Home Alone (Anomaly)
Home Alone (Anomaly): New Chores Countdown and What’s Next
Home Alone (Anomaly) is a Roblox experience still working through its beta, and its in-game events are the clearest read on what the developer is building next. Here’s what’s live, what’s coming up, and what recently wrapped for Home Alone (Anomaly) — we keep it current as the schedule shifts.
As of August 4, two updates are lined up close together. A drop centered on new chores and console support opens July 30, 2026, and a new-characters update follows the next week on August 6. The weekend four-player test that pulled in the game’s biggest turnout so far has now ended. Exact start times for each are in the schedule below.
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Upcoming events1 scheduled
New characters
Don't open right away
Aug 6, 2:00 PM – Aug 10, 2:00 PM ET
New characters are coming to the game.
Recently ended2 wrapped
New chores...
and console support!
Jul 30, 1:00 PM – Aug 3, 2:00 PM ET
New chore variety and console support for Home Alone players.
New 4-player mode!
Tell your friends
Jul 23, 1:00 PM – Jul 27, 1:00 PM ET
A temporary 4-player mode addition to the beta experience.
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New chores and console support
The next update on the calendar runs from Thursday, July 30 to Monday, August 3, 2026. The developer is adding more variety to the chores players work through while a larger content plan — new characters, anomalies and houses — is still in development. The headline for this one is console support: the team is asking players on consoles to jump in and report back on whether everything runs the way it should.
It opens at 2:00 PM ET (1:00 PM CT, 12:00 PM MT, 11:00 AM PT, 7:00 PM UK) on July 30 and closes at the same time on August 3. It is tagged as a new feature rather than a full content release. Early interest is building, with about 4,500 players marked as going ahead of the start.
New characters update
A week after the chores drop, a new-characters update is set for Thursday, August 6 through Monday, August 10, 2026. The developer is keeping specifics quiet — the event is teased only with a “don’t open right away” line and a promise of more information closer to the date — but it is labeled as new content, which points to added characters rather than a feature test.
It starts at 2:00 PM ET (11:00 AM PT, 7:00 PM UK) on August 6 and runs to the same time on August 10. With two updates scheduled exactly a week apart, the developer looks to be settling into a roughly weekly rhythm of short, multi-day drops. Interest is running a little ahead of the chores update, with about 25,000 players marked as going.
The four-player weekend test (ended)
From Thursday, July 23 to Monday, July 27, 2026, the developer switched on a four-player mode for the weekend as a beta test, encouraging players to bring friends and report back on how it held up. It was tagged as a new feature, and the team flagged the mode as experimental and possibly temporary.
The window opened at 1:00 PM ET (10:00 AM PT, 6:00 PM UK) on July 23 and closed at the same time on July 27 — an hour earlier in the day than the two updates that followed. It drew the game’s biggest response yet, with nearly 10,000 players marking themselves as going, far above the early turnout for the chores and characters updates.
Frequently asked questions
When is the next Home Alone (Anomaly) event?
The next event is the chores and console support update, which runs from July 30 to August 3, 2026. It opens at 2:00 PM ET (11:00 AM PT, 7:00 PM UK) on July 30. A new-characters update follows from August 6 to August 10.
What time do Home Alone (Anomaly) events start?
The two upcoming updates begin at 2:00 PM ET (1:00 PM CT, 12:00 PM MT, 11:00 AM PT, 7:00 PM UK). The earlier four-player weekend test started an hour before that, at 1:00 PM ET. Exact start and end times for each event are in the schedule above.
What is the new characters update in Home Alone (Anomaly)?
It is a new-content update scheduled for August 6 to August 10, 2026. The developer has only teased it so far, with a “don’t open right away” hint and a note that more details are coming, so its exact contents are not yet confirmed.
Is Home Alone (Anomaly) still in beta?
Yes. The developer describes the game as still in beta, which is why updates like the console support rollout and the earlier four-player mode arrive as tests, with players asked to report back on how they work.