Rank 01Games like Home is Where One Starts...
- 23 games
- Updated May 4, 2026
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The closest matches to Home is Where One Starts...: Gone Home, Dear Esther, What Remains of Edith Finch, The First Tree, and The Berlin Apartment. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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Shares environmental exploration with Home is Where One Starts....
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Also Narration and Short, like Home is Where One Starts....
- $19.99 (Price checked Nov 10)
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- 2017
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The Berlin Apartment
Why this: Also Narration and Drama, like Home is Where One Starts....
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Firewatch
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The full ranked list: top 24 games like Home is Where One Starts...
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- 3What Remains of Edith Finch
Also Narration and Short, like Home is Where One Starts....
- 94% of 17,663 reviews
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- 10As Long As You're Here
Also Drama and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts....
- 100% of 317 reviews
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- 18The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
Same atmospheric mood as Home is Where One Starts....
- 86% of 4,130 reviews
- 19The Old City: Leviathan
Shares narrative unfolding and environmental exploration with Home is Where One Starts....
- 69% of 409 reviews
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- 22Drizzlepath: Glass
Also Narration and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts....
- 62% of 111 reviews
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- Released: 2015
- Developer: David Wehle
- Price: $2.99checked Nov 7
- 77% of 375 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Adventure
- Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Players highlight
- Encourages collecting everything to understand the plot
- Every object holds emotional meaning
- Narrative unfolds through quiet introspection
- Atmospheric
- Contemplative
- Melancholic
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About Home is Where One Starts...
The closest matches to Home is Where One Starts...: Gone Home, Dear Esther, What Remains of Edith Finch, The First Tree, and The Berlin Apartment. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Home is Where One Starts... is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gone Home, Dear Esther and What Remains of Edith Finch — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as atmospheric, contemplative and melancholic, and single out its environmental exploration and hidden endings. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Home is Where One Starts...: Home is Where One Starts... is a short, first-person exploration game in the same vein as Dear Esther or Gone Home. It’s a story about childhood, hope, and the miracle of memory. You play as a little girl from a broken home somewhere in the American South.
Is Home is Where One Starts... worth buying?
Mostly recommended
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 77% of 375 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $2.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 1 h when they wrote their review.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Encourages collecting everything to understand the plot
- Every object holds emotional meaning
- Narrative unfolds through quiet introspection
- Short but deeply personal experience
People who play it also play: Gone Home, Dear Esther, What Remains of Edith Finch
Frequently asked about Home is Where One Starts...
Can I run it?
How much does Home is Where One Starts... cost?
Home is Where One Starts... is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Home is Where One Starts...?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Home is Where One Starts... are Gone Home, Dear Esther, What Remains of Edith Finch.
Who developed Home is Where One Starts...?
Home is Where One Starts... was developed by David Wehle.