TOKYO (Sept. 20, 2026) – Most people resort to therapy, but you chose the brave option: a sledgehammer. This narrative exploration game from developers Deconstructeam (The Red Strings Club, The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood) and Selkie Harbour (Many Nights a Whisper), as well as publisher Devolver Digital, is about family, traditions, and being a misfit. Virtue and a Sledgehammer is coming to PC on Oct. 27 for $14.99. (https://store.steampowered.com/app/3743260/Virtue_and_a_Sledgehammer/)
The town where you grew up is haunted by the android ghosts of your digitized neighbors. Wield your sledgehammer like an instrument of reckoning, swinging through the swathes of mechanical human facsimiles and the buildings they call home.
But will violent catharsis salve your soul, or make the pain brighter?
Knock down buildings and crush machines with your hammer, awakening ghosts from the past in the ruins of a place you once called home. Cinematic sequences of interactive fiction will reveal your fears, desires, and your family’s knotty web of virtues and flaws.
Smash virtueandasledgehammer.com for more information.
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