Can You Play Big Walk Solo?

Big Walk: Multiplayer Guide Published Aug 6, 2026, 3:06 PM EDT Gabrielle is a staff writer for TheGamer who began working in gaming journalism in May 2022, immediately after graduating cum laude with her Bachelors in English. A lifelong lover of in-depth RPGs and cozy simulation games alike, she enjoys having married her passions for both writing and video games in her work. She's spent her life chasing Platinum trophies and completionist collections, even before a company started paying her to do it on the internet. The whole point of 'friendslop' titles like Big Walk is to play them online with your friends, spending some time together to chat and hang out while you solve puzzles and share in a grand adventure like the one you're about to take through the Australian Outback. The game is meant to be played with between two and four players total, but sessions can host up to 12 of your friends if you'd like to bring more folks along on your Big Walk. Below is everything you'll need to know to join or host a multiplayer session in Big Walk. Big Walk Multiplayer Overview When you first launch Big Walk, you'll come to the main game menu asking what you'd like to do to get into a game, either host the game to be put in charge of creating and managing the world for your group, or join a game someone else has made. With the game both relatively short available on so many consoles, you and your friends who might not play on the same type of machine will be thrilled to know that Big Walk supports cross-play, so you can enjoy this puzzle-solving walking game with your people no matter how they're choosing to join the party. It's important to remember, though, that although it's a multiplayer title, Big Walk is meant to be played separately, since it's a game with ample reliance on proximity chat to solve puzzles (and hinder your progress, if you're not careful). You should avoid using other means of communication outside the in-game microphone in Big Walk because of this - the game warns you about being on the phone or on a voice call of any kind when you first launch. Even if you're playing with someone in your own home shoulder-to-shoulder, there's no couch co-op in Big Mode, so you'll both need to own the game and have a way to play it independently of one another where you can't see the other person's screen. The game is meant to be played by two to four people, and you'll need to specify how many people will be working to solve the puzzle, since the game changes based on how many people are playing. On puzzles that require button-pressing, for instance, you'll find some puzzles have the same number of buttons as you have players, and the game will ensure you've always got enough people to solve each puzzle. You can, however, host up to 12 people in one session of Big Walk, though the puzzles only scale up to four players. Everyone can create their own custom character and tag along for the adventure, but you'll need to be creative on how to handle more players than the puzzles call for. More on that below! Is There Single Player In Big Walk? Though a solo player in Big Walk can host a game for their friends to join, there's no single-player mode at the time of publishing this guide. The only real way to play Big Walk by yourself is to have multiple copies of the game on different households and be willing to do each part of each puzzle as two players instead of one. How To Host A Game From the main menu when you first launch Big Walk, select Host Game, and you'll be brought to a screen that allows you to change the game settings before creating the world. Here, you can choose a world you've already created or begin a new one with a different group. As the host, you're in charge of managing the game overall, with your friends joining and leaving as you do. When the host leaves, the game seems to be done for the moment, so the host will need to be around while the game is going on. You'll choose how many players are meant to solve each puzzle, as well as toggling disability settings on and off as needed. You're not locked into this number, though; you'll choose how many people are playing every time you start the world from here on, too. Once you're on the Host Game screen, you'll see a Join Code in the bottom-left corner of the menu that will allow friends to jump in as you sort things out, and they'll automatically join the world you create once it's all set. If you make the world and then want friends to join after, you can find your Join Code on the pause screen. How To Join A Game Joining a game is much simpler than hosting one! When you launch Big Walk, select Join Game from the main menu, and you'll be brought to a screen that prompts you to input the Join Code you've been given from the host of your world. If they've set a password for your save, you'll need to enter that here as well. Once you load in, you'll be at the hub with the rest of your group, ready to play Big Walk once everyone in your group joins up as well. There's currently no matchmaking of any kind in Big Walk; you'll need to make plans with people you know in real life or online already, or venture online to community spaces like Reddit (at your own discretion) to find games with others. Ideas For Larger Parties Though the puzzles in Big Walk can only scale up to four players in size, that doesn't mean larger groups can't find ways to play together! You can invite up to 11 friends to play along with you in the same game session, but that means you'll need to get creative with how you approach the game. Larger groups can: Split up to solve puzzles for the colored towers in smaller groups, always ensuring there are as many people in each group as the host has specified for the game, since you'll need that many people precisely to solve the puzzles you'll find. Smaller parties can scout for the next puzzles, but you can't solve them until the correct number of players have arrived on the scene. For instance, if you're in a four-player game of Big Walk, then a group of two can't solve the puzzles they come across on their own and will need to wait until four players total are there to work on it. Travel in a pack and take turns on the puzzles, with the group weighing in to solve them but switching out who actually gets to play each time. Make your game a free-for-all when it comes to solving puzzles. Whoever gets to the puzzle and can solve it first gets the honor - push the button, throw the ball, do whatever is needed to solve the puzzle if you get to the puzzle first! Switch things up and make your own games along the way, enjoying time with childhood favorites like hide and seek, tag, I Spy, and more. Spend time simply hanging out in the idyllic scenic spots around the game in Big Walk. Between the views, the radio, and the people you've got by your side, the possibilities for downtime in this game are nearly endless.