Home Safety Hotline takes analog horror and its '90s call center conceit to humorous ends and time-wasting interludes without ever proving its point beyond a cute bestiary to scroll through in the tedium of waiting. If time between calls were shorter, I might be more lenient on how the game proceeds, though an option to skip this wait time is appreciable for replaying the game. The couple hours necessary to beat the game are fine enough if the demo satisfies (but be warned it never improves in scares or game mechanics).