homebound

homebound (2023)

Justin Yip · September 22, 2023 · Casual, Platformer, Puzzle, 2D Platformer, Puzzle Platformer

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About homebound

Tasked with finding humanity a new home, a lonely astronaut braves a desolate planet while making a fluffy friend along the way. homebound is a short 2D puzzle platformer that explores the feeling of home.

homebound — game info

Platforms
Windows, macOS
Steam Deck
Playable
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included
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What Steam players say

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

✦ AI summary

Homebound is a charming, cozy puzzle game featuring a player and their cat that delivers a soft aesthetic experience with an enjoyable soundtrack and nice pixel art style. Players praise its relaxing atmosphere and creative mechanics, though some find the dual-character controls frustrating and note that the puzzle variety diminishes over time, with occasional annoying mechanics like invisible hazards and punishing light mechanics. The game is widely recommended, especially given its free price point and accessibility as both a single-player and local co-op experience.

Recommended Jun 8, 2026
A very cute and fast game with a really soft and cozy experience, it's like a coop game but just you and you're cat, it was really fast but really nice, some puzzle are really interessting and the use of new mechanics is really nice but might be a little missing, on this aspects after spending some times throught the rooms the game gets a little less interressting. But except that, i have nothing else to add, thank you for that cozy experience !
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Not recommended Sep 1, 2025
Moving both characters around while solving puzzles was such a pain in the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ ass I bailed on the fifth level. Change the colour of this bench to the colour of another bench that shares the same number, move two characters to see if it worked, oops not the right bench but don't forget to jump over the pit of spikes that's invisible until you get close to it yuck
Recommended Jul 23, 2025
great game. deserves more attention
Recommended Feb 18, 2025
lovely little adventure. nothing that extraordinary, but i always like single-player co-op.
Recommended Sep 28, 2024
Soft feeling soundtrack accompanies the style and game excellently. I know you're meant to play this single player but I played it locally so one person controlled the astronaut and one the cat and it was quite enjoyable together. The hand drawn pixel graphics are pretty and evoke a feeling of a time past while the puzzles are simple enough to not get stuck on or frustrated while playing. Exploring the planet and lab was neat. At the ever wonderful price of free AND steam achievements on top of it? I'll always recommend.
Recommended Sep 11, 2024
The light mechanic can be a bit annoying and punishing. But the rest of the game is a nice little puzzle game with a funny little cat.

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