Home: A Quarantine Story

Home: A Quarantine Story

Kyle Muntz · September 25, 2020 · Adventure, Visual Novel, Story Rich, Point & Click, Interactive Fiction

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About Home: A Quarantine Story

A narrative adventure game about being trapped at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. For fans of To the Moon, Gone Home, and Night in the Woods.

Home: A Quarantine Story — game info

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

What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Home: A Quarantine Story is a free visual novel that explores quarantine life and family relationships with a strong narrative, though players note it's hampered by its RPG Maker presentation and lack of meaningful interactivity. The story receives praise for its atmospheric writing, realistic portrayal of anxiety and isolation, and emotional character work, but criticism centers on the mismatch between the game's point-and-click adventure aesthetic and its minimal gameplay, along with its brief length.

Recommended Sep 26, 2024
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Recommended Aug 21, 2026
Not bad—it's a free visual novel made with RPG Maker. 7/10 More unique games: Check Group page for more unique games: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45665580 and part 2: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/46219602
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Not recommended May 20, 2023
It's a terribly depressing story of a woman who was living in an apartment and he comes to visit her family home. She gets verbally abused by both parents. I like the siblings. Is forced to work hard labor as a pregnant person and is emotionally manipulated into staying by both parents. Even though all they do is yell at her and tell her she's lazy.
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Not recommended Feb 26, 2026
[h1]#tinygamereview[/h1] [code] The soul of a visual novel, trapped in and RPGMaker body, that dreamt of becoming a novella [/code] 🟨 [b]MISMATCHED[/b] 🟨 [hr][/hr] 🎮 🟥[b]Gameplay:[/b] nothing to really speak of; the actual [i]"gameplay"[/i] is like any RPGMaker-esque, and it didn't seem to lean in to being "point-and-click" (I instinctively played it with a controller because of how it looks). Most of the (sadly-inconsequential, but interesting nevertheless) background is told through inspecting random objects and environmental details in the way that, for example, switching between interaction cursors was [i]made for[/i], but are absent from, here. 📖 🟩[b]Narrative:[/b] its strongest point, hampered by what feels like a mismatched medium. A "true" point-and-click with snappier textboxes (and some edits for length) could have worked better; a visual novel, even moreso. Heck, I'd read this as a [i]novella[/i]. 🔊 🟧[b]Audio:[/b] vibey instrumentals, but not memorable 🖼️ 🟨[b]Visuals:[/b] felt like the setting/era, aesthetic, and visual style were less-than-coherent; dialogue fit the setting, backgrounds and sprites (which [i]I[/i] thought were independently-[i]gorgeous[/i]) lo…
Recommended Nov 15, 2025
Игра 'Home: A Quarantine Story' - это небольшая, но атмосферная визуальная новелла, которая очень хорошо отражает опыт переживания карантина. Сюжет прост: вы оказываетесь заперты дома из-за загадочной болезни и должны прожить день за днем, принимая решения, которые влияют на ваше психическое состояние и отношения с близкими. Что мне понравилось: реалистичное изображение рутины, тревожности и скуки карантина. Диалоги хорошо написаны, персонажи кажутся живыми, а их истории вызывают сочувствие. Музыкальное сопровождение и визуальный стиль создают гнетущую, но при этом уютную атмосферу. Нелинейность повествования и несколько концовок заставляют задуматься о принятых решениях. Однако, игра довольна короткая. Хотелось бы больше глубины в исследовании персонажей и их мотивов. Некоторые концовки кажутся обрывистыми. Тем не менее, за свою цену это отличный способ прочувствовать и осмыслить пережитый опыт пандемии. Рекомендую тем, кто ищет в играх не только развлечение, но и возможность для рефлексии.
Recommended Mar 6, 2023
[h1]Before I played Home: A Quarantine Story, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

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