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.
- Release Date:2/7/2017
- Franchise:ION LANDS
- Developer:ION LANDS
- Publisher:ION LANDS
- Last Updated:8/30/2024
- Steam App Id:431650
Phoning Home
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Phoning Home has 2 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 75% lower than its previous all-time peak of 8 players achieved on 6/1/2024.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Phoning Home. It has received a total of 1,025 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 67 (Mixed).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Phoning Home and its growth over time. It currently has 24,206 followers on its community page.
About Phoning Home
Phoning Home is an Indie, Action, and Adventure game developed by ION LANDS. On 2/7/2017, it was released on the Steam Store by ION LANDS.
Players have rated Phoning Home as "Mixed" out of 1,025 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 708 positive reviews and 317 negative reviews — an overall 69% positive review rating. Additionally, Phoning Home has earned a metascore of 61 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows systems. At the moment, there is no confirmed information regarding Steam Deck support for this game.
It also supports 8 languanges in-game including English, German, French, Spanish (Spain), and Russian. Each language comes with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
According to Steam’s category system, Phoning Home supports the following features:
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Single-player
From the Steam community, Phoning Home has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Futuristic
- Crafting
- Great Soundtrack
- Third Person
- Atmospheric
- Story Rich
- Nature
- Puzzle
- Open World Survival Craft
- Mystery
- Survival
- Open World
- Sci-fi
- Silent Protagonist
- Indie
- Action
- Robots
- Adventure
- Singleplayer
- Exploration
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Phoning Home and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Phoning Home is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Phoning Home Soundtrack | DLC | 2/7/2017 | View |
Supported Languages
Phoning Home is available in 8 different languages with varying levels of support for the in-game interface, audio, and fully translated subtitles.
| Name | Interface | Audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| German | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| French | Yes | No | Yes |
| Spanish (Spain) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Russian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Hungarian | Yes | No | Yes |
| Chinese (Simplified) | Yes | No | Yes |
| Polish | Yes | No | Yes |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Phoning Home data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, August 30). Phoning Home on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/431650
- Valve Corporation. (2024, August 30). Phoning Home. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/431650
- Metacritic. (2024, August 30). Phoning Home for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/phoning-home