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A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.

Phoning Home is a adventure, action and indie game developed and published by ION LANDS.
Released on February 07th 2017 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese and Polish.

It has received 1,046 reviews of which 719 were positive and 327 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.6 out of 10. 😐

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Phoning Home into these genres:

Adventure Action Indie Survival Open World Survival Craft Open World Exploration Crafting Robots Singleplayer Sci-fi Atmospheric Nature Third Person Story Rich Mystery Puzzle Great Soundtrack Futuristic Silent Protagonist

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP / 7 / 8.1 / 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5 / AMD, 2.5 GHz
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Dedicated GPU, NVIDIA or AMD, 1.5 GB video memory
  • DirectX: Version 10
  • Storage: 10 GB available space

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Feb. 2025
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Jan. 2025
The game plays a little like an easy Subnautica; you collect elements from the environment, "craft" updates and move up in the story; it's never too difficult. Unlike Subnautica, there are other characters that speak to you, so it doesn't feel as lonely. The graphics for your character could use a bit more refinement (the robot looks a bit awkward, like a beta version). Where the game excels is in ambience. The environments are beautiful, and the music is some of the best I've listened to recently in games. I think that to really enjoy it you have to play it in a contemplative mood -- not rush through it, but experience the solitude, explore the remains of a failed expedition. (There's even a brilliant little moment in which your companion tells you to stop for a second and look at the beauty around you. At that very moment I was thinking to myself "this is so pretty!" That moment sold the game for me). So it's worth it, if you overlook some clunkyness in the animation, the somewhat unwieldy jump/craft system, and go for the experience itself of exploring deserted environments.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Phoning Home is free to play on Steam.

Phoning Home is not on sale because is already free to play on Steam.

Phoning Home received 719 positive votes out of a total of 1,046 achieving a rating of 6.64.
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Phoning Home was developed and published by ION LANDS.

Phoning Home is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Phoning Home is not playable on MacOS.

Phoning Home is not playable on Linux.

Phoning Home is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for Phoning Home. Explore additional content available for Phoning Home on Steam.

Phoning Home does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Phoning Home does not support Steam Remote Play.

Phoning Home does not currently support Steam Family Sharing.

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Phoning Home
Free to play -98% 24.00€ 0.48€
6.6
719
327
Game modes
Online players
1
Developer
ION LANDS
Publisher
ION LANDS
Release 07 Feb 2017
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