Home – A Unique Horror Adventure Is Free on the Epic Games Store

Verified by Laura Marano · Oct 24, 2026 · 2 min read · 4.3 (6) · 0 · 127

Epic is giving away Home this week, a $4.99 pixel-art murder mystery from 2012 that is making its Epic debut with this offer. You have until Thursday 29 October, 11:00 AM ET to add it to your library, and it stays there after the window closes. Below is how to claim it and whether its mixed reception should put you off.

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Home – A Unique Horror Adventure Is Free on the Epic Games Store

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Game	Home – A Unique Horror Adventure
Price	Free (normally $4.99)
Claim before	Thu 29 Oct 2026, 11:00 AM ET (15:00 UTC)
Store	Epic Games Store (PC)
Platform	Windows only
Genre	Adventure, horror
Players	Single player
Length	About 1–2 hours (Game Rant)
Age rating	ESRB Teen (violence, blood, alcohol reference, mild language)
Previously free on Epic	No, first giveaway
Keeps forever	Yes, permanent

Claim on Epic Games Store

How to claim the free copy

How to claim

Open the Home – A Unique Horror Adventure page on the Epic Games Store
Sign in, or create a free Epic account.
Turn on two-factor authentication if it is off. Epic blocks free claims without it.
Click Get, then Place Order. The total is $0 and no card is involved.

What is Home – A Unique Horror Adventure?

About the game

Home is a short side-scrolling horror adventure first released in 2012 by Benjamin Rivers, whose studio now goes by BancyCo. You wake during a storm in a house you do not recognise and piece together a murder by exploring it with a flashlight. The pixel art is deliberately low-resolution, and the tension comes from atmosphere rather than combat. What you examine and conclude shapes how the story resolves, and Epic lists multiple paths and endings plus a Postmortem Mode with a developer diary and gallery.

Home – A Unique Horror Adventure screenshot

System requirements

Requirements

	Minimum	Recommended
OS	Windows 10	Windows 11
CPU	Intel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or equivalent	Intel Core i3 2.0 GHz or equivalent
Memory	4 GB	8 GB
GPU	Integrated graphics	Any discrete GPU
Storage	300 MB	500 MB
Input	Gamepad (listed as additional input device)	Not listed by Epic

Is it worth claiming?

Worth claiming?

7.7Expert Score

Average

Home averages 69 on Metacritic for PC, and 67% of its 1,773 Steam reviews are positive (Mixed), per Steambase. IGN gave it 6.5 and GameSpot 7, matching Game Rant’s note of a mixed reception.
Claim it if you want a one-sitting mystery that leaves the answer to you. Skip it if you want combat or one confirmed explanation.

Gameplay

7.8

Presentation

7.5

Story & atmosphere

7.5

Length & replay

7.8

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