. Since there's lots of achievements I thought I'd go and beat my times but on the second level I beat my old time by over a minute but didn't get the achievement so watch out for achievement bugs I guess.
Recommended Nov 15, 2025
Игра 'Ho-Ho-Home Invasion' – это безумный и абсурдный экшен-платформер, где игроку предстоит в роли Санта-Клауса (или одного из его альтернативных "обличий") яростно защищать свой дом от волн назойливых эльфов. Геймплей дико динамичный и заставляет постоянно двигаться, отстреливаясь от врагов из широкого арсенала странного оружия. Здесь есть огнемет, стреляющий подарками, взрывающиеся плюшевые медведи и рождественские украшения, используемые как метательное оружие. Графика намеренно выполнена в мультяшном и гротескном стиле, что только добавляет хаоса происходящему. Юмор в игре, хоть и довольно примитивный, иногда вызывает улыбку. Уровни становятся все сложнее и безумнее, требуя от игрока быстрой реакции и стратегии. Несмотря на свою простоту, игра довольно затягивает. Собирать монетки, чтобы открывать новое оружие и персонажей, – приятный стимул продолжать играть. "Ho-Ho-Home Invasion" идеально подходит для коротких игровых сессий, когда нужно быстро развлечься и выпустить пар. Если вы любите динамичные платформеры с абсурдным юмором, то стоит попробовать. Минусом можно назвать некоторую однообразность геймплея после нескольких часов игры, но в целом это веселое и безбашенное р…

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