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Man I Just Wanna Go Home
Man I Just Wanna Go Home is an "MSPaint-noir" visual novel with 13 endings, a unique visual style and a killer 80s inspired soundtrack. The story revolves around a delivery person stranded in an unfamiliar part of the city under the devastating rain. All he wants is to get home. Help him!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-14.
What reviewers agree on
48 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“amazing artstyle that's very inspiring”
24 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“This was very good. Great artstyle, writing. It's very short (under an hour to get all of the achievements, but it's fun running through all of the different Choose Your Own Adventure options to see where the story…”
“Punchy, funny, stylish, etc”
“Short game but absolutely overflowing with aura... Even though you can knock this out in under an hour, I would absolutely suggest playing it. The artwork is phenomenal and the writing is fun and scratches the same itch…”
14 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“Got this randomly for the aesthetic, but it's basically a choose your own adventure story. The "right" choices are arbitrary and the plot never congeals into a whole, but at least it's atmospheric and has a good sense…”
“hardly an excess of content, but I don't find that to bring this down one bit. beautiful, enthralling, inspiring! so cool.”
“beautiful art, interesting story, great music. small but satisfying”
11 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“i enjoyed my time with this a lot :) very unique look and it was fun going through all the choices!”
“A wonderful little game about fate and and plans within plans. More of an experience than a game, and enjoyable each time you play a route. Refreshing art style and soundtrack; a high standard to live up to in the VN…”
“Quick little unique visual novel with elements that make finding all endings easy. I mean the fast forward and the right click to pull up pause was great, maybe that's a standard feature though. Wish it had a bit more…”
10 of the 71 reviews raise this.
“This was very good. Great artstyle, writing. It's very short (under an hour to get all of the achievements, but it's fun running through all of the different Choose Your Own Adventure options to see where the story…”
“A wonderful little game about fate and and plans within plans. More of an experience than a game, and enjoyable each time you play a route. Refreshing art style and soundtrack; a high standard to live up to in the VN…”
“Quick little unique visual novel with elements that make finding all endings easy. I mean the fast forward and the right click to pull up pause was great, maybe that's a standard feature though. Wish it had a bit more…”
13 of the 71 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“This was very good. Great artstyle, writing. It's very short (under an hour to get all of the achievements, but it's fun running through all of the different Choose Your Own Adventure options to see where the story…”
“Short game but absolutely overflowing with aura... Even though you can knock this out in under an hour, I would absolutely suggest playing it. The artwork is phenomenal and the writing is fun and scratches the same itch…”
9 of the 71 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Quick little unique visual novel with elements that make finding all endings easy. I mean the fast forward and the right click to pull up pause was great, maybe that's a standard feature though. Wish it had a bit more…”
“The art style is what makes it good but the story and length are very lacklustre. Feels more like a demo than a full game but at least the price reflects that.”
“Got this randomly for the aesthetic, but it's basically a choose your own adventure story. The "right" choices are arbitrary and the plot never congeals into a whole, but at least it's atmospheric and has a good sense…”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Got this randomly for the aesthetic, but it's basically a choose your own adventure story. The "right" choices are arbitrary and the plot never congeals into a whole, but at least it's atmospheric and has a good sense…”
“A well written, short, charming novel following the misadventures of an extremely unlucky delivery man who just wants to go home. Every wrong choice is a death ending and the right choices could have totally been…”
“The game has a great artstyle and atmosphere with well written dialog and good story telling. Its a visual novel in the truest sense though, no other gameplay other than a few choices. The game auto-saves on each choice…”
4 of the 71 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
Counted across 71 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-14
“Very elegantly written, with amazing artstyle.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“For what it is (and it is a short, pretty simple and straightforward game), it's really good. The story converges in interesting ways, and the art awakens the nostalgia of messing with MS Paint on the school computer. I really liked the experience.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Awesome stylish grimy noir V/N with fantastic art. Definitely worth its price”
— a player, Steam review · 1 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 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Choose Your Own Adventure · Interactive Fiction · Visual Novel · 2D · Comic Book · Noir · Choices Matter · Casual · Multiple Endings · Story Rich · Pixel Graphics · Stylized (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 13 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or higher Processor: 1 Ghz Memory: 512 MB RAM Graphics: DirectX or OpenGL compatible card Storage: 300 MB available space