Home Behind

You play as a refugee fleeing civil war after your village is destroyed and your daughter goes missing. Travel toward safety across a long, side-scrolling journey, with the search for your daughter at the heart of the story.

Move forward through randomly generated roadside and indoor encounters, where you can find supplies, explore locations, and choose how to respond. Encounters may offer chances to trade, beg, steal, or fight, while enemies include rebels and wild animals.

Keep track of hunger, thirst, mood, and health as disease, weather, and day-night changes complicate the trip. Gather materials to cook meals and craft weapons, armor, and remedies; develop skills, choose among 15 jobs with different starting advantages, and upgrade the workshop and kitchen on your travel cart.

Players who enjoy the game often describe its first run as absorbing, citing the refugee-survival premise, scavenging and crafting, and the need to weigh supplies and choices along the journey. Some also appreciate the simple, easy-to-learn loop and the story's atmosphere. Reviews frequently add that long runs can become repetitive, and some criticize the randomness of finding essential resources.