Phoning Home overview

Overview

Phoning Home comes from ION LANDS and is published by ION LANDS. It arrived on Steam on Feb 7, 2017, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Phoning Home's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 6 October 2026 - 07:38:15 UTC, with a tracked peak near 5. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 69% positive across 1,083 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Phoning Home is available in 8 languages including:

4 regional rating boards including usk, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Phoning Home has sold up to 63,449 units and has 825 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $587,000. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Phoning Home overview details

Phoning Home combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

You play ION, a young exploration unit on a mission to secure natural resources. When you crash-land on an alien planet your ship is almost completely destroyed. Not only do you have to survive in a strange new world full of dangers, but to have even a hope of escape you must find a way to contact your home planet for help. With only your ship’s A.I. for company, you set out to explore your new home. On your journey you encounter ANI, a small, stranded service unit who identifies as female. ANI is the first to admit she’s a bit mad, but she is also a valuable resource, and it soon becomes clear that there will be no escape without her. And so, the two of you begin a journey that neither of you is prepared for, on a planet where even the laws of nature seem not to apply. A journey in which ION and ANI must face the strangest of all possible challenges if they are to have any hope of living to tell their own story. FEATURES Explore a new frontier. Large open environments with realistic environmental effects – from time-of-day lighting to dappled forests and snow-covered mountains, to volcanoes, canyons, deep oceans and scorching deserts – you must find your way. Experience a story with living (but not breathing) characters, brought to life by voice actors. Survive harsh weather conditions and temperatures – and protect ANI at all costs! An intriguing mix of exploration, logic and action gameplay. Create portals to traverse the landscape. Fight – or find ways to avoid combat. Craft improvements and critical tools from resources found in the environment. Discover the r…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Phoning Home is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 6 October 2026 - 07:38:15 UTC, a tracked peak of 5, and 69% positive reviews.

Overview tags

AdventureActionIndieSurvivalOpen World Survival CraftOpen WorldExplorationCraftingRobotsSingleplayerSci-fiAtmosphericNatureThird PersonStory Rich

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