Casual · January 16, 2024

Home Safety Hotline (2024)

trophy11 achievementsextension2 DLClocal_offer-30% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend2.4k recommendations
Hearing noises? Seeing things? Call Home Safety Hotline! Our operators are standing by, waiting to give you the answers you need to protect your home from all manner of pests and household hazards. Home Safety Hotline is an analog horror inspired telephone operator simulator where you answer incoming callers' questions about what's inside their home. Read through a vast catalog of common pests and household hazards, and do your best to become an expert in home safety. You will be held responsible for what happens. A new horror experiment from Nick Lives, the creator of NiGHT SIGNAL and A Wonderful Day For Fishing . Navigate a vast catalog of safety information using the latest in 90's technology. Listen to original jazzy lo-fi music by David Johnsen while you place callers on hold. Correctly deduce what's in your callers' homes or else leave them to suffer the consequences. Learn about the various untold horrors that live inside your home. 'Phobia Toggles' - An accessibility option that allows you to disable in-game images for common phobia triggers including arachnophobia and more. Unlockable Art Book detailing the game's development history.

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Horror · 313
  • 1990's · 303
  • Interactive Fiction · 287
  • Point & Click · 284
  • Simulation · 263
  • Text-Based · 259
  • FMV · 256
  • Typing · 240
  • Alternate History · 223
  • Atmospheric · 216
  • Dark Comedy · 210
  • Lore-Rich · 193
  • Mystery · 180
  • Lovecraftian · 180
  • Mythology · 166

Peer Casual titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Casual

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume2.2k Steam reviewsTop 91% in Casual
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 88% — this title sits in top 49%
Engagement hours2 h averageTop 85% for session depth among Casual

Press Quotes

“Home Safety Hotline is one of the first must-plays of 2024” PCGamesN “Home Safety Hotline has wired up a direct line to my heart” PCGamer “The highest quality and most engaging analog horror game that we've seen during the course of the whole trend” FutureGameShow

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

2h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

3h

Typical completion time

Achievements

11

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 2.2k reviews

2.0k positive · 177 negative

Curator recommendations

2.4k

Release & Availability

Release dateJan 16, 2024
DeveloperNight Signal Entertainment
Base price$10.49 -30%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · [email protected]

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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