A Home Below

About

A Home Below is a single-player adventure game where you control a hermit crab navigating the submerged remains of a house swallowed by the ocean. Move through sunken rooms by swimming, climbing, and using currents to float between spaces. Your shell-changing ability lets you equip the Salt family’s abandoned items, triggering ghostly memories that hint at their lives before the flood. Progress by solving platforming puzzles and uncovering hidden paths, all while avoiding or interacting with marine wildlife. The game stands out for its quiet, reflective tone and attention to real-world marine biology. Players encounter creatures like anemones and octopuses inspired by UK ocean life, each with distinct behaviors. The storyline subtly weaves climate change themes into its exploration of loss and adaptation, avoiding heavy-handed messaging. Early access reviews highlight its atmospheric design and emotional depth, with many praising the crab’s role as an unlikely but compelling guide through a vanishing world.

Storyline

Set in near-future North Wales, A Home Below is inspired by real climate stories of rising sea levels and flooding, causing entire towns to vanish underwater. As you explore the remnants of the Salt family's once-loved home, you'll piece together how they responded to this disaster, and what happened to them.