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Gone Home

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3.1/5

( 162 Reviews )

3.1

162 Reviews

English & 8 more
14.9914.99
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Gone Home
Description
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 Ho...
Genre:
Adventure - FPP - Detective-mystery
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Exploration, show 14 more... Classic, First-Person, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack, Point&Click, Mystery, FPS, Investigation, Emotional, Romance, LGBTQ+, Detective-mystery, Walking Simulator, Short
Critics reviews
76 %
Recommend
Destructoid
9/10
Eurogamer
Recommended
USgamer
4/5 stars
User reviews

3.1/5

( 162 Reviews )

3.1

162 Reviews

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Product details
2013, Fullbright, ...
System requirements
Windows XP SP2 / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10, 1.80GHz, 2 GB RAM, Video card with 512MB of VRAM, 2GB HDD space...
Time to beat
2 hMain
2.5 h Main + Sides
3 h Completionist
2 h All Styles

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Description
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 writer 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.

Gone Home® is copyright The Fullbright Company LLC, 2013.

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System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Recommended system requirements:

Please be advised that Windows 10 operating system will receive frequent hardware driver and software updates following its release; this may affect game compatibility

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
2 hMain
2.5 h Main + Sides
3 h Completionist
2 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Adventure - FPP - Detective-mystery
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Exploration, show 14 more... Classic, First-Person, Female Protagonist, Great Soundtrack, Point&Click, Mystery, FPS, Investigation, Emotional, Romance, LGBTQ+, Detective-mystery, Walking Simulator, Short
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11), Linux (Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 18.04), Mac OS X (10.7.0)
Release date:
{{'2013-08-15T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Fullbright / Serenity Forge
Size:
1.8 GB
Links:
Forum discussion
Game features
Single-player
Languages
English
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Deutsch
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español
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français
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italiano
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Português do Brasil
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русский
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中文(简体)
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日本語
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Critics reviews
85
Top Critic Average
76 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
Destructoidby Caitlin Cooke
9/10
Despite there not being many engaging elements, I find that Gone Home is still a superb example of a narrative journey. We'll have to see in another five or fifty years just how Gone Home has set the stage for future immersive simulators.
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Eurogamerby Edwin Evans-Thirlwell
Recommended
Witty and melancholic, Gone Home is a triumphant exploration of a beautifully textured family space.
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USgamerby Jaz Rignall
4/5 stars
Video gaming meets 90's family drama in a finely-crafted piece of interactive fiction whose atmospheric story is intelligently articulated in a very compelling way. While Gone Home's experience is rather short, its characters will stay with you for days after you've finished the game - despite you never meeting them.
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Posted on: August 17, 2014

shattenyagger

Games: 670 Reviews: 1

Bad Design, No Cookie

Possibly one of the worst games I've ever played (or in this case experienced). Gameplay is limited to clicking on stuff without any meaningful interaction or response. Playable character is not just silent but nonexistent making for a very boring protagonist. The three main stories (of the family) are predictable and written with wayyy too many deus-ex-machina plot devices. Overall, avoid if possible, not worth the full asking price...

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Posted on: January 28, 2022

raull96

Verified owner

Games: 210 Reviews: 36

Umm...what is this ?

I kept reading about this game that is innovative, one of the best games of the year it was released and I said I should give it a try despite the reviews I read on GOG which most of them are bad. The visuals are nice, can't complain about that but apart from that... you just walk in a house and try to find out what happened with the others but it's... boring. I mean I was expecting a well developed story or something to happen but...nope. Refunded...I don't know what I just played. After 20 minutes I uninstalled it.

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Posted on: October 16, 2025

Terephan

Verified owner

Games: 178 Reviews: 1

A wonderful story

A great story obout growing up and understanding.

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Posted on: March 8, 2018

commodore256

Games: 236 Reviews: 3

It's not horror, it's feminist

Yeah, it's one of those "Diversity Games", no fun, just rummaging through backstory. I rummage through back story in RPGs, but at least RPGs give me conflict and you can ignore the backstory if you want in RPGs and just kill things or build things or both. You just rummage around learning about her mundane life.

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Posted on: January 29, 2022

Dark_Danieru

Games: 53 Reviews: 3

Bad story and rough gameplay

I cant see all the things that I listened about this game.

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