Hitting the Road: The Big Walk Returns • The Western Weekender
Panic said the co-op puzzle game is also the highest-rated title of 2026 on Metacritic, ahead of several major releases.
- Publisher Panic Games announced on August 10 that Big Walk sold over 1 million copies in just six days, marking a rapid milestone for developer House House.
- Developer House House previously released 2019's Untitled Goose Game, which took approximately three months to reach 1 million copies sold, demonstrating Big Walk's accelerated success.
- The co-op title is currently the highest-rated game of 2026 on Metacritic, outperforming big-budget releases like Forza Horizon 6 and Resident Evil Requiem while allowing two to a dozen players to explore and solve puzzles.
- Panic posted, "In just six days, over one million of you have bought Big Walk," while Kotaku's Reb Valentine noted in her review, "Everyone is busy, life is hard, and the world is falling apart."
- The game is available on PS5 and Switch 2, sharing design DNA with Untitled Goose Game through distinctive character designs and sound design techniques that resonate with fans of the studio's debut title.
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Hitting the road: The Big Walk returns • The Western Weekender
A Panthers legend is ready to pound the pavement again, with The Big Walk to return for a fifth time. This year’s walk for the Royce Simmons Foundation will honour the late Penrith icon John Farragher, while raising vital funds for dementia research. Founded by Panthers great Royce Simmons, the Foundation remains dedicated to supporting dementia research critical to those living with the disease, their families and increasing community awareness…
Big Walk, the superb multiplayer hangout puzzler by the makers of Untitled Goose Game, has passed an encouraging sales milestone in under a week
Developer House House's collaborative puzzle-solving and hangout game par excellence, Big Walk, has found encouraging commercial success. Publisher Panic announced on Bluesky that it's already passed 1m sales.
7 Years Ago, an Award-Winning Game Set the Stage for 2026's Latest Masterpiece
Big Walk is a very special game. Since its launch last week, I’ve been delighted to see my social media feeds fill up with videos of players goofing off together in the co-op puzzle adventure. It never fails to put a smile on my face, and that’s a testament to developer House House’s craft. The goofy character designs, the playground colors, the playful puzzles — everything comes together to form a wonderful co-op game that has a way of sticking…
Panic has announced that Big Walk has sold more than a million copies in just six days. Read more
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