Spoiler warning. This page discusses how Big Walk ends — including post-game content and the requirements for the complete ending. If you'd rather discover the island's conclusion yourself, close this tab and come back after the credits. You've been warned.
Does Big Walk have an ending?
Yes — and it's a real one. The official FAQ confirms Big Walk has a hand-crafted, start-to-finish ending. This isn't an endless sandbox: the walk leads somewhere, and the developers built a proper conclusion for it.
How the ending unfolds
Insider Gaming's full-ending guide and All Things How's true-ending walkthrough agree on the shape of the finale:
- Finishing the island's colored towers unlocks the black tower — treat it as a point of no return. Once your group commits, the endgame begins.
- Inside the black tower sequence you gather its puzzle rewards and receive a final key, which opens the gate in the great wall at the far west of the island — stepping through earns the Big Wall trophy.
- Beyond the wall, the walk ends at a giant black sphere in the distance. You go inside and solve one last run of puzzles — All Things How notes your voice chat cuts out during these, leaving your group to communicate some other way — then exit past a final turnstile and white door.
- The credits roll, and with them the Big Goodbye trophy. An on-screen message thanks you for playing — and hints that more remains.
One mercy, per Insider Gaming: you do not need every puzzle on the island for this first ending — the world holds more prizes than the main objectives require, and skipped challenges won't block the credits.
After the credits: the purple puzzles
The ending isn't the end. Post-game adds seven harder "purple" remix puzzles to the island — tougher reworkings of challenges you've already solved, described by Insider Gaming as some of the toughest content in the game.
The complete ending and Big Game
There are two ending-adjacent trophies, and the difference matters:
- Big Goodbye — finish the game (reach the credits).
- Big Game — unlock the complete / full ending, which requires 100% completion: the seven purple puzzles plus anything you skipped along the way.
With 100% completion, you receive one last key. All Things How's walkthrough describes what to do with it: the small black sphere back in the tutorial area has cracked open, revealing a keyhole — inserting the key opens a secret room with stairs leading down, and what's below triggers the true ending and Big Game. PSNProfiles currently lists both ending trophies as ultra rare, so finishing them puts your group in small company.
To be confirmed: Exactly what the true ending shows inside that secret room — available accounts are single-sourced, so we're keeping it vague rather than risk misreporting the finale. The unlock path above is confirmed by two independent outlets.
Practical tips for the endgame
- Finish your exploring first. Treat the black tower as a point of no return — ride the train, claim the map, and grab missable-feeling trophies like Big Climb and Big Makeover before committing.
- Bring the whole group. Sessions are host-based, so make sure everyone who's earned the journey is present for the finale.
- Pace yourselves. Full completion runs to roughly 15 hours — the purple puzzles are the hardest content in the game.