Big Walk

“The game offers unique, communication-centred gameplay full of a broad assortment of thought-provoking puzzles, an intriguing micro-narrative, a charming aesthetic that mixes realism with geometric shapes and block colours, and immersive sound design, not to mention a heap of accessibility options and a brief but comprehensive tutorial area.”

“Every aspect of the game is expertly designed to create engaging and positive emergent gameplay where you and your friends come together to not only solve the puzzles the game sets out for you, but to problem solve challenges you face traversing the map along the way.”

“The cooperative mechanics force you to actually communicate, and the puzzles hit that perfect sweet spot between challenging and satisfying.”

“The soundtrack is one of my favorite soundtracks of all time, next to games like Nier Replicant, Earthbound, Hollow Knight, Majora’s Mask, etc. Many of the tracks are a cappella songs because of the theme of communication. The theme song for the game, 'Jumping Voices,' is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard, and the base game has many amazing songs that range across different feelings.”

“The music radio you encounter throughout the world has enough variety and spice to match whatever vibe you're going for, which I love.”

“The soundtrack is transcendent and really helps you get lost in the world even when you get lost.”

“The puzzles strike a great balance of being genuinely challenging without feeling impossible, forcing you to communicate in ways that always devolve into hilarious chaos!”

“The amount of ridiculously funny moments I've had in the first couple of hours alone is worth the price of admission.”

“Playing with friends makes it even better; the hilarious moments, unexpected chaos, teamwork, and constant banter make every session memorable.”

“Graphically the island looks fantastic, and the way the island was formed struck me as very realistic (some of the sand with plants growing in it even squeaks when you walk on it like in real life!).”

“The graphics are incredible, the detail is on point, and the render distance is wild.”

“The graphics and art direction are jaw-droppingly beautiful.”

“The sound design is on another level — every little sound adds so much to the atmosphere and makes the world feel alive.”

“An amazingly charming game to play with close friends, a perfect atmosphere to just chill, solve puzzles and strengthen the bonds of friendship that you have together; I highly recommend playing this as it is such a beautiful moment and game to share with your friends. Thank you House House for making this come to life!”

“House House has absolutely nailed the Outback Australian aesthetic, with the visuals, sound effects, and overall atmosphere coming together perfectly to create something that feels uniquely Australian and incredibly charming.”

“The ending ties everything around, the concepts of opted-in fantasy, collaborative storytelling and communication, into one of the most intentful narrative experiences I’ve ever had.”

“This game is a story that you get to tell, and everyone's story is different.”

“Big Walk not only avoids every cliché friendslop-esque mechanic and gameplay loop, but somehow manages to turn playing a game with your friends into creating an extraordinarily memorable story full of experiences you will reminisce and laugh about with them for ages to come.”

“Seriously impressive optimization from the devs. Overall, it's a genuinely fun time and really nice to bond with friends—resulting in some big memories, big laughs, and (let's be honest) a healthy dose of big frustrations from time to time as well.”

“The game was well optimized which is rare nowadays.”

“I found my machine able to run this at a stable frame rate and performance, which is incredibly refreshing in an age where every game seems to force consumers to buy the latest tech to run their inflated tech demos.”

“What it does come with is a wide assortment of very creative and silly puzzles that can be solved in a multitude of ways, and even if you have already done that puzzle on another playthrough, the real replayability of this game is your friends.”

“The puzzles are lots of fun, and the adaptations for 2, 3, or 4+ players make the game more replayable than you'd think.”

“Gameplay 9/10: the sole reason why this score is not a 10/10 is because the gameplay is half-puzzle and half-collect-a-thon, and the puzzles are outstanding at acting on what they intend to do to the point where me and my friends reluctantly skipped at most 2 out of the nearly endless puzzles they have, every one of them feels fresh and very few have less than 2 solutions, I would also like to bring up the fact that puzzles scale with the amount of players you have, so my first playthrough with 3 people will have entirely different puzzles than a gameplay with 4 or 5 or 12 people, which brings up huge replay value.”

“Enough toys and tools to make the walking between puzzle areas not tedious.”

“The puzzles aren't tedious and the style is uniquely charming.”

“The world is stunning and runs great on lower powered systems, pretty much equally to my high end system.”

“Runs great at medium graphics on my nearly 10 year old computer.”

“The game wasn't really buggy at all, though on my first playthrough my group did accidentally 'sequence' break it by getting into an unintended area [with the power of teamwork!], but it didn't break anything.”

“The character design was our favourite part. Despite being minimalist, the developers made them very expressive, allowing you to wave, cheer, point, and even dance with your loved ones with ease, making the non-verbal puzzles a fun and adorable experience.”

“The simple character designs have so much life to them and bring a lot of joy with their silly animations and sounds when playing.”

“Genuinely such a cozy and fun experience; it's the closest I've seen a game come to spending time with people in real life, done with character designs that look like stacks of ice cream given life (in a good way).”

“No battlepasses, no DLC, no microtransactions. Most of the game is you asking, 'Can I ...?' and then the answer is usually yes. It's a simple game where you don't even realize you are learning ways to solve puzzles just by goofing around. The puzzles are very unique, making full use of the in-game voice function and emotes. It is a joy to play with friends, and probably one of the most unique games I have played in a long time.”

“Microtransactions.”