Phoning Home

A tale of survival about two shipwrecked robots - ION and ANI - on their life-defining journey in this unique genre-mix of exploration, puzzle and survival.

Phoning Home is a adventure, action and indie game developed and published by ION LANDS.
Released on February 07th 2017 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, German, French, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese and Polish.

It has received 1,035 reviews of which 713 were positive and 322 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐

The game is free to play on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Phoning Home into these genres:

Adventure Action Indie Survival Open World Survival Craft Open World Exploration Crafting Robots Sci-fi Singleplayer Atmospheric Nature Third Person Story Rich Mystery Puzzle Great Soundtrack Futuristic Silent Protagonist

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows XP / 7 / 8.1 / 10
Processor: Intel Core i5 / AMD, 2.5 GHz
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Dedicated GPU, NVIDIA or AMD, 1.5 GB video memory
DirectX: Version 10
Storage: 10 GB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Jan. 2025

The game plays a little like an easy Subnautica; you collect elements from the environment, "craft" updates and move up in the story; it's never too difficult. Unlike Subnautica, there are other characters that speak to you, so it doesn't feel as lonely. The graphics for your character could use a bit more refinement (the robot looks a bit awkward, like a beta version). Where the game excels is in ambience. The environments are beautiful, and the music is some of the best I've listened to recently in games. I think that to really enjoy it you have to play it in a contemplative mood -- not rush through it, but experience the solitude, explore the remains of a failed expedition. (There's even a brilliant little moment in which your companion tells you to stop for a second and look at the beauty around you. At that very moment I was thinking to myself "this is so pretty!" That moment sold the game for me). So it's worth it, if you overlook some clunkyness in the animation, the somewhat unwieldy jump/craft system, and go for the experience itself of exploring deserted environments.

March 2024

It's okay Phoning Home 5/10 Heisen

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Developer

ION LANDS

Publisher

ION LANDS

Release 07 Feb 2017

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