House House is an

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based in

Melbourne, Australia Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropol ...

. They are known for their video games ''

Push Me Pull You ''Push Me Pull You'' is a 2016 video game by House House. It was released on PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. Gameplay In a game of ''Push Me Pull You'', two teams of sausage-like bodies with heads at both end ...

'' (2016) and ''

Untitled Goose Game ''Untitled Goose Game'' is a 2019 puzzle stealth game developed by House House and published by Panic Inc. Players control a goose who bothers the inhabitants of an English village. The player must use the goose's abilities to manipulate object ...

'' (2019). The indie studio comprises four people: Nico Disseldorp, Jake Strasser, Stuart Gillespie-Cook, and Michael McMaster. Their first video game, ''Push Me Pull You'', released for

PlayStation 4 The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013 in ...

on 3 May 2016 and for computer systems on 12 July 2016. In 2017, a gameplay trailer for ''Untitled Goose Game''

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, which led to the company signing a publishing deal with

Panic Inc Panic is a sudden sensation of fear, which is so strong as to dominate or prevent reason and logical thinking, replacing it with overwhelming feelings of anxiety and frantic agitation consistent with an animalistic fight-or-flight reactio ...

. The game was later released on 20 September 2019, to critical acclaim, on the platforms

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and

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, with ports for the

and

Xbox One The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third base console in the Xbox series of video game consoles. It was first released in North America, parts of ...

which released on 17 December 2019. ''Untitled Goose Game'' was a commercial success, topping the download charts for the Nintendo Switch in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In January 2020, House House confirmed they were giving 1% of all profits to the Pay the Rent movement, in recognition that they make their video games on "stolen

Wurundjeri The Wurundjeri people are an Australian Aboriginal people of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin nation. They are the Traditional Owners of the Birrarung (Yarra River) Valley, covering much of the present location of Narrm (Melbourne ...

land."

Video games

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