New to Home with a few questions

I just set it up and was wondering what I should be looking for in it. What are the great things about it that I should be on the look out for? I've been downloading the free mini games or whatever but haven't tried them yet, is the rest of it just a fancy chat room?

The times I've tried it it just seemed like a fancy chatroom, not really much to do but pay for items to decorate the room with

The game launch is handy if your looking for players, used it for warhawk and magic the gathering a bit and it was nice.