- Publisher: PATRONES & ESCONDITES
- Release Date: Mar 27, 2025
- Also On: iPhone/iPad
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Mar 26, 2025The third of the game’s five chapters in particular is truly wonderful, presenting a warren of secret corridors and a series of interconnected puzzles that are particularly satisfying to solve with the help of night vision goggles that can reveal hidden writing. But sadly the game can’t quite keep up this pace to the end, and despite the odd flash of brilliance, the quality of the final puzzles never quite reaches the height of those in the middle of the game. The plot, too, fizzles out unsatisfyingly, with a solution to the house’s mystery that seems obvious and yet doesn’t make much sense when held up to scrutiny. Still, the idea of a house with conundrums built into its very fabric remains tantalising: I couldn’t help but give my own house a sweep after playing, just on the off-chance there might be a previously unnoticed hidden message or two.
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Mar 26, 2025Your House is a short game, clocking in at about three hours to beat it all in one go, and with five clearly separated chapters if you want to play in small bursts, but because of that, you notice the time to take walking back and forth in tunnels, not being able to take the turns you want to take but having to guess or remember the entire layout and each room's name. This, combined with puzzles that seem to solve themselves and the strained narrative, drag down any enjoyment the individual problem solving might have granted. Your House is a good facsimile of an escape room, but the flaws only become more apparent in the digital realm.
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May 27, 2025Your House is a nice experiment mixing literature, videogames and escape rooms. Even its full of good ideas, its design can be frustrating sometimes
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Apr 8, 2025The game is short, which I liked; I finished my playthrough in about three hours. (Though I did rely on a lot of in-game hints, which may have helped me get through the game faster.) The plot, while interesting on a moment-by-moment basis, wasn’t particularly shocking or revolutionary. I also thought things wrapped up a little too neatly at the end. But Your House’s choose-your-own adventure atmosphere was excellent, and the puzzles were satisfying to figure out. I’d happily “read” another game like it.