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Gone Home

Gone Home is a short first-person narrative adventure game from developer and publisher Fullbright. The game features a mysterious and emotionally poignant narrative, a full house to explore, investigative gameplay, a lack of combat, and more.

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Adventure
Released
August 15, 2013
ESRB
m
Developer(s)
Fullbright
Publisher(s)
Fullbright
Engine
Unity

June 7, 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? Gone home is an interactive exploration simulator. Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to discover the story of the people who live there. Open any drawer and door. Pick up objects and examine them to discover clues. Uncover the events of one family's lives by investigating what they've left behind. Go home again.

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