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Back Home for Christmas

A cute and cozy adventure game about a lost penguin who can't find their way home for Christmas. Along the way, the penguin meets a cast of charming characters that provide help.

23 December 2020

Back Home for Christmas is an adventure developed by illumine, released 23 December 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Back Home for Christmas is

Back Home for Christmas is an adventure game developed by illumine and released in 2020. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A cute and cozy adventure game about a lost penguin who can't find their way home for Christmas. Along the way, the penguin meets a cast of charming characters that provide help.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are fantasy and kids. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Back Home for Christmas launched on 23 December 2020, within three weeks of Cyberpunk 2077, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Omori and Monster Sanctuary.

Released around the same time: Cyberpunk 2077, Immortals Fenyx Rising, Omori, Monster Sanctuary.

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When did Back Home for Christmas come out?
Back Home for Christmas was released on 23 December 2020 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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