# Games like 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.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Gone Home](https://imho.run/games/232430/gone-home) — Shares narrative unfolding with Home is Where One Starts.... 10,791 Steam reviews, 77% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/232430/)
2. [Dear Esther](https://imho.run/games/203810/dear-esther) — Shares environmental exploration with Home is Where One Starts.... 3,075 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/203810/)
3. [What Remains of Edith Finch](https://imho.run/games/501300/what-remains-of-edith-finch) — Also Narration and Short, like Home is Where One Starts.... 17,663 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/501300/)
4. [The First Tree](https://imho.run/games/555150/the-first-tree) — A frequent pick in Home is Where One Starts... players' libraries, and another Indie. 2,248 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/555150/)
5. [The Berlin Apartment](https://imho.run/games/2280430/the-berlin-apartment) — Also Narration and Drama, like Home is Where One Starts.... 107 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2280430/)
6. [Firewatch](https://imho.run/games/383870/firewatch) — Also Short and Drama, like Home is Where One Starts.... 55,602 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/383870/)
7. [Ghost on the Shore](https://imho.run/games/1211930/ghost-on-the-shore) — A frequent pick in Home is Where One Starts... players' libraries, and another Adventure. 121 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1211930/)
8. [SEASON: A letter to the future](https://imho.run/games/695330/season-a-letter-to-the-future) — Also Drama, like Home is Where One Starts.... 801 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/695330/)
9. [Homesick](https://imho.run/games/244910/homesick) — Also Short and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts.... 717 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/244910/)
10. [As Long As You're Here](https://imho.run/games/3309750/as-long-as-you-re-here) — Also Drama and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts.... 317 Steam reviews, 100% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3309750/)
11. [Home](https://imho.run/games/215670/home) — Shares environmental exploration with Home is Where One Starts.... 889 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/215670/)
12. [Leaving Lyndow](https://imho.run/games/585840/leaving-lyndow) — Shares environmental exploration with Home is Where One Starts.... 524 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/585840/)
13. [Before I Forget](https://imho.run/games/1126600/before-i-forget) — Shares environmental exploration with Home is Where One Starts.... 124 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1126600/)
14. [Cradle](https://imho.run/games/361550/cradle) — Also Short and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts.... 924 Steam reviews, 63% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/361550/)
15. [Luto](https://imho.run/games/1729740/luto) — Also Narration and Drama, like Home is Where One Starts.... 558 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1729740/)
16. [Tacoma](https://imho.run/games/343860/tacoma) — Also Short and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts.... 2,248 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/343860/)
17. [The Haunting of Joni Evers](https://imho.run/games/2828590/the-haunting-of-joni-evers) — Also Narration and Drama, like Home is Where One Starts.... 100 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2828590/)
18. [The Vanishing of Ethan Carter](https://imho.run/games/258520/the-vanishing-of-ethan-carter) — Also Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts.... 4,130 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/258520/)
19. [The Old City: Leviathan](https://imho.run/games/297350/the-old-city-leviathan) — Shares narrative unfolding and environmental exploration with Home is Where One Starts.... 409 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/297350/)
20. [Syberia: The World Before](https://imho.run/games/1410640/syberia-the-world-before) — Also Narration and Drama, like Home is Where One Starts.... 1,267 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1410640/)
21. [Some Distant Memory](https://imho.run/games/824850/some-distant-memory) — Also Short and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts.... 146 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/824850/)
22. [Drizzlepath: Glass](https://imho.run/games/581370/drizzlepath-glass) — Also Narration and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts.... 111 Steam reviews, 62% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/581370/)
23. [Quern - Undying Thoughts](https://imho.run/games/512790/quern-undying-thoughts) — Also Narration and Walking Simulator, like Home is Where One Starts.... 2,480 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/512790/)
24. [The Gap](https://imho.run/games/1458300/the-gap) — Also Short and Drama, like Home is Where One Starts.... 85 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1458300/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=355970&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=355970&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=355970&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=355970
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/355970
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## 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.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 355970
- **Developer:** David Wehle
- **Publisher:** David Wehle
- **Genres:** Indie, Adventure
- **Categories:** Captions available, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
- **Released:** May 12, 2015
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac, linux

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/355970/home-is-where-one-starts)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=355970&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/355970/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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