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Man I Just Wanna Go Home cover art

Man I Just Wanna Go Home

JZPS Games · 2024-07-12

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 12, 2024 (Mac), Jul 12, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2024 (Linux)

Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!

0
playing now
95%
positive of 761 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 174 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~22/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 9,678 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 761 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2025-07-13) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
777720242026Week of 2024-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$1.192024-07-122026-08-152024-07-12 — best price $2.692024-07-19 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $1.492024-12-04 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $1.492025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-03 — best price $2.092025-03-10 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $1.492025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-04-23 — best price $2.092025-04-30 — best price $2.992025-06-27 — best price $1.492025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-07-13 — best price $1.192025-07-20 — best price $2.992025-09-22 — best price $2.092025-09-29 — best price $1.492025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $2.092025-11-10 — best price $2.992025-12-10 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $1.462026-01-05 — best price $2.092026-01-12 — best price $2.992026-03-19 — best price $1.462026-03-26 — best price $2.092026-04-02 — best price $2.992026-05-02 — best price $2.092026-05-09 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $1.462026-07-09 — best price $2.092026-07-16 — best price $2.992026-08-15 — best price $1.46
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
82.5%
earned "The Killing of a Japanese Bookie"
65.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)31976%13

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

Player tags

2DNoirCrimeCasualStylizedThrillerComic BookStory RichAtmosphericVisual Novel

Census log

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

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