Out now · House House · Published by Panic
Big Walk is a game about talking to your friends.
House House describe it as “a videogame about talking to your friends. It is both a big adventure, and a nice place to hang out.” Big Walk (House House) (primary source, opens in a new tab)
This is an independent field guide to it. Everything below is drawn from the developers, the stores that sell it, and named reporting, and each fact carries a link back to where it came from, so you can check us.
Free on PlayStation Plus
Ends 1 September 2026
Claim it on PS5 and it stays in your library while your membership does. The blog says 31 August; the store listing runs to 1 September.
New in version 1.4.9
Session passwords are now required
Every session has a password, so a join code on its own no longer gets anyone in. The official FAQ still calls a password optional.
The six things people ask first
Short answers, then the full page if you want the detail and the source.
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Can I play it on my own?
No. There is no single-player mode at all.
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Can we play on one couch?
No local or split-screen. Online only, and not in the same room.
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Will my PC run it?
Check your CPU, GPU and RAM against the real store listing.
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How many of us should play?
The host picks a 2, 3, or 4+ version, and it changes the world.
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Can PC and PS5 friends play together?
Yes. Crossplay is supported on every platform.
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Nobody can hear me. Why?
Work through the causes in order, starting with the likeliest.
Built here
Three things you can actually use
Each one takes published specifications and turns them into an answer about your setup and your group, rather than a table you have to interpret yourself.
Can I Run Big Walk?
Pick your processor, graphics card and memory. We check them against the minimum and recommended specs published on the Steam store page and tell you where you land.
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Player count planner
The host chooses a 2, 3 or 4+ player version of the world when starting a session, and it changes which challenges appear. Answer three questions and we will tell you what to pick.
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Voice chat troubleshooter
Voice is the whole game, so a broken microphone ends the session. This walks the official troubleshooting steps in order of likelihood instead of making you read all of them.
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What the game actually is
Two to twelve people set out across an open landscape together. There are puzzles and challenges, but the load-bearing mechanic is the talking: voice chat is positional, so a teammate's voice fades, echoes and muffles depending on where they are standing and what is between you. Big Walk (House House) (primary source, opens in a new tab) Wikipedia (secondary source, opens in a new tab)
Several challenges deliberately take ordinary speech away and hand you something worse: miming, singing, transmitting codes. Others scatter the group far enough apart that you have to fall back on walkie-talkies, megaphones, flares and hand signals. Wikipedia (secondary source, opens in a new tab) Big Walk (House House) (primary source, opens in a new tab)
It has a designed ending and is meant to be played start to finish with the same group over several sessions, rather than dipped into with strangers. There is no matchmaking. Big Walk (House House) (primary source, opens in a new tab)
The world draws on Wilsons Promontory National Park in Victoria, Australia, and the soundtrack is largely diegetic: it reaches you through objects in the world rather than playing over the top of it. Wikipedia (secondary source, opens in a new tab)
How it landed
Wikipedia (secondary source, opens in a new tab) checked 6 Aug 2026
On Steam it sits at “Very Positive”, with 88% of 1,969 English-language reviews positive. Valve / Steam (primary source, opens in a new tab) checked 6 Aug 2026
How this site works
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