Big Walk was a long, patient development — announced nearly three years before launch. Here is the dated history, verified against the official press kit and upload dates, from the reveal trailer to the August 4, 2026 release.
Timeline
| Date | Milestone | What we know |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 7, 2023 | Reveal trailer | House House's first public look, posted to YouTube |
| Jun 6, 2025 | Gameplay overview | The gameplay overview showed the open-world co-op, tools and communication focus |
| Mar 9, 2026 | PlayStation Blog hands-on | SIE's Clara Hertzog played with two friends; detailed the independent-arm controls, proximity chat and light-carrying at night — and confirmed the game would launch into PlayStation Plus as a Monthly Game |
| Jun 9, 2026 | Release date announcement | The release date video locked August 4, 2026 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | PS Plus August lineup announced | Big Walk, Dying Light 2 Stay Human: Reloaded Edition and Signalis became the PS Plus Essential monthly games |
| Aug 4, 2026 | Launch | Released on Steam (PC/Mac), Mac App Store, PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 at $19.99 with a 25% launch discount; press kit and store went live |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Steam peak | Nearly 50,000 concurrent players on Steam in launch week, with "Very Positive" reviews (PC Gamer) |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Patch 1.4.8 | First post-launch patch released on Steam — fixes quiet proximity voice; rolls out to other platforms afterwards (official Steam announcement) |
Context: how long Big Walk took
- Announced Dec 2023, launched Aug 2026 — roughly 2 years 8 months of public development.
- House House (Melbourne, Australia, founded 2014) previously shipped Push Me Pull You (2016) and Untitled Goose Game (2019), so this was a deliberate, slower release cadence for the studio.
- The launch-week reaction was strong: 91% positive across 4,466 English Steam reviews and a Metacritic 92 on PC at the time of writing — see the release date and price page for the current numbers.
Live updates
This is a static snapshot. For ongoing official news, patch tracking and the re-test checklist after each update, use the official update watch page — it separates confirmed announcements from community reports.