Underplayed Gems

Phoning Home (2017)

Phoning Home cover
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.

Trailer

Screenshots

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