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Away From Home
Developer Squishy, Cameron Smith-Randick
A Rhythm based RPG experience. Providing detailed pixel art and expressive animation. Experience a fun world with lots of colorful characters. Come and disrupt their peace! This is a prequel to a larger story. From the Steam store page
87 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 8, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
71
Fresh
46 positive · 19 negative
95% range 59–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 46 | 19 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
48 of 67 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
71% recommend · 46 yes, 19 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 65 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (57 of 83 positive).
Players praise the game's art, music, and rhythm combat, but many note it feels unfinished. [1][2][3] Some reviewers report bugs, crashes, and a lack of content, calling it deceptive. [4][5][6]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
This is advertised as a full game but it ends after only one chapter. There's not even any reviews here with over 6 hours of playtime! the games main content includes a tutorial, 2 mandatory fights, then the game ends. There's about 6 optional 'boss' fights i was able to find, along with 2 basic mushroom enemies... The trailer shows several minigames, yet i didn't see any of them in my playthrough. the dev also …
- [1]
Disclaimer: I have interviewed the developer. This might be the hardest rating I've had to give, and yet I frankly think it couldn't have been any more deserved. It's the manifestation of a young man's 9 year journey into making a game, thoughtfully pulling inspiration from left field greats like Earthbound and Undertale, as well as less-known indie games like Knuckle Sandwich who've coyly pretended they never …
- [3]
pixel art animation is insane like seriously some of the best i have seen in an indie game. u can tell the devs put a lot of love into this.
- [2]
Very interesting mechanics, using a rhythm style system to battle the opponents. The music is good and the changeups in the rhythm throughout songs give the game a fun twist
- [7]
The art and animation are super impressive, but there are combats with very difficult charts. 8/10
Summarised from 34 of the 87 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
71% of the 65 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Away From Home. The complaint that keeps coming up: game is incomplete with little content. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 87 · most liked firstBeen sweating and cumming in this pair a few days now in preparation for when I see big bro @ganzfaust.bsky.social this weekend 🥰 Streaming Away From Home! Styled like Earthbound but as a rhythm game :3 twitch.tv/itisidog
positive · AI labelView post →WE WON A GAME AWAY FROM HOME WHILE KEEPING A CLEAN SHEET IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE!! #AVFC
neutral · AI labelView post →New trailer for the game Away From Home! 🔮 store.steampowered.com/app/1631980/... 🩷 - Appreciated 🔁- Appreciated #pixelart #animation #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →This is advertised as a full game but it ends after only one chapter. There's not even any reviews here with over 6 hours of playtime! the games main content includes a tutorial, 2 mandatory fights, then the game ends. There's about 6 optional 'boss' fights i was able to find, along with 2 basic mushroom enemies... The trailer shows several minigames, yet i didn't see any of them in my playthrough. the dev also advertises weird events occurring if you go afk or load old saves enough times,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hidden Dance Machine 🕺🪩 This is a haunted arcade game from the RPG Away From Home! #pixelart #gamedev #art #oc
neutral · AI labelView post →I usually don't make reviews but I felt this one deserved some talking about. The game is not listed as early access or alpha/beta despite having no more than 2 hours worth of content, and in the almost 7 hours I've played I got softlocked each time trying to get access to side battles, if you deviate from where the story goes too early, you'll be unable to experience most of the current content in the game but I digress. I mostly want to talk about expectations: Yes most of us get that you're…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not ready to be released yet. It almost feels like it wasn't play tested properly. Within the first hour of the game, the amount of crashes and soft locks that occurs is ridiculous, The dev is actively working on the bug fixes as they're reported but as of now I would wait until it's in a playable state. The art is absolutely gorgeous otherwise and the gameplay looks promising, and hope that it gets up and running.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌺🧩 Working on a fun little puzzle for my game Away From Home! #pixelart #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Tense Battle 💀☁️ This is from a battle in the upcoming steam game Away From Home. #pixelart #animation #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: Away From Home (2002, PC) Another E.T. game with a surprisingly large amount of houseplants and an unsurprising amount of uncanny characters!
neutral · AI labelView post →Please consider following my [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41005226/]Curation page. I cover a wide range of genres both paid and unpaid, providing unbiased opinions as well as regular giveaway events. Video Review TBD https://youtu.be/8BWeByjNOsw This Is Deceptive The game itself offers practically no clarity beyond its store page and a vague mention of being a "prequel" to a larger story at the end of it's description. Do not waste your money here. What you are buying is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Biggs Business! 🧌💵 This is Bigg, he owns a ton of property in labyrinth city, he's green with greed. This character comes from the game Away From Home! 💪Consider checking out the demo and Kickstarter below! #pixelart #ドット絵 #animation #indiegame #gamedev #JRPG
neutral · AI labelView post →Blue Boy! 🥶 Towns folk from the upcoming game Away From Home. #pixelart #gamedev #art #animation
neutral · AI labelView post →Run!!! 🕶️🕴️ This is an animation of a body guard chasing you! It comes from the upcoming video game Away From Home! #pixelart #ドット絵 #animation #indiegame #gamedev #aseprite
neutral · AI labelView post →Mushroom Home 🍄🏠 This little home comes from the upcoming game Away From Home! #pixelart #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Smoke Attack ☁️💀 This is a animated scene from a battle in the upcoming game Away From Home! #pixelart #animation #gamedev #oc
neutral · AI labelView post →Cute Scene! 🌻🎨 My Work on the game Away From Home! #pixelart #ドット絵 #animation #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Welcome to Curved Cove! It's a road that leads nowhere... 🛣️🚗 This is a location in the game Away From Home. #pixelart #gamedev #art
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm really upset to be writing such a negative review as I've been following this game's development for quite a while, and although I've seen the developer responding to comments and releasing frequent patches, it just doesn't hold up to what it's advertised as. I can look past things like bugs/crashes etc, games have issues and the dev has made a great effort to clean them out. The one thing I can't get behind is how the game's advertised to be much more than it actually is. Many of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →✨Added some effects items. Many more in the game Away From Home. Launching for sure in 11 days. #pixelart #animation #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Disclaimer: I have interviewed the developer. This might be the hardest rating I've had to give, and yet I frankly think it couldn't have been any more deserved. It's the manifestation of a young man's 9 year journey into making a game, thoughtfully pulling inspiration from left field greats like Earthbound and Undertale, as well as less-known indie games like Knuckle Sandwich who've coyly pretended they never played Earthbound or Undertale. Away From Home lives up to its pixel rhythm RPG…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very expensive and incomplete. It should have been released early access. And at a discounted price commensurate with its' development state. It is in active development with multiple updates a month ago, but the lack of transparency on the store page is concerning. Bugs are quickly fixed when reported and i haven't found any. I do like the rhythm gameplay, but the notes come at you so fast that it is difficult to master any boss. You can tank missed notes with stats but as a rhythm game, I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🕺🪩 Disco battle! This comes from the upcoming steam game Away From Home. #pixelart #animation #indiegame #gamedev
neutral · AI labelView post →CHANCES FELL ON A PLATTER THROUGHOUT THE SECOND HALF. THEY COULDN'T FINISH THEM FOR VARIOUS REASONS. UNTIL THEY SCORED ON A SET PIECE AND ENDED THE 12-GAME WINLESS STREAK AWAY FROM HOME. A HUMONGOUS VICTORY. #RCTID
neutral · AI labelView post →Visually stunning, but hampered by small design flaws that quickly become frustrating. Core combat mechanics aren’t clearly explained—I missed a single block early on and was stun-locked from full health to zero, unable to respond. I initially thought it was a bug, but it turns out there’s a brief lockout after being hit, which allows enemies to combo you. That would be fine if I could practice, but after dying, you’re forced to replay the entire preceding dialogue just to retry the fight. It…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Be warned, the boss fight rhythm charts are much harder than I expected. I'm usually excellent at rhythm minigames. Even with full medkits and level 12, I can't even get this manditory boss down to 70% HP, much less beat him. At the time of this review, there are lots of bugs, which I'm reporting, perhaps they'll be worked on soon. The most egregious of the bugs makes it impossible to turn down the sound effects, which are overpowering the battle music, which makes it hard to hear the beat and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game was released in an unfinished state, with many issues that stop the game from being played. As of this review, there are many bugs, graphical glitches, areas you can get stuck in, hard crashes, mechanics that don't work, objects that cannot be interacted with, buildings that cannot be entered and other ways to soft lock oneself. To the dev's credit, they are actively working through these through their Discord channel, but coming off two last-minute delays, one would hope most of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a rule that if a game doesn't catch me within two hours, I'm refunding it. And I'm refunding it. First, the good parts of the game right off the bat : - The music is really good and catchy. - The pixel art is EXQUISITE and played a big part in my initial purchase of the game. - Animations are really well done and you can tell a lot of efforts were put into the graphical polish. Now, what made me severely dissapointed : - French translation is downright horrendous and most likely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was anticipating this game for a while. Finally getting to play it... I can't help but just be somewhat annoyed. The game launched. I was stuck for a few days due to the game crashing whenever I entered a building where a cutscene would play. That got fixed. Congratulations! I finally got to the point where the cutscene now played! Problem was, it was broken, and the same 2 lines of dialogue would loop indefinitely. FINALLY got patched. I get to a big boss fight. It is challenging. I spend…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Updating this review from what I Previously wrote, Thankyou squishy for updating the game, I Can play it now and the massive bugs are gone, The game is playable and the rhythm mechanics do Work, Thankyou for Fixing the game with Latest update, I Will lock comments and Yes, I Do love their work and I just launched the game today to make sure that its fixed on my end as well, i will def play more of this game, I Am happy to see more improvement on AFH, Keep it up Devs!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's boogie time! 😎🕺 This is an epic animation of Abby dancing from the upcoming video game Away From Home! #pixelart #Gamedev #ドット絵 #animation #IndieGameDev
neutral · AI labelView post →Update: THIS GAME SHOULD BE LABELED EARLY ACCESS AND IT ISN'T. Devs have freely admitted the game isn't done yet, and that a part two is still incoming. I can't recommend it while they're still lying to their playerbase. So, the combat game play loop here is pretty cool. Rhythm based combat, and it can be quite difficult and punishing until you've memorized the songs. I had a lot of fun with that. Also, the art, sprite work, and music are excellent. A lot of work was put into the art, and it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am enjoying the combat and dialog but the bugs are too numerous for me to suggest this game at the moment. In 1 1/2 hrs of game play i found 7 bugs that soft locked me and made me put the game down till further patching is done. I will change my review as in the future but as of now i cant recommend this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3 times in 17 minutes of playtime the game breaks and has to be closed and restarted to continue. Literally just moving around and loading into areas breaks the game. No idea how this got past QA.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game crashes all the time, you cant save whenever you want, and its too hard. i once farmed for an hour to grind from level 13 to 17 to fight "hat man" and when i entered the fight my game crashed. I am so upset
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a promising demo for a game that is not available yet. The gameplay is snappy and fun, and the visuals are very stylish, with some stunningly smooth pixel animation. Ultimately, I think I could recommend this game, but with some caveats: 1) It's not finished. The game ends pretty abruptly, presumably because the story is not complete yet. Many planned features are also not yet implemented. Even if you pay for this game, you're basically just getting a demo, so you'd best take advantage…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In another PAX chat, @arealgoldmouth.bsky.social talks to @squishedy.bsky.social about the rhythm-based game Away From Home. gamesline.net/conversation...
neutral · AI labelView post →The game so far seems unstable as I am unable to enter the forest due one of many errors that cause the game to crash. But so far the game as a concept and experience has been fantastic , I am leaving this review to let people know that I will revisit this game once it has been repaired as I am sure the final product will be worth the wait. I enjoyed my time so far.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game with great music, not to mention the fantastic art style. I can't wait to get further in the story would 100 percent recommend!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very interesting mechanics, using a rhythm style system to battle the opponents. The music is good and the changeups in the rhythm throughout songs give the game a fun twist
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The art and animation are super impressive, but there are combats with very difficult charts. 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To begin with, I really like the concept of the game, and I think that this is what the combo system in Mother 3 would feel like if it was done right. Also the art is very cool, and the story is quirky in a good way. That said, as much as it hurts me to write this review, the state of the game as it is now is still "Early Access", and inappropriate for a full release. I bought the game right away, but given a lot of initial negative comments, I waited for the first big patch before playing.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Made it past the 2 hour mark and game became unplayable, so can't refund and can only wait and hope it gets fixed unfortunately. Text box infinitely looping and unable to progress forward, one of the duck people to the right of the teapot house in the first major area crashes the game, and serious performance issues despite exceeding graphics and RAM requirements. The rhythm based gameplay is fun but feels a little clunky. Soundtrack and story are really good up to the point I got to and if the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pixel art animation is insane like seriously some of the best i have seen in an indie game. u can tell the devs put a lot of love into this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have been eagerly awaiting the release of this game and after playing it through, I certainly was not disappointed! The graphics are extraordinary, and it has my highest recommendation!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →crazy replay value is fantastic thanks to branching paths and meaningful decisions 👌
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been fascinated by this game ever since I've first discovered it. As of now, it's a little rough around the edges and could use a bit more polish, but I'm enjoying what's here. The art is stunning and the music is delightful. It's a lovely little game you got here. I will say, I do feel like the game is too hard. I think it will benefit greatly from some sort of easy mode or difficulty modifier (Like something modifies the amount of amount of damage taken or dealt to adjust the difficulty)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played 2 hours of the Game gotta say it was pretty peak for the most of it, I did encounter some bugs but they're being fixed, the devs have been grinding in the discord server replying to bugs and working on them on the clock, most of the bugs I've been seeing people talk about have been fixed, and I'm happy to see some devs working with the community in real time 1st time seeing it. If I were to say if you should or not buy this game I clocked in 2hrs and been having a blast with the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Has insane potential but as soon as i left the house i immediately got hardlocked behind a melon lol
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NEW FOXES FOCUS 🦊📣 WE WON A GAME! WE WON A GAME AWAY FROM HOME!
neutral · AI labelView post →I play Souls games. I play rhythm games. I played the demo for this and it seemed like it would be a slam dunk, but the bosses in this game are no joke and stupidly hard. After launch, an "easy" mode was added. This doesn't affect the difficulty of the battles, including the note speeds. From what I can tell, you might take a bit less damage and maybe do a bit more damage. Then you get to the a boss with a mandatory quick time event that it quite long and requires a lot of precision and will do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8/10 interesting story!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really liked the music and characters are memorable ❤️
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the world feels alive and full of small details. i enjoyed exploring and seeing how the story slowly unfolds. definitely worth playing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only about an hour and change into it but I can see the inspirations that lead to this. That said this has been non stop fun and looking forward to sinking more time into this!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not a rhythm game player but this game bops. Fun rhythm based battles mixed with interesting style and character designs makes this a joy to play. Not sure if it is because I am bad at rhythm games are because the way the notes are a presented but this ♥♥♥♥ is hard. There is not option for difficulty which I would love to not have to absolutely lock in to take out a random mushroom enemy. The design of how the notes appear on two sides and meet in the middle but that's not when you are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fighting animations are so smooth especially when u use special attacks, honestly playing with headphones is a must for this game because u really need to hear the beat for the rhythm parts or u will miss ur hits. the way the music syncs with the battle is just perfect!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →scary parts came out of nowhere lol, good game definitely recommended
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game surprised me a lot. i came for the cool rhythm combat but stayed for the story. i wont spoil anything but the decisions you make actually matter and change the world. i messed up my first run and got a bad outcome so im playing it again to fix it. the world feels alive and the characters have real voices which helps a lot with the immersion. be careful with the quick time events though they can be punishing if you arent paying attention to the beat. overall a solid 9/10 experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bro the yakuza style side quests are hilarious lol 😅😅 . i spent more time doing random stuff in town than the main story ❤️
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