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homebound

Justin Yip · 2023-09-22

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 22, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 22, 2023 (Mac)

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.

89%
positive of 54 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 52% of 19,808 Casual games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720232026Week of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DIndieRetroCasualLinearPuzzleSci-fiOld SchoolPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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