The Haunting of Joni Evers

It is a walking simulator with flashback events about the protagonist's personal family story. Relaxing, slow and more artsy than anything else. I like the sad music. This is a pure play walking simulator. If you find those boring, might want to look elsewhere.<Get it now!

I love this game! The story, the characters, the emotions I felt at the end. My friend gave me the chance to play this game and I thank her for that. I would also like to thank Causeway Studios for making such a master peace of a game. The story, every emotion, the final resolution, the letting go was perfectly in place. For anyone that reads this, I would recommend this game 100% and more, all my support for Causeway Studios and I can not wait to see what your next release is going to be! Keep up the great work!

HoJE seems very familiar at first—clearly in the tradition of Gone Home and What Remains of Edith Finch, as the player-character Joni—the elder sister--arrives home to explore the dark, rambling family home in a fierce thunderstorm that knocks out most of the lights. As familiar as this seems for the genre, the further one goes the more it becomes clear that HoJE is pushing the walking sim (or strollplayer) in unexpected directions. Childhood terrors (ghosts, specters) are used as a metaphor for the fear of family secrets that must be confronted, as they are in Gone Home, but HoJE leans into horror more directly, with more complexity and a deeper stratum of myth. The Cunningham house is indeed a “terrible place,” labyrinthine and queer in its challenge to familiar domesticity, but its riddles do not resolve around the crimes of an uncle Oscar (Gone Home) or a Mark Jefferson (Life Is Strange). Rather, the house is embedded in an extended, if elusive, mythscape of paranormal forces along the Oklahoma/Arkansas border that breach into the house and Joni’s interior world. While Joni confronts emotional conflicts that prevent her from reconnecting with her family, HoJE manages to keep the breach open to this mythscape, with its terror and its wonder. Rather than a dismissible or vanquished metaphor, it keeps its mythic world balanced against (or within) the family drama and its resolution. That is a remarkable achievement for a studio’s first release, and this is matched by the game’s evocative score, nuanced and effective voice acting, and polished art style. If this is the first world across the Causeway, I am definitely on board for the next. Highly recommend!

Really chill game with a good story and a fantastic soundtrack! well worth a purchase!

I have to admit this game moved me quite a bit. It is beautifully done and actually helped to provide healing and perspective to a few issues in my own life. I did not expect that from a short game like this. I found the gameplay to be intuitive and really immersive. The storyline was great and hunting for elements was challenging enough to keep the player engaged and invested. The atmosphere and art style was again very immersive and really enjoyable. I can't wait to see if these devs release more games like this. I'm here for it.

It is fun for about 70 minutes. Then you have to go back and do some NG+ ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to get to the end of the game which isn't enjoyable enough for me to even do.

I can't stop recommending this game to absolutely everyone. An absolute gem of a game that I completely fell in love with.

So this game is short and more thriller over horror. Very well done and if you like gone home you will like this. I got this during the steam sale and it was worth it. I would say it can be worth full price given the quality.

es hat mich gefesselt und ist auch ein sehr Interessantes Spiel, ich kann es nur jeden empfehlen der auf dieser Art von Games steht.

I've really enjoyed playing through this game. The voice acting is great. The story is really interesting and as you start to understand what's happening - the story (with the voice acting) runs you through several emotions. I'll probably play through again to see about picking up more of the achievements. But this has to be one of my favorite walking sim/puzzle/story games in recent times.