Phoning Home (2017)

- Developer
- ION LANDS
- Platforms
- Windows
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Indie
- Rating
- 3.5 of 5, 1,076 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 5.0 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
You explore a strange alien world as a solitary robot, solving puzzles and surviving with only a quirky AI companion for company.
atmosphericexploration-focusedlonelymysterioussurvivalpuzzle-solvingquietthoughtful
What players say
Players describe an indie adventure where you play a robot escorting another robot through a series of biomes, mixing linear story with survival crafting. Many praise the story and cute characters, but some find the resource gathering tedious and climbing frustrating, with a minority reporting it broken on modern systems.
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