# Return Home

Summer DB entity ID: c888e4a7\-770d\-4f19\-8690\-340dd75ef77a

Steam App ID: 451940

Return Home  is a abstract horizontal scrolling shooter with 2D gameplay\. The game is randomised and altered dynamically according to how well you play\.  Shooting/destroying enemies and collecting blue chips increases your anger, reflected in the transformation of the player ship\. The higher your anger the more you will score and the more difficult the game will become\. Death will not normally end the game, instead your anger level is reduced and you must wait a few seconds to respawn\. As you improve single bullets will turn into waves of lasers and levels will morph and change\. Key Features    9 stage types, all differently dynamic and infinitely variable    13 game modes to unlock from score chasing set level sequences to one life extended single stages    Settable SEED values allowing a player to seek out the optimum scoring stage generation or regenerate the same level from a friends score attempt    Steam Leaderboards, chase friends scores or better every player in the world    Steam Achievements ​    Return Home  \+ Leave Home took one person thirty eight months to create, code gfx design sfx \- VERRAN ​ ​

## Game information

- Type: game

- Developer: Verran

- Publisher: Verran

- Release date: Aug 30, 2019

- Coming soon: false

- Free to play: false

- Parent Steam app: Not collected

- Genres: Indie

- Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Leaderboards, Family Sharing

- Platforms: windows

- Website: Not collected

- Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/451940/ss\_08db595bc0f27452caaa4b688bdebfce171838aa\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1567192657, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/451940/ss\_7319355b5366d8a8c3b5a0aec5e96655e1c9ddcf\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1567192657, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/451940/ss\_ba5bd0b623913025a3b16796c7b09df20f13a0ff\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1567192657, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/451940/ss\_1d9ee0ad4b401c1a5ebf288d190838f9426db036\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1567192657, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/451940/ss\_8221ce62d36a32a78d432c16929890dfd8cf736b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1567192657, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/451940/ss\_a4b27162a4931c4b557ecfa30c7963b99236c4ee\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1567192657, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/451940/ss\_7cc4b84d192ff07fd4f5c5d5f54474f580809897\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1567192657

- Price: 499 minor units USD; discount 0%

- Price country: US

## Observed metrics

- Current players: 0

- Steam review count: 6

- Steam positive reviews: 6

- Steam negative reviews: 0

- Steam positive percentage: 100%

- Summer DB rating: No native votes

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## Player history

[Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/c888e4a7-770d-4f19-8690-340dd75ef77a/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/c888e4a7-770d-4f19-8690-340dd75ef77a/player-metrics?days=7)

Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown.

## Sources and freshness

- Catalog membership: store\_catalog

- Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00

- Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T10:12:14\.618138\+00:00

- Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T10:12:15\.932546\+00:00

- Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T10:12:15\.626021\+00:00

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Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted.

[Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/451940/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/c888e4a7-770d-4f19-8690-340dd75ef77a)