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Finding Home – A Refugee's Journey – Simulation Game Review
Finding Home – A Refugee's Journey is a Simulation game from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, first launched in 24th May 2017.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 42+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Finding Home – A Refugee's Journey Stand Out
This is the story of Kathijah, a 16-year old Rohingya refugee forced to flee to Malaysia with her brother Ishak in order to find safety. She has no legal status, no support, no security.
Just this phone.
Now her fight for survival, is yours.
"Making a very important story accessible to a whole new audience" – Mashable
"Smartphone app lets users walk a mile in a refugee's shoes" – The New York Times
"Raising public awareness and empathy about the worldwide struggle of refugees" – Daily Mail
A revolutionary new mobile experience, the Finding Home app creates a simulated OS that literally takes over your phone;
- Receive and send voice and video calls
- Reply to messages from new contacts
- View the image gallery to uncover Kat’s past and find clues to help her
Best experienced on any iPhone
Music by Two AM Studios & Jeevan Menon
There are some 150,000 refugees in Malaysia. The majority of refugees are from Myanmar, of whom 56,000 are ethnic Rohingya. Some 35,144 are children below the age of 18, and many experience the kind of story being told through Finding Home. The refugee story is often a deeply personal one, difficult to understand. Behind the statistics and the politics of any refugee crisis, are individual human beings with real stories of pain and fear, but also of hope and strength.
Finding Home allows people to walk a mile in a refugee’s shoes in order to understand what they go through every day in order to find safety.
Finding Home was constructed from a series of interviews with many refugee youths and adults in Malaysia to provide as real an insight as possible into the everyday challenges faced by refugees.
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Finding Home – A Refugee's Journey is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 24th May 2017
Recent improvements include:
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Download & Availability
Finding Home – A Refugee's Journey is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Finding Home – A Refugee's Journey on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
The story had so much meaning to it.we had a lot of empathy for Kathijah.we do ,we really do have lots of empathy for all the refugees that had to go through all this.The story was amazing.
This game is amazing, it made us feel this girl and we lived every situation like if we were her. We really enjoyed it also we are glad that exist a game like this, we think everyone should try this and understand how hard is life for refugees.
Short but really great. It definitely educates you and puts you in the shoes of a refugee. There needs to be more awareness about the refugee crisis, this does a fantastic job at spreading awareness. Thank you.
Playing this is so wonderful its not only an insight to how difficult refugees lives can be but it has a good story and we recommend you try it out.
After they found each other thats it.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 164.01 MB
- iOS: 9.3 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes
- Developer: [United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]()
Last updated: 24th May 2017 | Genre: Simulation | Developer: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees