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No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home

Chicken Launcher · released Mar 17, 2022

AdventureCasualIndieRPGSimulation

Humanity Trashed the Earth and left for Mars. Only few remained. EXPLORE the world. Clean the environment, CRAFT with recycled resources. Domesticate animals. Rebuild your village. Restore environment and run your own post-apo FARM as there is No Place Like Home!

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73
VGC Score
▼Decliningmedium confidence
71%
At launch
78%
Steam all-time
68%
Press
0%
Recent sentiment

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Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (OpenCritic)–6815
All-time Steam reviews78%731000
Metacritic user ratings––0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)0%151
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Scoring window: last 30 days (no significant patch detected) · 3 reviews sampled · 3 total reviews in window · weighted 0 up / 2.7 down · computed 3h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (17)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 85
    Pure NintendoPure Nintendo
    trust 80May 19, 2023

    “No Place Like Home is a post-apocalyptic farming adventure/sim in which you play as a girl searching for her missing grandpa before she moves to Mars. The game's hopeful story and effective balance of farming, decorating, fighting, and upgrading tools will keep players involved from start to finish.”

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  • 70
    Gaming ProfessorsGaming Professors
    trust 76Nov 6, 2021

    “No Place Like Home is still in Early Access and has a few bugs, but it certainly doesn't spoil the overall impression of the game and its gameplay. No Place Like Home is definitely a relaxing, cute, family friendly and fun game. So it's definitely worth the wait.”

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  • 77
    Nindie SpotlightNindie Spotlight
    trust 70May 12, 2023

    “While it won’t win any awards for its general level of quality, there’s a sense of Zen to be found in cleaning up the planet zone by zone”

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  • 75
    GameffineGameffine
    trust 69May 3, 2022

    “No Place Like Home is an RPG based upon restoring a post-apocalyptic world into a beautiful green land with animals prospering and crops growing all over. The game may have a satisfying take on cleaning mountains of trash and recycling it into decorative items and resources, it mostly feels like a Trash Cleaning Simulator. With the lack of proper story writing, dialogues, poor graphics and repetitive music, No Place Like Home never had me hooked into it.”

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  • 70
    BazimagBazimag
    trust 65Mar 31, 2022

    “No Place Like Home has its own charming take on the genre but when all is said and done, it doesn’t really do that much to make itself that different from the ever-growing farming sim rpgs.”

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  • 40
    GameGrinGameGrin
    trust 65Mar 17, 2022

    “No Place Like Home had a lot of potential and a great idea behind restoring Earth and caring for the animals that inhabit it, it just forgot that home needs a family.”

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  • 100
    LadiesGamers.comLadiesGamers.com
    trust 64Apr 22, 2022

    “For a farming simulation, there is a lot going on in this game. In spite of a few shortcomings, it’s one of my favorite games that I have ever played. I love just about every aspect of this game, and the additions after the full release have been great. There is also a plan for more content to come; a recent post on Steam says that fishing will be added to No Place Like Home soon!”

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  • 65
    CrazyGameCommunity.itCrazyGameCommunity.it
    trust 62Mar 18, 2022

    “No Place Like Home is a satisfying and pleasant title to play, but really repetitive and with small problems that can ruin the overall experience.”

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  • 53
    NoobFeedNoobFeed
    trust 62Mar 18, 2022

    “No Place Like Home epitomizes the relaxing nature of the farming game genre, but does it offer anything we haven't seen before? It just didn’t give me much reason to keep coming back after I’d reached a certain point.”

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  • 60
    World Of Geek StuffWorld Of Geek Stuff
    trust 62Mar 17, 2022

    “There is a lot of in-game content to explore and cute animals to befriend. The game does have several glitches, bugs, and issues as well as combat being really easy. No Place Like Home will not be for everyone, but those who enjoy collecting, cleaning, and farming simulation games will feel right at home.”

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  • 70
    Rectify GamingRectify Gaming
    trust 61Sep 11, 2023

    “No Place Like Home is a fun & relaxing farming simulator where taking your own pace is recommended, though it has its flaws.”

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  • 100
    Thumb CultureThumb Culture
    trust 60Mar 17, 2022

    “Well. I have spent a long time sucking up waste, constructing buildings, taming animals and collecting resources. I love it. The level design is great and the hands-on tutorial at the start gets you into the gameplay from the off. I found myself just feeling really calm with an almighty sense of achievement as I clear the rubbish to reveal a beautiful untainted natural countryside. Well done Chicken Launcher, No Place Like Home bags a Thumb Culture Platinum Award!”

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…and 5 more tracked reviews.

Patch history

  1. Big new content update + Japanese language! + NPLH is out on Switch!
    May 10, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  2. New Major Patch is here! New Dungeon Zone, Challenge Mode and a lot more!
    Aug 9, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  3. New Patch is here 1.2.K_223 !
    May 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  4. New Patch 1.1.K_214 and WIP's on upcoming patches!
    Apr 20, 2022
  5. New patch is here! 1.0.K_190 changes
    Mar 29, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  6. Quick hot fix!
    Mar 18, 2022
  7. Full Release is here! Our journey just started!
    Mar 17, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  8. Pre Full Release Patch is here! 1.0.K_175
    Mar 16, 2022
  9. New Hot Fix 0.35.K_170 is live!
    Mar 11, 2022
  10. New Hot Fix!
    Mar 10, 2022
  11. New Fast Travel System, Food Buffs and Creative Mode is LIVE!
    Mar 9, 2022
  12. Creative Mode Beta (UPDATE - Its closed)
    Mar 4, 2022
  13. New Patch 0.32.249 Is Live - Full Release moved to 17th March.
    Mar 2, 2022
  14. New hotfix and plans for next week!
    Feb 16, 2022
  15. New Fixes, Balances and Changes!
    Feb 15, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  16. What's coming next - Post Patch Repair Plan
    Feb 14, 2022
  17. New Huge Patch goes Live and final Full Release Date - 10th March 2022!
    Feb 10, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  18. New Major Patch is live!
    Nov 24, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  19. Pre Major Patch Beta is Live!
    Nov 17, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  20. New Major Patch coming soon!
    Oct 28, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  21. New Hotfix
    Sep 9, 2021
  22. New minor patch! - You can play during the night!
    Aug 27, 2021
  23. New Hotfixes
    Aug 12, 2021
  24. NEW Major Patch is here!!!
    Aug 6, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  25. Pre Patch v 0.16 is in beta testing!
    Jul 30, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  26. New Hotfixes!
    May 13, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  27. New Major Update is here!
    Apr 29, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  28. Hotfix 0.15.94
    Apr 28, 2021
  29. Major Patch - Beta + Last chance to get game with 75% discount!
    Apr 23, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  30. 1st Major Patch Announcement - Mid-April Release Date!
    Mar 26, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  31. New Quick Hotfix
    Mar 3, 2021
  32. Patch 0.14.82 is live!
    Feb 23, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  33. Patch 0.13 is out!
    Jan 21, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  34. Hotfix 0.12 is out!
    Jan 12, 2021
  35. New 0.11 Patch is out!
    Jan 5, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  36. Thank you for joining us! New Patch Roadmap
    Dec 31, 2020significant · resets scoring window