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Legend of Homebody
The simple game of a shut-in learning from home and earn money. (The game is purely fictional, do not try this out in reality. This is a somewhat serious and heavy game, so don't be fooled by appearances.)
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
What reviewers agree on
15 of the 35 reviews raise this.
“IDK about some of those achievements but this game is strangely habit forming. I try to stop. I try often to stop but often I find myself stuck in that cycle of getting through the 2 years. The scenario I had was 2…”
“Game is addictive. Simple interface, but the game itself is challenging on some modes (Shen has a mental breakdown every time. I've gotten close to beating it, maybe another 20 hours...) If you enjoy having to actually…”
“EA Life sim + interesting mechanics + auto function = Pick your home/work lifestyle. Eat cheap junk food or more expensive healthier food. Manage studying, work, health and stats. Many ways to die. Follow our curator…”
3 of the 35 reviews raise this.
“Game is addictive. Simple interface, but the game itself is challenging on some modes (Shen has a mental breakdown every time. I've gotten close to beating it, maybe another 20 hours...) If you enjoy having to actually…”
“This game is a LOT harder than you would expect, don't be fooled by the appearance. I do like it, I usually don't like difficult games, I definitely died the first few times, and I actually tried pretty hard. If you're…”
“The game is more challenging than any other life sims I have played. Each character have their own story and 2 years of game play. The hardest to play was the female. Always died cause of pressure. Could have options…”
3 of the 35 reviews raise this.
“Game is addictive. Simple interface, but the game itself is challenging on some modes (Shen has a mental breakdown every time. I've gotten close to beating it, maybe another 20 hours...) If you enjoy having to actually…”
“If you love gathering achievements just as much as I do then this is a game for you! Has so many ways of completing and many achievements to go along with it, cute art design also. It would be great if there was a…”
“普通的便宜养成小游戏,不能说很惊艳,但玩下来挺舒服的。完全对得起这个价格。养成爱好者可以买来玩一下,但也没有什么必须买的理由吧。 一周目很上头很爽,二周目打程序员线打了一半压力快到顶了就没再玩了。适合隔一段时间来玩。内容稍微少了点,但挺真诚的。缺点是前期受限很大,基本上只能按照内置攻略来先提美术再搞别的,有点难受。不过很对得起这个价格,第一周目还是非常爽的,感觉不到什么不爽的点。”
3 of the 35 reviews raise this.
“This game was painful to the brain and not in the it was a fun challenging game way there were a lot of poor design decisions for this games. so lets break this down: Graphics: they were ok possibly the only thing that…”
“If you love gathering achievements just as much as I do then this is a game for you! Has so many ways of completing and many achievements to go along with it, cute art design also. It would be great if there was a…”
“Legend of Homebody is a nice cozy game with a relaxing ambiant and some cutes graphics. I recommend it!!! 💜💜💜”
6 of the 35 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“This game was painful to the brain and not in the it was a fun challenging game way there were a lot of poor design decisions for this games. so lets break this down: Graphics: they were ok possibly the only thing that…”
“I saw this game and it looked so pretty. I was looking for a cute, indie lifesim (kind of like Stardew Valley) and I have to say, this wasn't it, for many reasons. Some parts of the game make sense, like eating or…”
“Did I find the game fun? Yeah. Would I actually recommend it to anybody? No, I wouldn't. There is no real tutorial, what they have as one at least to me is very confusing. The English in this game is terrible, sometimes…”
5 of the 35 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I saw this game and it looked so pretty. I was looking for a cute, indie lifesim (kind of like Stardew Valley) and I have to say, this wasn't it, for many reasons. Some parts of the game make sense, like eating or…”
“Did I find the game fun? Yeah. Would I actually recommend it to anybody? No, I wouldn't. There is no real tutorial, what they have as one at least to me is very confusing. The English in this game is terrible, sometimes…”
3 of the 35 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is ridiculously short ATM.”
“Nice LifeSim, would prefer maybe an endless mode tho”
“普通的便宜养成小游戏,不能说很惊艳,但玩下来挺舒服的。完全对得起这个价格。养成爱好者可以买来玩一下,但也没有什么必须买的理由吧。 一周目很上头很爽,二周目打程序员线打了一半压力快到顶了就没再玩了。适合隔一段时间来玩。内容稍微少了点,但挺真诚的。缺点是前期受限很大,基本上只能按照内置攻略来先提美术再搞别的,有点难受。不过很对得起这个价格,第一周目还是非常爽的,感觉不到什么不爽的点。”
Counted across 35 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-13
“It's a time management life sim. You can play as 3 different characters, each with their own life problems as creators. Info Shen struggles as a video game dev with an a$$hole father. Zhai struggles as an artist with a sick mother. Bai struggles as a musician with chronic…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs played“If I never sleep I will succeed Edit: I don't like that the only character that can have a "mental breakdown" is a woman.”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Still figuring it out after my first play through. Was starting to get the hang of it I think? The game praised me for doing well: Yay! I have money and mum didn't die! But as soon as I exited the game I'd unlocked acheivements for starving, killing mum, and going backrupt. I…”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation |
| Player tags | Life Sim · Survival · Indie · Time Management · Management · Satire · Philosophical · Drama · Turn-Based Tactics · Modern · Simulation · Immersive Sim (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Traditional Chinese, English, Simplified Chinese |
| Achievements | 44 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10 + Processor: 2.5 GHz + Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Graphics Card made within the last 4 years Storage: 2 GB available space