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Gone Home cover art

Gone Home

Fullbright · 2013-08-15

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 15, 2013 (Mac), Dec 11, 2018 (iOS), Sep 06, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 15, 2013 (Linux), Aug 15, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

5
playing now
77%
positive of 18k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (12 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (542 ratings)
2.6h
to beat · rushed 30h · completionist 3.2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Gone Home is a first-person walking simulator video game developed and published by The Fullbright Company. Gone Home was first released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux computers in August 2013, followed by console releases for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in January 2016, the Nintendo Switch in September 2018, and iOS in December 2018.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 346 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~43/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 737k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,437 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.25-65%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.25-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2024-11-27) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 51 of 83 observed days · $3.76 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
797920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-08-06 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.792015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-06-18 — best price $6.792015-11-02 — best price $19.992016-03-18 — best price $19.992016-08-02 — best price $19.992017-01-26 — best price $19.992017-10-09 — best price $2.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-10-01 — best price $5.992019-02-18 — best price $14.992019-10-08 — best price $5.992020-01-22 — best price $7.492020-05-18 — best price $14.992020-10-10 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-06-25 — best price $5.992021-10-27 — best price $5.242022-01-24 — best price $7.492022-05-31 — best price $14.992022-10-27 — best price $4.492023-01-03 — best price $14.992023-04-21 — best price $7.492023-07-17 — best price $4.492023-11-06 — best price $3.742024-01-25 — best price $3.742024-04-25 — best price $3.742024-08-01 — best price $14.992024-10-26 — best price $14.992025-01-07 — best price $5.992025-04-08 — best price $2.692025-07-18 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-04-24 — best price $14.992026-07-30 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $5.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2731192026-05-29 — 211 pageviews2026-06-01 — 228 pageviews2026-06-04 — 174 pageviews2026-06-07 — 208 pageviews2026-06-10 — 168 pageviews2026-06-13 — 169 pageviews2026-06-16 — 178 pageviews2026-06-19 — 157 pageviews2026-06-22 — 133 pageviews2026-06-25 — 170 pageviews2026-06-28 — 188 pageviews2026-07-01 — 187 pageviews2026-07-04 — 175 pageviews2026-07-07 — 155 pageviews2026-07-10 — 173 pageviews2026-07-13 — 170 pageviews2026-07-16 — 148 pageviews2026-07-19 — 143 pageviews2026-07-22 — 165 pageviews2026-07-25 — 169 pageviews2026-07-28 — 160 pageviews2026-07-31 — 231 pageviews2026-08-03 — 273 pageviews2026-08-06 — 165 pageviews2026-08-09 — 158 pageviews2026-08-12 — 123 pageviews2026-08-15 — 146 pageviews2026-08-18 — 191 pageviews2026-08-21 — 142 pageviews2026-08-24 — 167 pageviews2026-08-26 — 135 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
17.1%
earned "Gone Home"
3.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudCommentary availableRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)34,63033%10
Steam (Steam)4,64236%10
Switch (Nintendo)1040%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

IndieShortLGBTQ+MysteryAdventureNarrativeStory RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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