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Closer To Home

Closer To Home is a dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. Navigate connections between reality and dreams, look for weird stuff and make friends. There is no reason to fear death.

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Positive (34) - 97% of the 34 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Oct 19, 2022

Developer:

Itamu

Publisher:

Itamu

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Languages:

	Interface	Full Audio	Subtitles
English	✔	✔	✔
Russian	✔	✔	✔

Includes 7 Steam Achievements

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Title: Closer To Home
Genre: Casual, Indie

Developer: Itamu

Publisher: Itamu

Release Date: Oct 19, 2022

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About This Game

Players beware, this is a very difficult and self-obscuring game. There is little to no hand-holding or guidance. The majority of the gameplay is dialogue, getting lost, and wandering. It may seem like an incoherent passage in a dark tunnel, but there is an internal logic to all of the mechanisms of the game. I have made a basic guide in the community forum.

Find all the pieces of your dad.
Befriend a variety of entities. (by talking to them)
Figure out where all the children in your town have gone.
Talk to people!
Investigate the cold breath that seems to come from the cracks under your school.
Help out your friends, and set boundaries. (by talking to them)
Learn how to use death. (by dying)
Enjoy the scenery and vibrant music.
Choose when the game is over. Believe the ending you see fit!

About the game
Closer To Home is a primarily dialogue-focused surreal horror exploration game. As you navigate the world and talk to its inhabitants you will come into possession of items that allow progression through the game. Ability granting items are explained in inventory descriptions. The world occasionally changes, so be observant of audio and visual changes. Check back in on the world's inhabitants from time to time, as they remember you. Please read the content warnings if you are one to heed them. I made this game entirely on my own, without any prior experience, so do not be surprised if you find a bug here or there. Thanks for checking it out.

All music and SFX created by Deltoid.

Mature Content Description

The developers describe the content like this:

Mature content warning:
Death, gore, suicide, self-mutilation, nightmares, drug use.

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

Minimum:

OS *: Windows 10, or 7
Processor: 2GHz+
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: 512 MB
Storage: 200 MB available space
Additional Notes: Does not require much

Recommended:

Additional Notes: may experience issues with ultra-wide monitors

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

OS: Mac OS X
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 200 MB available space
Additional Notes: May experience stuttering on 144Hz monitor, fixed by changing to 120Hz

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