Little Folks in Big Houses

Maybe you're a toy come to life, an alien, a victim of magical shrinking or just a bug - whatever your situation, you're small and a big old regular human-sized house (or at least part of one) is your playground. Steps are cliff-faces, rulers are bridges and pieces of string are makeshift ladders.

At least one room of a house must be a playable level/area, other types of building not included
Franchises with multiple examples combined into single entries (e.g. Toy Story, Hot Wheels, Army Men)

Action Henk
Action Henk
Airfix: Dogfighter
Airfix: Dogfighter
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Suggested by CMike (Discord)

Final level set in a kitchen
Catlateral Damage
Catlateral Damage
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Disney's Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Suggested by MendelPalace (Discord)
Chibi-Robo!
Chibi-Robo!
Clockwork Knight
Clockwork Knight
Club Drive
Club Drive
Suggested by DJSCheddar

"In the terrible freeform Jaguar racing game "Club Drive" the first level is inexplicably in a giant house"
Dreams
Dreams
Specifically Tren, one of the Media Molecule designed games
Final Fantasy XV
Final Fantasy XV
Specifically the Platinum Demo
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Hot Wheels Unleashed
Hypercharge: Unboxed
Hypercharge: Unboxed
I am Bread
I am Bread
Ichima-san
Ichima-san
It Takes Two
It Takes Two
Katamari Damacy
Katamari Damacy
Kingdom Hearts III
Kingdom Hearts III
Suggested by FallenGrace
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
Suggested by Mettenem
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Little Nemo: The Dream Master
Suggested by MendelPalace (Discord)

"Level five has you run through a giant version of the main character's house"
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Suggested by Mettenhem

Two tracks:
Ribbon Road
Squeaky Clean Sprint
Mario Party DS
Mario Party DS
Suggested by Drax

You're shrunk at the beginning of the game and a handful of minigames with household settings
Micro Machines V3
Micro Machines V3
Micro Maniacs
Micro Maniacs
Mister Mosquito
Mister Mosquito
Monster in My Pocket
Monster in My Pocket
Suggested by MendelPalace (Discord)

"The whole game has a 'tiny people/big world' gimmick, but the first level specifically has you go through a house"
Mr. Tiny Adventures
Mr. Tiny Adventures
Suggested by Nico77A
The Plucky Squire
The Plucky Squire
Tin Hearts
Tin Hearts
Pikmin 4
Pikmin 4
Refuse: Home Sweep Home
Refuse: Home Sweep Home
Suggested by MendelPalace (Discord)
Shining Force II
Shining Force II
Suggested by zn0
Skatebird
Skatebird
Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2
Suggested by Cyborc
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
PS1-exclusive level Little Big World.
Tinykin
Tinykin
Toy Commander
Toy Commander
Toy Home
Toy Home
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!
Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue!
Toybox Turbos
Toybox Turbos
Tyler: Model 005
Tyler: Model 005

14 Comments


9 months ago

Great list idea. Kingdom Hearts has a level like this.

9 months ago

Minish Cap has moments where you have to be tiny in people their houses

9 months ago

okami has an area where you get shrunken down really small 0:

9 months ago

Toy Commander and Mario Party DS should fit

9 months ago

@FallenGrace Ah of course, completely forgot about Toy Story having a world in KH3 - cheers!

@Mettenem Good pick! I'd have been disappointed if the Zelda all about shrinking didn't have a level where you're small in a house

@moschidae Thanks for the suggestion! Great game but not sure it covers being small in a normal sized house

@Drax - Already have Toy Commander but completely escaped me there was even a DS version of Mario Party. Fits well with some of the mini-games I've seen, thanks!

9 months ago

At one point though dont you shrink down into the emperor's room, or something? Im pretty sure there was a whole section where you were platforming around trying to get to him while shrunk, though if its not significant enough of a level to be put on the list thats understandable... sorry i didnt elaborate more originally, i was typing on a steamdeck ^^'

9 months ago

This is a great list idea! In World of Warcraft Legion's Return to Karazhim dungeon, there's a part where you get shrunk down and are running around jumping over books and stuff. It's not... exactly a house, it's more like a run-down, formerly opulent castle. But it is a home (or used to be?).

9 months ago

Mr. Tiny Adventures

9 months ago

Playing the new MK8 Deluxe booster pack and immediately thinking about this list with the "squeaky clean sprint" track!

9 months ago

shining force 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gigThG51UXU
(skip to about 3:30)

9 months ago

Stuart Little 2's very similar to Toy Story 2 but you are still a little dude in a big world

9 months ago

In the terrible freeform Jaguar racing game "Club Drive" the first level is inexplicably in a giant house. Rest of the tracks are appropriately scaled

9 months ago

Thanks everyone for the suggestions! A couple of edge cases that I've ruled out as they don't feel 'housey' enough (technical term) but have added the rest.

1 month ago

Skylanders Superchargers has a level where you get shrunk down.


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