Home
Skip · Narrative · 2012
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 17, under the fair line, at $4.99.
- Length
- 1.2h
- Value
- $4.16/hr
- Reviews
- 67% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Graphics card with 256 MB RAM, 51 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
Home is a unique horror adventure set in a beautifully-realized pixel world. It’s a murder mystery with a twist—because you decide what ultimately happens.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
October 2013 is where it bottomed out, at $0.74. It has been discounted 43 times in the 14 years tracked here, typically at 67 percent off, with about 17 weeks between sales.
It is less well reviewed than 87 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Friendly Fire (free, scores 82) and No one lives under the lighthouse Director's cut ($6.99, scores 64) both outscore it.
Inside the two-hour refund window, 67 percent of the 785 reviews written there were positive, against 67 percent overall, and those are 69 percent of everything written about it.
The main story runs 1.2 hours. Doing everything runs 3, 2.4 times as long.
It carries Valve's Deck Verified rating and runs 1.2 hours, about as long as a handheld game wants to be.
The drop-off
9% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
1 players online when we last checked, on Oct 1, 22:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Home is a psychological horror adventure that relies almost entirely on atmosphere, uncertainty, and player interpretation rather than traditional scares or complex gameplay systems. Using minimalist pixel-art visuals and subtle storytelling, the game creates a deeply unsettling mystery that slowly unfolds through exploration and observation. Instead of overwhelming players with monsters or constant jump scares...
DO NOT PLAY AT 3AM!! (COPS CALLED) (GONE WRONG) I thought it would just be a cozy 2d game, but it turns out I was going through a massive mental breakdown where its all a lie. One minute you're looking for your wife, the next, you're questioning whether you or anything else exists. I lost the plot Good game 9/10
Went home to relax ended up living in someone else's memory and now I owe it rent.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Home scores 17/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/215670/homeReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.