When does Home is Where One Starts... get good?

Hooks you right away. 72% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (76%). Only 13% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

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Home is Where One Starts...

May 12, 2015 Steam: Mostly Positive

Hooks you right away

Gets good instantly from the first hour

Started playing 13% of owners

Steam reviews 77% positive of 717

What the data shows

72% of first-hour reviews are positive — about the same as players with 3+ hours (76%).
Only 13% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

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Based on all 726 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 1.1h for positive, 1.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (13.3% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (8)

Now Fly Finish the game 100%
Dakota Find your friend 79%
Bliss Conquer an old obstacle near the pond 71%
Good Intentions Find the object you hid from your father 71%
Apathy A routine can blind the weary 57%
Sown by the Mountain Study the stencil 57%
The Sun Will Rise Find all voice overs in one sitting 49%
Sentimentalist Pick up all examinable objects in one sitting 46%

Steam page Updated: 2026-10-20.