It is kind of a game, in that you can actually kind of lose. Which I did, almost.
Slight Spoilers I missed the next to last diary entry on my initial playthrough. This entirely changed what I though had happened.
If it was a game or not, Gone Home was a good experience, and worth the money.
What's sort of ironic is that I had also purchased Dear Ester at the same time, and started playing it afterwards. I was severely disappointed at the lack of interactivity (I had not read any reviews of it up to that point) in contrast to Gone Home, where there are items to pick up, and puzzles to solve.
Slight Spoilers I missed the next to last diary entry on my initial playthrough. This entirely changed what I though had happened.
If it was a game or not, Gone Home was a good experience, and worth the money.
What's sort of ironic is that I had also purchased Dear Ester at the same time, and started playing it afterwards. I was severely disappointed at the lack of interactivity (I had not read any reviews of it up to that point) in contrast to Gone Home, where there are items to pick up, and puzzles to solve.