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Gone Home

First-person story exploration in an empty 1990s family home

Fullbright · Published by Fullbright, Serenity Forge · Released Aug 15, 2013

AdventureIndie

Reviews
Mostly Positive
77% of 18K
Recent reviews
Mostly Positive
79% of 29 in 30 days
Players
11
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
6 years ago
Apr 1, 2020
Minimum PC
–
not published

Metacritic: 86/100 (critic reviews)

What is Gone Home?

Gone Home is a first-person, single-player exploration game set in a family house in 1995. Returning after a year abroad to find nobody home, you search rooms, open drawers, and examine notes and belongings to piece together what happened.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy quiet exploration and stories told through objects
  • +you prefer a short game without combat

Not for you if...

  • −you expect a horror game with jump scares
  • −you want action or substantial puzzles to solve

What players say

77% of 18,456 reviews are positive · 79% of 29 in the last 30 days

Players praise the house's atmosphere and its personal story. Common complaints are the short runtime relative to the price, limited activities beyond examining objects, and a mystery some find underwhelming.

How many players finish Gone Home?

17% of Steam players have unlocked «Gone Home», the achievement for finishing the main story.

Share of everyone who owns the game on Steam, including those who barely played it. Updated weekly.

Screenshots and trailer

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Gone Home system requirements

As published by the developer.

Can my PC run Gone Home?

The published requirements do not name a graphics card we can compare.

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Minimum

• Windows 7 SP1 or higher • 1.80GHz Processor • 2GB Memory • DX10 Video card with 512MB of VRAM • (NOTE: Intel HD Graphic 4000 NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORTED on Windows 8) • 2GB HDD space

Does Gone Home have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Gone Home run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
10
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Does Gone Home use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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