Home Sweet Home

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  • Summary: Inspired by Thai mythology and beliefs, Home Sweet Home throws players into a dark and twisted labyrinth, where a miasma of fear fills the air, dread bleeds through cracks in the ceiling and seeps down through broken floorboards.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 19
  3. Negative: 2 out of 19
  1. Hardcore Gamer
    Oct 24, 2018
    80
    Home Sweet Home does an excellent job of creating a solid foundation for fear, yet overly relies on cheap jump scares to carry the horror. Despite its flaws, however, the game utilizes its gameplay strengths to create a fun survival horror game with unique Thai personality. Home Sweet Home is a worthy addition to any horror fan’s playlist and leaves us asking for more.
  2. UploadVR
    Oct 24, 2018
    75
    Though it has its issues, the eerie atmosphere, incredible sound design, and surprisingly unique theme of the game make it one of the better horror experiences that I’ve had on the PSVR. If you’re into atmospheric horror and looking for something to scare you this month, then this is definitely worth a try.
  3. God is a Geek
    Jun 13, 2019
    75
    While Home Sweet Home doesn't bring anything new to the table for first person horror puzzlers, it does stand out with the inclusion of Thai horror folklore which is truly terrifying. It's let down with a couple of bugs but it's not a bad way to spend a few hours.
  4. Vandal
    Jun 9, 2019
    67
    This is a game with some really good ideas and sequences, but it also make too many mistakes that could’ve been avoided quite easily. Even the VR implementation feels quite rushed, although the experience is interesting overall.
  5. PlayStation LifeStyle
    Oct 19, 2018
    65
    An intriguing horror experience with some neat ideas, but it doesn’t seem to have the muscle to make those ideas work as well as they could. It’s a short, concise experience, but it’s often interrupted by frustrating trial and error challenges that interrupt the flow with frequent checkpoint loading and rewatching cutscenes.
  6. The Games Machine
    May 31, 2019
    62
    With a longevity of about five hours, Home Sweet Home is to be described as nothing more than a luna park attraction, but keep in mind that it fails to introduce noteworthy novelties to the genre, appearing at times like a blatantly incomplete game.
  7. Cubed3
    Jan 7, 2019
    40
    Beneath the promising concept, Home Sweet Home is as generic and bare bones as it gets for horror titles on PlayStation 4. Playing it with PSVR might be a game-changer, but without it, expect a mediocre and pedestrian first-person adventure. With only a few cheap jump-scares and some clever space twisting, this is only for people who are desperate for some scares.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 1 out of 3
  1. HSH1027
    Oct 5, 2019
    9
    This is one of the first horror games I have ever played. Me an my friend just wanted to play a good horror game to get scared and this gameThis is one of the first horror games I have ever played. Me an my friend just wanted to play a good horror game to get scared and this game did the trick. I really enjoyed the concept of the game. REALLY hope there is a second one or theending was pointless.… Expand
  2. SuperkenGaming
    Oct 21, 2018
    7
    Home Sweet Home
    This home aint so sweet
    Home Sweet Home is an around 4 and a half hour long first person survival horror game where you play    Home Sweet Home
    This home aint so sweet
    Home Sweet Home is an around 4 and a half hour long first person survival horror game where you play as Tim in search of his wife who has disappeared..
    And this game is creepy and unsettling from start to finish…
    This game is very similar to the likes of outlast…
    youll be walking around different areas trying to find items to progress through the game, but you’re defenseless... you have a flashlight... thankfully one with infinite battery… so no battery collecting here.. but while you’re searching for items, you’ll occasionally run into this monster out here sounding like rose at the end of titanic… crying for someone to come back.. and if she spots you she will chase after you and kill you, taking you back to the previous checkpoint…you are able to run from her and hide in corners or in lockers until she leaves… and these moments are so tense and make otherwise unscarry moments feel terrifying.. so many scares, and not just cheap jumpscares… you actually feel you have to be careful when you hear or see her… keeping you on your toes throughout the entire game… and thankfully this game is paced perfectly sortve like the first outlast… it isn’t constant dealing with enemies.. Dealing with her and other is spaced out, I feel perfectly…
    stopping the game from feeling like a chore and keeping it feeling fresh and unpredictable…
    and rooms are constantly changing up... the scenery changes at a nice pace as well…
    the final chunk of the game though is where I feel things start to fall apart.. Too many repeat areas... and the game sequel baits…
    home sweet home is a part one game and its annoying…
    I felt no pay off other than an explanation for the monster chasing you around as you search for your wife…
    This game however is definitely one of the better horror games I’ve played, and one of my favorites for the year and is worth dipping your toes into…
    it also now supports vr and psvr.. however I wasn’t able to test this out
    I give Home Sweet Home
    a 6.5/10    … Expand
  4. t0nin0t
    Jan 4, 2019
    1
    **** Home Sweet Home... it's damn scary game, but oh my gosh it **** sucks.

    The AI is just so horrible and the ending... how did they think    **** Home Sweet Home... it's damn scary game, but oh my gosh it **** sucks.

    The AI is just so horrible and the ending... how did they think that was a good ending? It wasn't an ending at all frankly, the game just stopped when it was about to get it's ending. Also with VR you get stuck all the time. The vision is so limited. I had to complete the game without VR cuz of constant crashes and it felt so much better but still bad game. I can't believe how this has so high score here...    … Expand

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