House House rushes to fix Big Walk's biggest co-op annoyance
House House has already patched Big Walk’s voice-chat friction, while keeping its close-proximity co-op design intact.
House House has already patched Big Walk’s voice-chat friction after players complained that the co-op communication felt rough at launch. The fix landed only days after the game went live on Steam, PlayStation 5 and Switch 2, a fast response for a game built around talking, coordinating and staying together with friends.
Big Walk went out on August 4, 2026, and House House’s official FAQ says it is now available for Windows and Mac through Steam and the Mac App Store. The press kit describes it as an adventure game for 2–12 players, while the official site calls it a cooperative online walker-talker about hanging out and getting lost with close friends in a big world. The reveal trailer made the design even clearer: players are meant to work together, stay in contact with an assortment of tools and toys, and figure out new ways to communicate when they get separated.
That setup made the early voice-chat complaint especially noticeable. A follow-up headline on the issue said the patch addressed voice volume complaints, and the developers said “it’s an important part of the game’s design that you can only hear players who are close to you.” House House kept that proximity-audio setup in place, treating the change as a tuning pass rather than a redesign.
The quick response fits the expectations that come with House House’s name. The Melbourne studio built its reputation on Push Me Pull You and Untitled Goose Game, and Untitled Goose Game became an international success after launching in September 2019. House House also won Game of the Year and Best Sound Design at the Australian Game Developer Awards 2019 for that game, so a new co-op project was always going to face close scrutiny from players looking for the same kind of sharp interaction design.
Big Walk’s launch also shows why fast community feedback matters so much in multiplayer games. When a title is built around communication, even a small voice-chat annoyance can dominate the first impression. House House’s decision to move quickly, acknowledge the complaint and keep the game’s core proximity-audio idea intact suggests a live conversation with players rather than a wait-and-see approach, and that can shape how a co-op game is received long after the first weekend.
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