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Explore an abandoned building, encountering puzzles and clues to discover what happened, as you try to escape in both your nightmares and the waking world. Be immersed in the hauntingly beautiful 3D atmosphere in this puzzle exploration mystery game.
Homesick is a atmospheric, puzzle and exploration game
developed and published by Lucky Pause.
Released on May 28th 2015 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 1,393 reviews of which 1,092 were positive and 301 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.5 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS: WindowsXP SP3 or higher
- Processor: Dual core 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Video card with 512MB of VRAM
- DirectX: Version 9.0c
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Keyboard required for one puzzle mechanic
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As you wander its quiet ruins, the puzzles fade into the background, and solitude becomes the real protagonist. As dream and reality overlap, the game pulls you deeper and deeper. Short, cold, and sharply vivid.
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Homesick, developed and published by Lucky Pause, is a haunting and introspective first-person puzzle game that turns an abandoned building into both a literal and emotional labyrinth. The player awakens in a crumbling apartment complex with no clear memory of who they are or why they are there. The building, long deserted and filled with signs of a lost civilization, feels almost alive—its hallways whispering remnants of stories that ended long ago. From the very first steps, the game envelops you in quiet desolation. There are no voices, no immediate threats, only sunlight filtering through cracked windows and the echo of your own footsteps. It’s an atmosphere that feels less like survival horror and more like a meditation on decay, memory, and loneliness. The game’s beauty lies in its simplicity. Each day, you explore the building, uncovering notes, deciphering coded messages, and solving environmental puzzles that gradually reveal how the world came to ruin. By night, the tone shifts. You are chased by creeping darkness through the same corridors you once examined in peace, forced to keep moving to avoid being consumed. This duality—serene discovery contrasted with anxious flight—gives Homesick a rhythm that mirrors the human experience of confronting the past. Daytime becomes a fragile reprieve where the player can think and breathe, while nighttime feels like a descent into the subconscious, full of fear and urgency. It’s a design choice that reflects the game’s themes more than its mechanics, reinforcing the feeling that you are confronting something within yourself as much as within the ruins. The environmental design is one of Homesick’s greatest achievements. The setting feels tangible, every piece of debris and peeling paint placed with intention. The light streaming through windows seems almost spiritual, bathing the dust-covered rooms in an ethereal glow that transforms the decay into something mournful yet beautiful. There’s a sense of time suspended, of a world caught between existence and oblivion. The visuals are paired with a delicate piano and cello score that underscores the atmosphere with melancholy restraint. The sound of dripping water, creaking floorboards, and the faint hum of electricity complete the immersive experience, drawing the player deeper into its quiet sadness. Lucky Pause’s attention to environmental storytelling allows the space itself to tell its own story, revealing as much through absence as through what remains. The puzzles in Homesick are deliberately woven into the environment rather than existing as abstract challenges. They involve restoring power to different parts of the building, manipulating levers and symbols, and piecing together fragmented text. The logic behind them is consistent, though occasionally obtuse, demanding close observation and patience. Each solved puzzle feels less like a test of skill and more like an act of restoration—of bringing light and understanding back into a place that has forgotten both. The player’s progress is slow, almost meditative, which suits the contemplative pacing but may frustrate those seeking more immediate satisfaction. The game’s deliberate slowness, including the character’s movement speed, reinforces the sense of weight and weariness that permeates the experience. You are not a hero storming through an apocalypse; you are a wanderer trying to make sense of what remains. Narratively, Homesick resists clear exposition. The story is pieced together through documents and environmental clues, leaving much open to interpretation. It’s a world that feels post-human, perhaps post-industrial, but the details are intentionally sparse. The building could be a metaphor, a dream, or the last remnant of a dying civilization. This ambiguity gives the game a literary quality, encouraging players to draw their own conclusions about what happened and what it means. Themes of isolation, memory, and the fragility of human progress run quietly beneath the surface. There is sadness in the discovery of a place that once held life and purpose, and a strange comfort in bringing light to its forgotten corners. The title itself, Homesick, captures the essence of the experience: a yearning for connection, belonging, and understanding in a world that no longer feels familiar. Still, Homesick is not without its shortcomings. Its brevity means that just as its mysteries begin to take shape, the experience ends, leaving a sense of incompletion. The movement speed and lack of a sprint function can make backtracking tedious, and a few puzzles rely too heavily on visual trial and error. Yet these flaws feel minor when weighed against the game’s emotional power. What Lucky Pause accomplished with a small team is remarkable—a deeply atmospheric work that prioritizes feeling over complexity, silence over spectacle. It asks players to slow down, to pay attention, and to find meaning in spaces where time has stopped. In the end, Homesick is less a traditional game and more an act of quiet reflection rendered interactive. It’s a meditation on ruin, renewal, and the fragile persistence of hope amid desolation. For players who value mood and atmosphere, it offers a rare kind of immersion—one that lingers long after the final light fades. Its world may be broken and silent, but within that silence lies something profoundly human: the need to remember, to rebuild, and to find beauty even in the remains of what once was home. Rating: 7/10
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Very slow paced, calm game. I wish the documents you find laying around were readable early on, as by the time I'd solved that particular puzzle I simply could not be bothered to go back and find more of them, which I think took a lot from the story. There's no sprint, no walking faster at all. You are forced to take the entire game at an achingly slow pace, which really sucks at times when you're slinking back and forth down the exact same corridor for ages. It's pretty, in a grim way, but very dull. A lot of the puzzles I solved without really knowing what I did or why it worked. If you're looking for engaging play or high energy or tension, look elsewhere. But if you just need a vaguely sleepy walking simulator to eat up a few hours, this is the game for you.
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A very short and very pretty walking sim with light puzzle elements and a story that must be inferred from notes left around the world for the most part.
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Homesick is less of a game and more of an melancholic tale. Fairly short but with plenty of mystery it really invokes the feeling of it's namesake and stayed with me long after I finished it. Highly recommend.
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Homesick is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
Homesick is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Homesick received 1,092 positive votes out of a total of 1,393 achieving a rating of 7.52.
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Homesick was developed and published by Lucky Pause.
Homesick is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Homesick is not playable on MacOS.
Homesick is not playable on Linux.
Homesick is a single-player game.
Homesick does not currently offer any DLC.
Homesick does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Homesick does not support Steam Remote Play.
Homesick is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Homesick.
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Lucky Pause
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Lucky Pause
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28 May 2015
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