Its unconventional, non-violent subject matter and gameplay also skilfully and confidently prove that not all games need an "attack" button to be enjoyable and interesting -- and given the growing sense of weariness a lot of us have been feeling with super-violent experiences, that's something that should be celebrated.

In Gone Home, there are moments of fear, moments of joy, moments of sadness, and moments of peace. In the end, there is acceptance, the kind which comes from a tale naturally concluded and a chapter neatly closed.

Gone Home is a first class adventure, very well written and quite charming. [Oct 2013]

Gone Home does only one thing but does it superbly, telling a touching story solely through exploration that makes it well worth experiencing.

Leans heavily on nostalgia and sentimentality, but Gone Home is an affecting game that challenges you like no other.

Gone Home is a fascinating, surprising and indispensable experience.

As a statement of intent, Gone Home is laudable; as a technical exercise in game narrative, it's compromised, but it definitely has its strengths and is worthy of study. But you can't escape the sense that Gaynor, Zimonja and Nordhagen started on this project with grand designs for games as a storytelling medium, yet without a story they desperately wanted to tell.