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Games like Home is Where One Starts...
David Wehle · 2015 · 77 % positive of 680
24 games that play like Home is Where One Starts... and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Gone Home, Leaving Lyndow and The First Tree.
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At a glance
What games like Home is Where One Starts... have in common
- The tags they share most often with Home is Where One Starts...: Walking Simulator (22 of 24), First-Person (18) and Short (13).
- They came out between 2013 and 2023, 19 of them after Home is Where One Starts... (2015).
- Best rated by Steam players: What Remains of Edith Finch (95 % positive of 45,053).
- Drizzlepath: Glass both plays and looks like Home is Where One Starts....
By gameplay
Plays like Home is Where One Starts...
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Gone Home
77 % positive of 17,889
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short

Leaving Lyndow
81 % positive of 1,128
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short

The First Tree
75 % positive of 5,577
Shared: Walking Simulator · Short · Exploration

Before I Forget
91 % positive of 179
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short

Dear Esther
75 % positive of 6,122
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short

Homesick
78 % positive of 1,393
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short

Empathy: Path of Whispers
60 % positive of 213
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Exploration

Lake Ridden
72 % positive of 288
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Female Protagonist

103
73 % positive of 194
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Female Protagonist

What Remains of Edith Finch
95 % positive of 45,053
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short

Dear Esther: Landmark Edition
74 % positive of 6,849
Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short

The Almost Gone
80 % positive of 1,135
Shared: Female Protagonist · Exploration · Story Rich
More matches
- Blackwood Crossing82 % positive of 429Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short
- Drizzlepath: Glass62 % positive of 182Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Female Protagonist
- The Fabled Woods63 % positive of 267Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short
- HOME90 % positive of 3,338Shared: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Relaxing
- Evie45 % positive of 164Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short
- What Never Was94 % positive of 4,975Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Short
- Bottle: Pilgrim Redux78 % positive of 241Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Exploration
- Ether One73 % positive of 442Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Exploration
- The Witness84 % positive of 18,937Shared: Walking Simulator · First-Person · Exploration
- Journal78 % positive of 350Shared: Walking Simulator · Short · Female Protagonist
- Dordogne91 % positive of 1,086Shared: Female Protagonist · Exploration · Story Rich
- EDENGATE: The Edge of Life70 % positive of 192Shared: Walking Simulator · Exploration · Story Rich
By look
Looks like Home is Where One Starts...
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

Истории ужасов: Воскрешение
73 % positive of 170

Left Alone
74 % positive of 642

A Wolf in Autumn
73 % positive of 421

Drizzlepath: Glass
62 % positive of 182

Hide and Seek
39 % positive of 380

FPV Freerider Recharged
88 % positive of 199

Summerland
91 % positive of 1,712

Мухосранск | Russian City Sim
72 % positive of 244

Umfend
90 % positive of 531

Paranormal
56 % positive of 521

The Paperman
69 % positive of 312

Need For Drink
74 % positive of 1,045
More matches
- Nyctophobia44 % positive of 609
- The Infected85 % positive of 6,586
- The Village45 % positive of 181
- Within Skerry82 % positive of 268
- The NADI Project66 % positive of 452
- Blameless84 % positive of 4,985
- The Alien Cube81 % positive of 483
- Lex Mortis45 % positive of 157
- Blackberry60 % positive of 164
- Scorch82 % positive of 314
- Share71 % positive of 339
- Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts37 % positive of 332
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.