Primary sources to check first
Use official Big Walk pages before community reports whenever the question is about platforms, player count, crossplay, saves, chat, accessibility or media assets. These pages are the highest-priority source for stable facts on this wiki.
Dynamic fields such as Steam price, review count, tags and store availability should always be recorded with a capture date, because they can change quickly after launch.
| Source | What to use it for | Wiki handling |
|---|---|---|
| Official site | Overview, developer and publisher links, music and credit entry points | Summarize facts and link back; avoid copying marketing copy wholesale. |
| Official Press Kit | Fact sheet, trailers, GIFs, screenshots, key art, logos and platform marks | Use as the preferred visual source and keep attribution visible. |
| Official FAQ | 2-12 players, no solo mode, no matchmaking, crossplay, host save, join code, text chat, accessibility and troubleshooting | Treat as the authority for gameplay logistics until contradicted by a newer official update. |
| Steam store | PC and Mac requirements, tags, languages, achievements, price and review snapshot | Mark date for price, rating and tags; hardware requirements can still shift. |
| PlayStation page | PS5 listing, PS Plus requirement, online player count, screenshots and store media | Link to platform media and note PlayStation-specific requirements. |
Video and visual media
The media hub already embeds official YouTube trailers and links large Press Kit files instead of repackaging them. That keeps the pages lighter and makes the original rights holder clear.
Third-party screenshots may be useful for walkthrough context, but this wiki should label them by source and keep a direct link to the article where they came from.
| Asset | Best use | Source note |
|---|---|---|
| Reveal Trailer | Announcement history and world tone | Embed the official YouTube player. |
| Gameplay Overview | Tools, voice chat and cooperative systems | Embed the official YouTube player. |
| Release Date Announcement | Launch date and platform context | Embed the official YouTube player. |
| Big Walk is out now! | Launch-day video | Link the official YouTube player listed in the Press Kit. |
| Press Kit screenshots and GIFs | Article covers, media library, visual reference | Use official files with House House/Panic attribution. |
| ScreenHype screenshots | Specific guide illustrations such as radio, menu and paint palette examples | Use sparingly with visible ScreenHype credit and source link. |
Wiki, community and guide leads
Community reports are useful for route planning, LFG advice, performance reports and early puzzle discoveries. Third-party wiki pages and guide hubs are treated as leads, not as final authority, unless they match the official FAQ or are reproduced in-game.
For Reddit, Steam and other forums, this wiki summarizes patterns rather than copying usernames, friend codes, Discord IDs, screenshots or long comments. License-aware sites such as PCGamingWiki need their own attribution rules if any structured fields are reused.
| Lead | Useful for | Verification status |
|---|---|---|
| r/BigWalk | Release-day discussion, LFG needs, matchmaking questions and guide discovery | Monitor as a changing community source. |
| Steam Community Hub | Discussions, screenshots, guides, reviews and broadcasts | Dynamic; capture date required. |
| BigWalk.wiki | Independent fan wiki structure, guides, media pages and cross-language page leads | Use as a reference lead, then rewrite and verify. |
| PCGamingWiki | PC settings, save locations, inputs and troubleshooting | License-aware reuse only; many fields may still be incomplete. |
| Wikipedia and HandWiki | Release timeline, development background and citation leads | Use for orientation only; trace claims back to stronger sources. |
| Games.GG guide hub | Player-count and campaign guide leads | Cross-check with the official FAQ before publishing. |
| Gamer Social Club trophy list | PlayStation trophy names, rarity split and TrueTrophies lead | Useful after comparison with Steam achievements. |
| OpenCritic and Metacritic | Launch-window review snapshots and critic-review directories | Dynamic; capture date required before publishing scores. |
| Steam Deck HQ and ProtonDB | Steam Deck and Proton compatibility leads | Use as monitoring sources until this wiki verifies settings. |
| NintendoEverything and Switch 2 review threads | Switch 2 performance and console-review context | Versioned notes only; compare across sources. |
| Gematsu and Famitsu | News, platform announcements, screenshots and regional coverage | Use as media/source index pages, not gameplay authorities. |
| ScreenHype guides | Radio channels, appearance, saves and beginner tips | Added as credited third-party guide sources, pending this wiki's in-game reproduction. |
| Insider Gaming and GameSpot | Map-room behavior, Big View route and a coordinate-specific puzzle lead | Directly readable launch guides; gameplay steps remain attributed and pending this wiki's capture. |
| Steam official news feed | Launch announcements and current developer-confirmed issue status | Primary source; capture date required because announcements and fixes change. |
Source verification audit
This audit records what was directly readable during the Aug 5, 2026 source pass. A link being listed in the materials document does not mean its page content was available to extract.
Official pages are the authority for stable facts. Secondary pages can add context, but their claims remain attributed and should not override the official FAQ or Press Kit.
| Fetch status | Sources | How this wiki handles them |
|---|---|---|
| Directly readable | Official site, Press Kit, FAQ, Steam, PlayStation, Mac App Store, official YouTube pages, BigWalk.wiki, big-walk-wiki.wiki, IGN, Polygon, Mobalytics, Games.GG, Wikipedia, Gamer Social Club, Steam Community, PC Gamer, PlayStation Blog, Famitsu, NintendoEverything, OpenCritic, Metacritic, ProtonDB, The Guardian and The Verge | Use primary-source facts directly; keep secondary claims attributed and dated. |
| Link readable, post body restricted | Reddit threads in r/BigWalk, r/Nintendo, r/Games and r/CoOpGaming | Keep as community leads. Do not state a thread summary as independently verified when the post body cannot be fetched. |
| Blocked or timed out | GameFAQs, PCGamingWiki, Gematsu and GamesRadar+ | Keep the original links as research leads; do not describe their page content as directly checked in this pass. |
| Contradictory or stale | HandWiki still describes Big Walk as upcoming, while the official FAQ says it released Aug 4, 2026 | Use the official current release status and retain HandWiki only as a dated secondary reference. |
| Fact-risk flag | big-walk-wiki.wiki's complete guide claims Team Bungi, Xbox support and a 1-2 player format, which conflicts with the official House House/Panic material and the directly viewed IGN/Polygon/Mobalytics pages | Do not migrate its route tables or mechanics. Keep the domain only as a competitor-monitoring lead. |