Big Walk Reviews
A joyous jaunt through a gentle world full of thoughtfully-designed puzzles.
Big Walk is a rewarding co-op adventure full of beautiful emergent moments as you find solutions to cleverly built puzzles and explore its vast open world with your friends.
The Untitled Goose Game team returns with a funny, exciting, and deeply rewarding multiplayer adventure that combines knockabout fun with some surprisingly big ideas.
I’m truly excited to keep taking my Big Walks – no matter the off-putting name of the friendslop genre, this game is what you make it, and I believe each group that plays will make it their own unique kind of wonderful.
Big Walk takes fundamental and timeless video game concepts–obstacles and incentives for clearing them–and, through an intensely focused co-op experience, shapes them into something singularly rewarding, supremely mysterious, and totally unforgettable.
Big Walk is a game that is nothing short of outstanding in its design, a co-op adventure that feels like you're 12 years old again and venturing across those fields with your buddies.Its strict reliance on communication and clever puzzle design makes it one of the most rewarding games I think I've ever played, but its technical shortcomings on the Switch 2 version do take the shine off a touch. Thankfully, it's not enough to break what is one of the most unique and intriguing games released this decade, if you're willing to learn to communicate.
The creators of Untitled Goose Game return with an online, open-world adventure that delivers slapstick silliness and bucolic majesty in nearly equal measure
Big Walk is a quiet yet genius co-op experience. It sets you up with a fun interactive team-based system and just leaves you to uncover its wonders. The sense of discovery is palpable, and I was often blown away by the game's sense of scale and how it implemented progression in a seamless yet meaningful way. If you and your mates are looking for your next co-op fix, this is something special and unlike anything else out there.
If you're into co-op games at all, you should give Big Walk a chance.
If you have a group of agreeable friends with strong internet connections, plenty of time to spare, and a commitment to see the game through, Big Walk could be highly memorable. We're hoping for a sequel with Gameshare support that's a little more of an exploration puzzle-solving adventure, and a little less walking simulator. The former was our highlight, and once the "walker-talker" novelty wears off, they're what will make the game endure as a showcase of its best.
Big Walk earns a place in the top tier of co-operative games, with greater depth than countless games it could be compared against. Proximity chat is far from a gimmick; communication is as much a mechanic as running and jumping. No two puzzles are the same, and sometimes the work required becomes tedious, but it does well to avoid overstaying its welcome. House House have cleverly shown restraint in crafting a game that's all about the journey and not the destination.
Big Walk delivers on a promise that's rare in cooperative games: nothing here is scripted, and the funniest moments are ones the game couldn't have planned even if it wanted to.
Big Walk's greatest achievement is that its best moments aren't scripted, they happen spontaneously. Losing a teammate, exploring an unknown path, a silly misunderstanding, or just tinkering with a confusing tool feel every bit as rewarding as solving its most complex puzzles, and if you bring a few friends and some patience, it delivers one of the finest co-op experiences around.
Review in Persian | Read full review
One of the best games for spending time with friends. Big Walk doesn't try to limit you, doesn't force you to rush, and doesn't stress you out, but creates all the conditions for a fun and soulful time.
Review in Russian | Read full review
While Big Walk could very well be someone's Game of the Year, most people will likely get burnt out by its backtracking and voice chat system.
Big Walk is definitely not a game for everyone. And unless you have a good friend or a tight-knit group of people who love puzzles and a bit of strategy, you’ll likely find more frustration than fun in this new project from the creators of Untitled Goose Game. But if you enjoy puzzle games, this is definitely something you’ll thoroughly enjoy, despite its certain shortcomings.
Review in Czech | Read full review
Big Walk succeeds by turning communication itself into the heart of its cooperative adventure. Its strongest puzzles emerge from simple mechanics, environmental awareness, and the unpredictable interactions that happen when a group of friends tries to solve problems together. A handful of less inventive challenges and some technical rough edges keep it from feeling completely polished, but they do little to diminish a multiplayer experience that consistently rewards curiosity, experimentation, and teamwork.
Big Walk is a charming co-op adventure that turns exploration and simple puzzles into memorable moments with friends. Its slow pace and lack of matchmaking may limit its appeal, but the experience shines with the right group.
Big Walk is a brilliantly chaotic cooperative adventure where communication, clever puzzles and unpredictable situations come together to create unforgettable moments with friends.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Big Walk works because, at its heart, it understands that multiplayer games don’t need to be competitive, combative, or constantly active to be enjoyable. The best moments come from communication, exploration, mistakes, and unforeseen circumstances that arise when a group of people works together to solve problems.