7 Incredible Homes Better Than Anything We’ll Ever Own IRL 

Now we need the exact opposite list of the worst places to live in video games that your characters end up living in that makes your home look like a mansion.

I can think of the apartment in the Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC. We just get it handed to us, throw a party in it, and then it presumably blows up during one of the games endings.

For the Commenter Edition: Croft Manor, not quite as expansive or customizable but arguably the first videogame dream home. Hitman Freelancer's home, a beautiful retreat with helipad, dock and emergency exit. Toran Castle in Suikoden, which expands as you recruit more of the game's 108 characters. It sits on its own island and becomes yours when you kill the dragon lurking within.

All I can think of is the video of Kippers viewing different houses in Skyrim. I watch it every so often, just to enjoy the tours, and Ellen’s longest laughing fit.

Other people already mentioned the Hitman Freelancer safehouse, but I just wanted to say that I spent waaaaaaay too many hours unlocking stuff for it because I find the idea of 47 finally having a place to hang up all those black suits and red ties genuinely heartwarming. After all the years of the creepy test facility he was raised in, dingy ICA safehouses, depressing motel rooms and a garden shed at the back of a church, he's got a home of his own! (Also it's hilarious that Diana makes you achieve Mastery Level 4 before you get the bathroom unlocked.)

The apartments in Cyberpunk, Anderson’s place in Mass Effect 3’s Citadel expansion, the houses in Kingdoms of Amalur, and those are just off the top of my head.

Not only do you get your own house in Skyrim after killing a dragon, but you also get to make it bigger thanks to the Hearthfire DLC

The best part of the villa for Witcher 3 is that it felt like such an unexpected cap to Geralt's story. Witcher don't expect to get to do something like retire.

My all time favorite place is Skyhold in DAI! The inquisitor will refer to it as theirs multiple times and they often talk about how proud they are of the castle. Plus… no fall damage

Need to mention the farm your Grandfather leaves you in Stardew Valley! There's been many miserable day in the office where I too yearn to move out to the countryside and have my own farmhouse and take part in all the festivals that my new community offer.

Ellen: makes a pun and mutters "sorry". Me, in my best Jane impression: "NO, YOU'RE NOT."

The village in AC Valhalla starts beautiful and gets even more gorgeous. Even more importantly, the bed is the comfiest looking bed I’ve ever seen in a game. I dream of it.

Most of the houses in Elder Scrolls: Oblivion are amazing; my personal favorite is the Cheydinhall mansion. And of course, let’s not forget the homes you can build in Skyrim! I can’t wait to see what houses we get in ES 6!

A couple of great houses from the Hitman series would have to be either the Freelancer house (so customizable, and with amazing surroundings and an underground cave!) or Thornbridge Manor from the Dartmoor mission (such a nice historic theme to it, and some really nice gardens if you visit during the Dartmoor Garden Show)

I live in a flat in the UK, and I have a full size pool table in one of my rooms. Getting it out of my last flat and into this new one is a story in itself, also I had to Hunt down extra short pool cues to be able to actually play on it. I have no regrets.

Mass Effect 2 - Donovan Hock's apartment from Kasumi's loyalty mission. The bedroom alone is impressive, before you see the super secret vault containing the head of the Statue of Liberty - imagine all your RL collectibles in that room (specially if you're into Lego).

"Falls House" looks like it's based off real-life "Fallingwater" by Frank Lloyd Wright! If you ever somehow make it to that area of Pennsylvania, I highly recommend a visit.

Skyrim: Lift these logs all by myself a few times and I shall have a grand manor house! Real life: As man, this drill is heavy! How many more screws does this curtain pole need?

Some of the apartments in Cyberpunk are pretty great. Personal favorite is the Glen apartment, which includes a very nice bathroom, a lot of natural light, pool table, wet bar, a capachino machine, something that looks like a vancy food vending machine that could cook food for you (sadly not interactive) and an arcade cabinet. Plus a reading nook, a spot for a computer terminal and a discreet weapon stash. Only weakness is there's not really a closet, so your clothes are just out on a rolling rack.

The Mass Effect Pinnacle Station player home is an all time favourite of mine: located on a quiet Alliance colony world, it offers beautiful views of a tranquil and largely unspoilt landscape from its panoramic windows, and has an ascetic quality that speaks to a certain rustic romanticism that must be hard to connect with for a 22nd century guy or gal like Shepard. It's the cabin in the wilderness to Anderson's Citadel party pad. And you can't beat it for exclusivity - Not since EA lost the original files for the Pinnacle Station DLC, at least.

I've always said, if I get enough money to build my own dream home, it will be the apartment from Mass Effect. Looks amazing, indoor waterfalls, a giant wraparound fireplace, and two bars lol. THEN I saw 47 home in Freelancer mode... So now I say THAT one...

What about the various homes you can get in Skyrim? The one down south you get for helping out the people of Falkreath is pretty much the best of these since you can build it yourself and make a friggin mansion out of it with your own garden, your own enchanting table, your own armor rack, beds out the wazoo, and whole lot of other stuff I haven't really looked at yet.

How about 47's safehouse in Hitman's Freelancer mode? Beautiful house, nicely secluded in the woods, waterfront with its own small dock, and of course a secret bunker with more square footage than most two bedroom apartments! It even has its own gun range.

For Commenter's Edition: there's so many options from Bioware games!! Like the apartment you get from Anderson in Mass Effect 3 (it's REALLY nice and I'm so jealous of the kitchen), the Hawke family mansion or the entire CASTLE you get in Inquisition. That Skyhold bedroom is sooooo nice.

Big shout out to Agent 47’s house in Hitman 3’s Freelancer mode. Beautiful modern architecture in a secluded area complete with lake access and a helipad. Also comes with free murder basement

I'm surprised that there was no mention of the Hitman Safehouse. Sure you have to be level 4 before you can use the bathroom but it has all the major features you would want in a home, a gentle stream you can meditate while listening to nature, a delightful home gym to keep yourself fit, and of course a basement to keep your walls of murder weapons

The house in Cordonia in Sherlock Holmes: Chapter 1 is really lovely especially when you fix it up! The location is so much like Malta and comes complete with a beautiful garden, gazebo, and pond

Homes in a Car Game. What's next? A Bed and Brake Fast?

Ahhh...the Tevanii mushroom tower in Morrowind...in the middle of nowhere, has vampires for its first neighbours, surrounded by monsters, ash and lava and it's still the place I'd love to be able to retire to. There was something special about watching it grow - like literally grow. Good times...

I absolutely love all the houses we get in Kingdoms of Amalur; the first being Gossamer End in Canneroc after finishing the side quest with the Widow. My personal favorite is the massive Seawatch castle we get in Klurikon. I haven't gotten around to playing the new DLC, so I don't know if we get a house there. Oh, there's also Gravehal Keep as part of the Legend of Dead Kel DLC and that one is pretty nice too. We get the underground quarters of the head of the Scholia Arcana when you complete that faction quest. It's a bit less welcoming though and the noises coming from the brownies over in part make me uncomfortable, so I rarely visit that one. No, there's no real point to the houses beyond using various side quests to upgrade them all and it's something to spend all your gold on (I'm so loaded with gold by the time I hit Rathir that I never spend it all. I had over 2 million gold at one point.), and your stash is in each house, but I still like them. Oh yeah, we also finally have a house in Hitman thanks to the Freelancer mode. I still need to get out of the basement, but I'm so bad at the missions in Freelancer.

I always liked that the companions go to the lucky 38 and you can still get your own place out in the desert somewhere

Felt this video in my bones. Would love to own a home period.

Agent 47’s house in Hitman’s Freelancer mode. Who wouldn’t love a modern mansion in the woods? And as a bonus, a little club downstairs

Not sure if anyone mentioned it, but the house in Hitman's Freelancer mode is pretty sweet, I spent more time there than actually doing missions

I really want 47's safehouse from Freelancer mode.

The Lighthouse Safehouse in Bully is *ludicrously* nice, and it’s given to you as a reward for winning a few boxing matches.

My favorite home was the Oculus Home. A place you could design in VR, just as a home space, with a range of material and backdrop options. My favorite was a wooden open balcony, looking out onto a massive lush fantasy harbor. The ambience was impeccable. Super relaxing to just sit in there for half an hour. Sadly, Oculus Home has been closed down like a year ago. I miss it, genuinely. One of the best unique selling points. That's why I got myself an Oculus, in fact.

The Villa in Pokemon Platin may not be as fancy as other Videogame Homes, but it still is a whole, really good looking Villa just gifted to a 10 year old. And living there would be awesome. You get to hang out with all the cool Gym Leaders in the Game or explore the beautiful Island. And if you're bored the Battle Frontier is not far away either.

Loving this hard pivot to emulating MTV Cribs, I could listen to Luke and Ellen detail luxurious homes for ages. (I also agree with everyone who said Skyrim: Hearthfire; once you got a homestead fully built, decorated, and populated, it felt so much like a home; I really hope they have something similar in TES6, whenever it materialises.)

In Baldur's Gate 2, each class gets their own stronghold specific to what you play. Most notably is for Fighters and Rogues. Rogues get a Shadow Thief guildhall after a certain part of the story and Fighters get De'Arnies Keep as a reward for a side quest for a companion.

Starfield gives you a very nice penthouse apartment in New Atlantis for finishing the United Colonies quest line, and you only have to kill about twenty Terrormorphs along the way!

id say I like the Lakeside manor in Falkreath from that Skyrim dlc. Takes a while to build up and purchase stuff for but definitely my favorite. I like that I can customize it to suit my characters skills. Also if you download the mod Live Another Life, you can start out owning the house with a few rooms to boot. 😁

I love how AC blackflag you not only get a tropical cliffside villa but basically the whole island

Wait, there was a game attached to Assassins Creed 2? Thought it was just a villa simulator. Did think price was a bit steep a the time, but it was Ubisoft.

There are several houses in Hitman that are great: Santa Fortuna mansion, Mendoza winery house, Dartmoor mansion, and agent 47's house in the new freelancer mode.

Skyrim Anniversary Edition added several new player homes made by some talented designers. Tundra Homestead is my favorite. It's rather small, but it embodies the word "cozy" so well, that walking into it feels like wrapping yourself in a blanket and sitting by a fire with hot cocoa. And the land it's on is beautiful and located by a guard patrolled road outside Whiterun. Other fun homes include a vampire themed home, necromancer crypt, a mages tower, Dwarven ruins, and nord longhouse. Even a farmhouse where you can make over a thousand gold passive income daily.

Personally, I love the Glen apartment in Cyberpunk. I'm not an open concept person myself, but I love that apartment.

For some reason i really like the evil tower home you get in Overlord games. Both The Dark Tower and The Netherworld Tower are really cool places and would be fun to live in, though maybe a bit unsafe. And also all those minions to do my bidding buhehehahahahe!

Fable houses are classic, bones everywhere!!

Monster Hunter World Iceborn's crib is probably the cosiest player home I've ever seen. Also comes with a palico housekeeper.👍

A lesser example would be the Hawke Estate from Dragon Age 2, which is kind of dark and not too welcoming but still a huge step-up from Gamlen’s hovel in Lowtown. All it costs is a huge treasure trove from the Deep Roads and potentially the life of one of your siblings. 😢

I personally love Lakeview Manor in Skyrim, especially after a bit of modding.

I just got my first house in Oblivion - and it was only slightly haunted!

This one isn't customizable, but the Drakes' beach house at the end of Uncharted 4 is gorgeous, and made me think that if Naughty Dog ever gets tired of making video games, they should go into home design.

One of my favorites is Lakeview Manor from Skyrim. The home itself is quite nice but the location of the property is stunning. Being nestled amongst a small lake and below the mountains in southern Skyrim makes it such a peaceful place.

I am a fan of Benirus Manor in Anvil in Oblivion. It's beautiful and has, apart from ghosts, an indoor balcony, who could ask for more?

The absolute best player housing I've seen in a game still belongs to Everquest 2. Back when I was playing decorating houses was popular enough that there were contests and player homes were frequently featured in the community. There were a bunch of different houses and lots of different methods of acquiring new houses.

For a potential commenter edition, may I suggest Great Inagua from Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag? It’s the perfect hideaway for Edward and his crew…not to mention it’s GORGEOUS and makes me want to live there…if it was real

Glad to see Geralt dressed in his "Vacation Geralt" attire.

Now the Lucky 38 presidential suite is great in the base game, but The Sink is absolutely the best living area in New Vegas you get automated facilities, a personal doctor who will work on you for free, a old timely english butler, and your roommates don't take up any space and offer you incentive to actually speak with them even if one is a murderous, maniacal toaster.

As the saying goes: "Home is where the console is."

A beautiful house in a video game is the Spencer Mansion from the original resident evil and it's remake. Yes it's overrun by zombies and other monsters and has plenty of death traps but it's still a really gorgeous mansion.

'A big garden for energy-filled assassins to run around'...Never considered that Ezio gets the zoomies, but...Head-canon accepted! XD

The Clockwork Mansion and Dukes house from Dishonored 2 are enviable too, at least for me.

I'd say the player home in Seliana in Monster Hunter World. A big, open concept home with a massive fireplace, a table decked out with some of the tastiest looking food in gaming, plenty of space for all the cute pets you caught, a luxurious bed, and a back patio by a waterfall with an amazing view. Also, most importantly, it comes with a cat butler. Do any of the homes in this video come with a cat? Exactly.

The mansion from hitman 3’s freelancer mode! Secluded modern masterpiece with water access lol

I think Ellen‘s dyeing/dying joke absolutely deserves more credit. Also I would add Lakeview Manor from Skyrim‘s Hearthfire dlc to the list, it’s just gorgeous

The homes you can build in Skyrim's Hearthfire DLC are incredible too, and you can customize and decorate them

Love my posh apartments in Cyberpunk 2077. And my cat. And my iguana. The future is not that bad I guess XD

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Can’t wait for super VR to make it feel like I’m living in the house I’ll never own

I'd be happy with the starting cabin in stardew valley.

For the Commenter's Edition I'd like to add in another upgradable Manor from another Assassin's Creed game, which is the Manor in Great Inagua Cove in AC IV: Black Flag. Sure, it doesn't have a multimillion-euro art gallery like the Auditore Manor but the views of the cove are more than enough to compensate for it, alongside a beautiful garden and outdoor patio. From a GTA V there's also Michael's Mansion in Rockford Hills which, while not as expertly positioned as Franklin's, it still has an air of beauty to it. GTA IV also has some good safehouses, one being Playboy X's Penthouse and the other is the Middle Park East Condo.

My choice for incredible apartments we'll never be able to own is a toss up between Cyberpunk 2077's Penthouse apartment that you get in one particular ending and the one you get located in The Glen. If I had to pick between the two I'd say the Glen wins simply by being available during regular gameplay. Both offer spectacular views and certainly have their own charms.

First game I remember randomly getting a house was Might and Magic VII. You get a whole castle the moment you leave the tutorial area that upgrades with extra rooms, turrets, and even a dungeon as you progress the game.

I always liked the apartment that Shepard gets in Mass Effect 3's Citadel DLC. It's only got 2 bedrooms, but otherwise it's beautiful & quite spacious.

If there’s a second part for hotel rooms you can rent or stay in I would recommend The Outer Worlds DLC Murder on Meridanos hotel. Penthouse suite, all companions and those gorgeous gardens surrounding it! Don’t worry about the brain infecting parasites…

The gallery apartment in Cyberpunk is one of my favourites. But the views and overall style makes it a place I would want to live.

honestly i know its not as fancy as most of the things here but the stardew valley house is pretty amazing, you get it for free and it only costs 160k to fully upgrade it to a 2 bedroom house with a cellar. Also like... considering the housing crisis in my country even just the base form is better than anything I'll ever be able to own lol

Adam Jensen's apartment in Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. High ceilings, huge countertop, exposed beams and, oh yeah, an enormeous TV on which to play Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

I'm glad New Vegas made the list (you didn't even show the upstairs area), but I'm surprised that Bloodlines didn't. Your starting apartment might not be so great, but there are certainly better ones that unlock.

Was a mansion to us. We lived in a hole in the road, covered in tar-paper, and every evening we'd eat a bit of stale bread and work 28 hours in the video mines, and we only knew to go home because the rats would lose their restraint.

You could basically use any suikoden title. Maybe 4 falls short because of it being a boat but it's a really nice boat with space for 108 people and no overcrowding.

One of the main aspects of the Suikoden games is building up your HQ. It starts of as a small, worn down building barely standing, and as you recruit more and more characters, it expands and improves. By the end, you basically have a fortified palace with an entire village of residents.

I love how they sound like real estate appraisers 😂

Links original house from BotW is way better than the new one in TotK. His new one might have more space and a better view, but the one in Hateno Village has way better infrastructure. An Established merchant community, widespread farming and ranching, and even a school.

No mention of the monster hunter world iceborne house with a hotspring right in your back yard, a huge indoor aquarium and outdoor closed off pond for keeping fish, a huge bed and fireplace and an amazing view and very customizable with plenty of space for pets. That place would be amazing and only requires you to kill a few massive monsters and dragons with massive weapons...so a fun way to get it to.

Celebrating Halloween from September to December? How can anyone have such a short Spooktober season?

Skyhold in Dragon Age Inquisition. An actual castle complete with stunning mountain views, garden, customizable furniture from your bed to your throne, library, stables for your horse, tavern, and even a vault full of gold to make you feel like Scrooge McDuck taking a swim in his money bin.

Unlikely to get much name recognition but I’ve gotta recommend the longing The player’s home starts as just a small cave with a chair to sit in but there’s tons of furniture to find, paintings to draw, and it can eventually be expanded to include a garden and a falling water feature. It’s incredibly tranquil and I leave it up on my monitor constantly

Falls House is based on a real-life place as well. Frank Lloyd Wright's "Falling Water" house. It's beautiful.

Always had a sneaking suspicion that Tucci didn't reeaaally have to search for Italy all that hard.

Any base you can make in Subnautica. Trying to go home means getting a debt in the trillions... staying here means looking at the beautiful fish. Adam Jensen's apartment in Deus Ex Human Revolution is also *sweet,* with it's own little secret compartment for weapons!

My favorite is the Hunter's house in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. I did a lot of optional sidequest to unlock a lot of decorative options for it. And you can put animals in there.

Before the video started, I was thinking "any home I built in any of the Sims". Nicely played.

I see your Corvo Bianca and raise you a lighthouse from Beyond Good & Evil. To this day the most cosy thing I have ever seen in my life. Special shoutout to the bed that is integrated into the wall.

Gotta admit that every visit to Franklin hilltop home, had to take a dive in the pool because who doesn’t want to wake up and have nice swim. Feel like 2 spin-off list you get from this video are, safe houses that made you feel so safe that you never leave and the opposite safe houses that made you feel like running away. Great content as always.🙏🏾

Commenter edition: What about ANY of the player built houses in Skyrim? Laboratory, Library, armory, big ass kitchen, a forge in the basement. What's not to love?

The "Hitmansion" from Hitman Freelancer mode is a great house. Beautiful lake and forest location, modern design, basement full of guns...all you need.

John Marston's house at the end of RDR2 is pretty plush once you've finished it and the NPCs have moved in.