Gone Home vs Down in Bermuda
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gone Home
Explore an empty house to uncover the mystery of a family's disappearance. Interact with objects and discover clues to piece together their story at your own pace. This nonviolent game offers a rich narrative experience.
- Interactive exploration
- Unravel family mystery
- Examine objects for clues
- Nonviolent gameplay
- Puzzle-free experience
- Developer commentary
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June 7th, 1995. 1:15 AM You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something's not right. Where is everyone? And what's happened here? Unravel the mystery for yourself in Gone Home, a story exploration game from The Fullbright Company. Gone Home is an interactive exploration simulator. Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to discover the story of the people who live there. Open any drawer and door. Pick up objects and examine them to discover clues. Uncover the events of one family's lives by investigating what they've left behind. Go Home Again. Key Features A Personal Story: Created by veterans of the BioShock series and the story team behind Minerva's Den, Gone Home offers the rich, nuanced details of one family's struggles to deal with uncertainty, heartache, and change. An Immersive Place: Return to the 1990s by visiting a home where every detail has been carefully recreated, and the sounds of a rainstorm outside wrap you in the experience. No Combat, No Puzzles: Gone Home is a nonviolent and puzzle-free experience, inviting you to play at your own pace without getting attacked, stuck, or frustrated. This house wants you to explore it. Fully Interactive Investigation: Discover what's happened to the Greenbriars by examining a house full of the family's personal possessions, and the notes and letters they've left behind. Use your powers of observation to piece together a story that unfolds as you explore. Behind-The-Scenes Commentary: Over 90 minutes of commentary by the developers, musicians, and voice talent behind Gone Home. Access Commentary mode by clicking the Modifiers button when starting a new game!
Down in Bermuda
Embark on a puzzle-filled adventure as an aviator stranded for decades in the Bermuda Triangle. Solve mysteries, overcome sea creatures, and collect magic orbs to escape six unique islands and find your way home.
- Solve puzzles
- Uncover mysteries
- Explore islands
- Collect magic orbs
- Crack codes
- Escape islands
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An unnatural storm leaves an adventurous aviator stranded for decades within the infamous Bermuda. Overcome creatures of the deep and unravel the islands secrets in search for a way back home. Down in Bermuda is a quirky adventure filled with puzzles to solve and mysteries to uncover. Our adventurous aviator Milton finds himself trapped in a time bubble deep inside the Bermuda and needs your help to escape. Crack codes, solve puzzles, collect magic orbs and escape each of the six unique islands, each one leading to the next on a quest for a way back home. From the studio who brought you the suave secret agent adventure Agent A: A puzzle in disguise.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Down in Bermuda at 4.4 against Gone Home's 3.8. Down in Bermuda also leads on review sentiment (68% vs 41%). Gone Home's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 22 months) and chart position (#168 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Gone Home costs $4.99 and Down in Bermuda $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Down in Bermuda holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gone Home has 432 ratings behind it against 80, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of Gone Home's written reviews are positive against 68% of Down in Bermuda's.
Gone Home ships an update fortnightly, Down in Bermuda every 22 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Gone Home | Down in Bermuda |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.8 (432 ratings) | 4.4 (80 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 40.7% of reviews | 67.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 432 — better | 80 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 22 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #168 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 689 MB | 460 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Annapurna Games, LLC | Yak & co |
Customer experience
Gone Home
Down in Bermuda
Bugs and requests
Gone Home
Reported bugs
2 issues- Game crashes on launch for some users
- Freezing or performance issues on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Longer gameplay with more content
- Improved controls and camera sensitivity
- Additional gameplay modes or challenges
- Controller support optimization
Down in Bermuda
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gone Home
No in-app purchases
Down in Bermuda
No in-app purchases
