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Play Overview
Leaving Home (2025) is a traversal puzzle game about getting up and leaving your house in the morning. Across different rooms that look like they're straight out of a Picasso painting, you shift patterns on the carpet and reorder drawers, while you also get ready for the day. It stands out not only for the unusual hand-drawn art style but also for the way it takes the (often miserable) weekday morning routine and creates engaging brain-teasers from it.
Play involves working your way through the different rooms of your house as you prepare to leave for work on one of those days you'd rather just stay in bed. In each abstractly designed room, you solve puzzles to progress, from re-ordering the cups in a cupboard to rotating patterns on the carpet to cleaning your pet's paw prints from the floor. As you play, you gradually piece together the details of your life through the minutiae you encounter.
The result is an engaging puzzle about making the environment mirror the feeling of lethargy and low energy. Working through these chores may sound dull, but it's cathartic for the character you play, and maybe you as the player as well.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Leaving Home 3 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
Play involves working your way through the different rooms of your house as you prepare to leave for work on one of those days you'd rather just stay in bed. In each abstractly designed room, you solve puzzles to progress, from re-ordering the cups in a cupboard to rotating patterns on the carpet to cleaning your pet's paw prints from the floor. As you play, you gradually piece together the details of your life through the minutiae you encounter.
The result is an engaging puzzle about making the environment mirror the feeling of lethargy and low energy. Working through these chores may sound dull, but it's cathartic for the character you play, and maybe you as the player as well.
Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Leaving Home 3 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 3 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is a Brain Game and Puzzle game with Narrative and Point-and-Click elements. This is a single-player game.
You can play this game in the following styles:
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Age Ratings
This game includes adverts on some platforms that are watched to unlock additional content. Note that these adverts are not covered by the age rating and may include older-rated content.
Skill Level
7+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. There is no need for fast-paced reactions or good timing, and younger children can readily play. Older children and adults can also enjoy playing by gleaning details from the items in each room.
Costs
Leaving Home usually costs £3.39.
The game is free with adverts on mobile, and costs money and has no adverts on PC.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Leaving Home
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:
- Advertising: Smartphone or Tablet version of this game includes adverts. This varies in form but watching ads is often incentivised by unlocking additional content and progress in the game. Note that these are not covered by the age rating and may include older-rated content.
The game is free with adverts on mobile, and costs money and has no adverts on PC.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 17/06/2025
Out Now: PC
Skill Rating: 7+ year-olds
Players: 1
Genres: Brain Game, Puzzle (Narrative and Point-and-Click)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 2D Overhead and Cartoon
Developer: Bart Bonte (@BartBonte)
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