SimulationFit check
Is Welcome Home worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Horror players who prefer short, exploration-led stories
- Walking-simulator fans who want puzzles and supernatural encounters
- Players interested in searching environments for notes and hidden details
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a large-scale AAA horror production
- Players wanting a long campaign with extensive replayability
- Players who dislike VHS-style visual sections
- Players looking for a game centered on sustained survival-horror mechanics
Our take on Welcome Home
Rather than treating the walking simulator as a purely serious exploration format, the game makes that structure part of its subject. It also inserts survival-horror sections into two acts, shifting between environmental investigation, puzzle solving, and more direct encounters.
What is Welcome Home?
Welcome Home is a horror walking simulator set in a deteriorating house purchased by the player character.
A cryptic message from the previous owner leads into a story involving supernatural events, hidden tragedies, and forces that oppose escape. Exploration focuses on searching rooms and corridors for secrets, notes, and diary entries while solving puzzles and riddles. Two characters are playable, each with separate controls. Survival-horror elements appear in two acts, while the broader game treats the walking-simulator format playfully. The average completion time is 60 minutes. VHS sections may cause discomfort for some players. The game was made by one person using free and paid Unreal Engine 5 content.
How Welcome Home plays
- 01Haunted house exploration
- Search decaying rooms and passageways for concealed secrets, notes, and story details.
- 02Puzzle-based investigation
- Solve puzzles and riddles to reveal the house's history and buried mysteries.
- 03Supernatural encounters
- Face hostile entities and unexplained events during the investigation.
- 04Two playable characters
- The two characters use different control schemes.
- 05Short campaign
- The average completion time is 60 minutes.
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Welcome Home: platforms & release
Is Welcome Home worth it?
It is worth it if: horror players who prefer short, exploration-led stories. Skip it if: players seeking a large-scale AAA horror production.
Where can I download Welcome Home?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Welcome Home's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Welcome Home on?
Windows and Linux.
