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Home leans Optimization (Light / Casual). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.

Matched first against: Visual Novel - then ranked by cheat-test profile.

EXECUTION0 /10READS0 /10VARIANCE1 /10OPTIMIZATION2 /10

12 games like Home

A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Coffee Talk cover art
Coffee TalkLight / Casual · cafe visual novel

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action cover art
VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender ActionLight / Casual · bartender visual novel

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (2 vs 3) - Memorising correct drink recipes for good endings is light and finite

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Emily is Away cover art
Emily is AwayLight / Casual · interactive fiction

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - Outcomes hidden on first playthrough

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Everlasting Summer cover art
Everlasting SummerLight / Casual · visual novel

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - Route outcomes are hidden only until first playthroughs

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Doki Doki Literature Club! cover art
Doki Doki Literature Club!Light / Casual · horror visual novel

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - Hidden content and flags drive the horror subversion

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Virginia cover art
VirginiaLight / Casual · narrative walking sim

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (2 vs 1) - Nothing to solve, only to experience

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The Song of Saya cover art
The Song of SayaLight / Casual · horror visual novel

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - A few branch choices hide unseen endings

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Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of Milk cover art
Milk Inside a Bag of Milk Inside a Bag of MilkLight / Casual · narrative visual novel

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (2 vs 1) - barely any systems to solve

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Gone Home cover art
Gone HomeLight / Casual · narrative explorationcross-genre

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe cover art
The Stanley Parable: Ultra DeluxeLight / Casual · narrative walking simcross-genre

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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Everybody's Gone to the Rapture cover art
Everybody's Gone to the RaptureLight / Casual · walking simulatorcross-genre

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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Tacoma cover art
TacomaLight / Casual · narrative explorationcross-genre

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.

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Game details

Released
2012
Developer
Benjamin Rivers
Platforms
PS4, PC, iOS, Mac, Vita, Switch
Modes
Single player
IGDB critics
70/100
IGDB users
72/100
PuzzleAdventureIndieVisual NovelScience fictionHorrorMystery