Big Walk
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| Developer(s) | House House |
| Publisher(s) | Panic Inc. |
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| Release | 2026 |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer |
Big Walk is an upcoming cooperative video game developed by House House and published by Panic. It is a game where players go on a walk through bushland and solve puzzles. It is scheduled for release in 2026.
Gameplay
[edit]Big Walk is a multiplayer co-operative adventure video game in which a group of players walk through the game's open-world environment. Players complete puzzles throughout the game to progress. Many challenges involve teamwork and using novel methods to communicate with one another,[2] including miming, singing or transmitting codes.[3] The game features a proximity chat system,[4] with the voice of players sounding fainter the further away they are on the map.[3]
Development
[edit]Big Walk is being developed by Melbourne-based independent studio House House, the developers of the 2019 game Untitled Goose Game.[4] Designer Jake Strasser stated the game's approach was to develop a co-operative game that would "give enough direction for the group to keep a good momentum, but relaxed enough that you're mostly just able to enjoy spending time with your friends".[5] The design of the environment was inspired by the Wilsons Promontory National Park in Victoria, Australia.[4][5] The game's soundtrack was developed in a collaboration with artists Sam Gill and Luke Neher under the name AKSFX. The music was designed to be diegetic to the game world, and conveyed through objects such as speakers.[6]
Big Walk was announced during the Game Awards in December 2023,[7] accompanying an announcement trailer.[8] An official gameplay trailer was released on 7 June 2025 to coincide with the Steam Day of the Devs showcase.[9] Several publications identified Big Walk as one of the best games displayed at the showcase,[10] including Matt Wales of Eurogamer, praising the concept as "wonderfully distinctive",[11] and Adam Newell of Destructoid, who stated the appearance of its puzzles seemed "wonderful" and "feels like a game where no two play sessions are the same".[12] The announcement of console versions of the game coincided with a delay to the release to an unspecified date in 2026.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Big Walk Steam Store Page". Steam Store. Valve. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
- ^ Romano, Sal (6 June 2025). "Big Walk adds console version, delayed to 2026". Gematsu. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ a b Prescott, Shaun (7 June 2025). "Untitled Goose Game studio unpacks its new open world co-op game Big Walk, and it looks like nothing else I've played before". PC Gamer. Future plc. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ a b c Valentine, Rebekah (8 December 2023). "Big Walk Is the Next Game From the Developers of Untitled Goose Game". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ a b Castle, Katharine (8 December 2023). "Untitled Goose Game devs go on a Big Walk in 2025". Rock Paper Shotgun. Rock Paper Shotgun Ltd. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Rainier (8 June 2025). "Big Walk Delayed Until 2026, Also Comes To Console, Shows Off Gameplay - Screens & Trailer". WorthPlaying. WorthPlaying. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Plant, Logan (8 December 2023). "The Game Awards 2023: Everything Announced". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ "Big Walk Reveal Trailer". IGN. Ziff Davis. 8 December 2023. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ "Big Walk - Official Gameplay Trailer". IGN. Ziff Davis. 7 June 2025. Archived from the original on 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Parrish, Ash (7 June 2025). "The best games we saw during the Day of the Devs showcase". The Verge. Vox Media. Archived from the original on 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Wales, Matt (7 June 2025). "Day of the Devs 2025 - everything announced in the big indie showcase". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on 8 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Newell, Adam (8 June 2025). "Big Walk is my most-anticipated indie game—what's yours?". Destructoid. Gamurs. Archived from the original on 10 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Lyons, Ben (7 June 2025). "House House's Big Walk has been delayed to 2026". Gamereactor. Gamereactor. Retrieved 9 June 2025.