Before you buy
How Big Walk was received
Strong reviews across the board, and one number we have decided not to print.
Individual outlets
Wikipedia (secondary source, opens in a new tab) checked 6 Aug 2026
We link scores rather than quoting the reviews. A score compresses a lot of reasoning into one number, and these are worth reading in full.
What players say
Steam user reviews
Very Positive
88% of 1,969 English-language reviews are positive, out of 2,463 reviews in all languages. Valve / Steam (primary source, opens in a new tab) checked 6 Aug 2026
Steam review counts change hourly. In the first day of tracking this page, the English-language total moved from 1,941 to 1,969 and the positive share from 89% to 88%.
The number we are not printing
Reviews were strong on every platform, with PC rated highest. We are not printing Metacritic's per-platform averages: the console averages rest on a handful of reviews each while the PC average rests on many more, so placing them side by side implies a comparison the sample sizes do not support — and the figures were still moving through launch week.
An earlier version of this page did print per-platform averages, taken from a snapshot dated the day before release. They had already moved by the time anyone read them. Rather than republish a figure we cannot re-verify, since Metacritic blocks automated reads, we would rather send you to the source. More on how we handle figures that move.
Common questions
Is Big Walk good?
Critics rated it highly. PCGamesN gave it 10/10, Eurogamer 5/5, and both GameSpot and Game Informer 9/10. On Steam it holds a "Very Positive" rating, with 88% of 1,969 English-language reviews positive as of 6 August 2026.
What is the Big Walk Metacritic score?
Metacritic keeps separate averages per platform, with PC rated highest. We do not reproduce the numbers here: the console averages are each built from only a handful of reviews while the PC average draws on many more, so printing them side by side implies a comparison the sample sizes do not support. Check Metacritic directly for the current figures.
Why is the Big Walk console score lower than the PC score?
The published averages do differ by platform, with PC highest. We have not seen the reviewing outlets explain why, and the console averages rest on very few reviews, so any explanation we offered would be speculation.