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回门 Way Back Home cover art

回门 Way Back Home

漫森游戏工作室 · 2021-01-29

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Way back home" is a 2D horizontal board horror puzzle game. It takes the Republic of China period from 1905 to 1926 as the background of the times. With a large number of exquisite original paintings, rich playing methods, excellent music and dubbing, delicate script and narrative game style, it creates a strong historical...

回门 Way Back Home is a 2021 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $6.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 524 reviews).

0
playing now
72%
positive of 524 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (98 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 27,740 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–24k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 524 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.79 at Steam (2024-01-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020212026Week of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.792021-01-292026-01-052021-01-29 — best price $13.492021-05-13 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-27 — best price $7.492022-05-07 — best price $14.992022-10-25 — best price $7.492022-11-29 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-05-31 — best price $7.492023-07-10 — best price $3.492023-08-01 — best price $6.992023-10-26 — best price $3.492023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-01-22 — best price $2.792024-03-11 — best price $6.992024-04-26 — best price $3.492024-06-10 — best price $6.992024-07-15 — best price $3.492024-09-02 — best price $6.992024-11-13 — best price $3.492024-12-04 — best price $6.992025-03-05 — best price $3.492025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-05-26 — best price $3.492025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $3.492026-01-05 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
37.8%
earned "蜃"
10%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-02-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2119%10

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

Player tags

2DRPGDramaIndieRetroHorrorPuzzleMysteryThrillerStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.