- Small bug fix - 19 June 2026
We are seeing some rare crashes when generating terrain in the GPU, as mitigation step the game will detect if a crash happens and force CPU generation automatically on future runs. The terrain generation method can be controlled in Settings --> Gameplay, 'Auto' will autodetect if the GPU can be used, and 'CPU' will force the generation to happen in the CPU (slower but more stable).
- Prologue: Go Wayback! is now free to own - 17 June 2026
Dear community,Today brings the final update to Prologue: Go Wayback! that our studio's game team has been working on. We announced recently that we unfortunately have had to make some hard decisions for the studio's future, and this included halting development on the game. The studio will continue in a smaller size to keep developing its core technology, Melba. Our work on Melba has helped us with how we generate realistic terrain in Go Wayback! but it has always been a separate project from the game. You can continue to follow our progress on developing Melba in our tech demo Preface: Undiscovered World.We are proud of the work our team did on Go Wayback!, and we are immensely grateful to the players who helped playtest the game through our betas and offered feedback during Early Access. We were not always able to be as visibly present everywhere as much as we would have liked, but w…
- Development on Prologue: Go Wayback is ending as PlayerUnknown Productions lays off an unspecified amount of staff - 4 June 2026
I guess we're not going to find out what comes after the prologue after all. By that I mean, some bad news came out of PlayerUnknown Productions yesterday. The studio shared a statement on their Dwitter account to share that development on Prologue: Go Wayback is ending, as PlayerUnknown himself Brendan Greene says that he has "reached the limits of how far I can continue to fund this journey in its current form." Read more
- An update from the studio - 3 June 2026
Hey everyone. We have some sad news to share. Unfortunately we have had to make a hard decision to restructure our studio to a smaller team. As a result, we will be halting further development of Prologue: Go Wayback.Our main priority at the moment is to support our employees during this difficult transition.While we hope the studio can return to Go Wayback at a future point in time, right now it means we will be unable to complete our Early Access plans for the game.We are currently working on an update that we plan to release soon, which will add new items as well as paths and trails to the game for enhanced exploration.With that update, we also intend to release the game out of Early Access and make it free for any players who want to check it out in the future. We are also investigating offering refunds to players who have purchased the game.Please stand by for more information on t…
- Hotfix - v0.26010 - 16 April 2026
We have just released a small update for Prologue: Go Wayback! with the following fixes:Renamed Tetris Master Achievement to Puzzle Master and fixed the unlock criteria.Fixed storms that occur during sleep not counting toward Thor Hates Me Achievement completion.Fixed cases where the northeast corner of the map was counted incorrectly for the Long Way Round Achievement.Removed hiking backpack from the list of allowed backpacks for The Swiss Commute Achievement.Fixed the Share button not working properly in some instances.Fixed two rare crashes.Increased the spawn rate of kibbles and added a new type.
- Hotfix - v0.25879 - 27 March 2026
Hi all, We’ve just released a small update for Prologue: Go Wayback! with the following fixes and balance changes: Reduced alarm clock power consumptionFixed batteries having the same capacityFixed a crash when dragging and dropping items in the inventoryFixed rice and pasta losing their cooked status when added to a cooking pot
- Explore the March update! - 26 March 2026
Hey everyone!Since the Early Access launch of Prologue: Go Wayback! in November we’ve been working on adding more depth to the survival gameplay, while also providing clearer in-game feedback on game mechanics for players.Watch the new trailer below to see what we've added over the last months!We’ve also updated the Demo with the latest gameplay features, in case you first want to try out a few runs across a limited set of predefined seeds.Cooking & Foraging FoodCooking has been improved in a couple of ways. A new system for managing liquids now allows you to collect rainwater in any container that can contain water, such as a bottle or a cooking pot, and also lets you move liquids between containers. Together with other improvements to the inventory UI, it is now easier to move food items and specific amounts of water into the cooking pot.The cooking process itself is now clearer. Calo…
- Hotfix - v0.24638 - 13 February 2026
We have released a small fix for a bug in the stamina system where, after 30 minutes of playtime, players could enter a slowed state that made running difficult or impossible.
- Hotfix - v0.24486 - 4 February 2026
We have just released a small update for Prologue: Go Wayback! with the following fixes:Soaked burnable items now don’t cause FPS drops after being placed on heat source and picked upSleep key is updated on the help screen Fixed a crash when dying after falling from the GliderItems in inventory can now be rotated by the key “R”Sliders in the weather section now apply when using the “Apply Mode Settings” button
- February Update: Don’t Sleep On It! - 3 February 2026
The Early Access launch last year generated a lot of new feedback, which we have been taking to heart to plan for improving on the core survival experience of Go Wayback!We are currently working on improving some of the core systems that are at the foundation of the game, and this first update of 2026 focuses on those foundations, alongside some early iterations of a few highly requested features. New FeaturesNights can be long and cold in Go Wayback! especially if the weather brings a thunderstorm or a blizzard. It’s totally fair if you don’t feel like spending that time watching the crackling fire or listening to tunes on your cassette player. Now, you can sleep.This is still a very early version of the feature. At the moment, the game decides how long you’ll be able to sleep based on your vitals (just to make sure you don’t die in your sleep), with a maximum duration of 8 hours of ga…
- Hotfix - v0.23481 - 10 December 2025
We have just released a small update for Prologue: Go Wayback! with the following fixes:Fixed an issue where custom audio settings reverted to default on launch until the Settings menu was opened.Fixed a bug where custom maps reset to a regular map after loading a saved game.Resolved an issue preventing achievements from being unlocked in Objective: Survive and Free Roam modes.Improved rolling weather transitions. You can now see weather changes approaching on the horizon over time.
- Early Access - First Update Is Now Live! - 9 December 2025
After a few hotfixes, the very first Early Access update for Prologue: Go Wayback! is now live. This update brings a couple of new items and new mechanics that deepen the survival experience.Gameplay & SurvivalIn our Early Access Roadmap, we mentioned that electrical systems were one of the key improvements we wanted to bring to the gameplay and survival systems. This update introduces an early version of that with the addition of batteries. Some items now require specific types of batteries to function at full capacity and have an inventory that can be opened to fit batteries of different sizes. Batteries deliver power based on their size, so go experiment with them!ItemsMany of you have been asking for a way to measure distances in-game, and some of you had pretty great suggestions, so we said “sure, let’s do it” and added a step counter item.The Step Counter tracks steps as long as y…
- PlayerUnknown wants to listen to your Prologue: Go Wayback feedback, just not all of it - 3 December 2025
There are two Brendan Greene's (or PlayerUnknown's, however you prefer to refer to the game dev). There is the Brendan Greene who wants to listen to the feedback offered up by those partaking in the early access period of his current game, Prologue: Go Wayback . And there is the Brendan Greene who doesn't, for quite reasonable reasons. Both of these are still him, and both show up in a recent interview. Read more
- New Demo Available! - 2 December 2025
Hi everyone,We’ve just added a new demo for Prologue: Go Wayback! created from the latest Early Access build. Demo ContentThis demo contains the fully playable game with our three current Game Modes, and four Seeds from different worlds that our players and PLAYERUNKNOWN found and shared with the community on our Discord. A random Seed is selected every time you start the demo.Saving and the DEV menu with Custom Game Settings, the Map Editor, and Custom Seed loading are not available in this demo.If you haven’t tried our game yet, give the demo a try! Download it via the green Demo button on the store page. We plan to update this demo a few times in the coming year alongside bigger feature updates, but our primary focus during Early Access is on continuously updating the main game.If you like what you see, and what we have planned for Early Access at the moment, give us a Wishlist or ju…
- Hotfix - v0.22778 - 24 November 2025
We have just released a Hotfix for Prologue: Go Wayback! Fixed saves not working as intended in some Game ModesAdded more debug information to crashes to help with investigationFixed an issue that caused fuses and other electrical components to stop working after loadingFixed an issue with Teddy Bear not spawning as cuddly or visible as intended. Teddy Bear now appears in the starter cabinCabins no longer spawn empty in some instancesUpdated the credits
- Hotfix - v0.22699 - 21 November 2025
Fixed common crash after loading a saved gameGame now saves when using alt-f4 to quit gameNo saving upon death or escapeUpdated game mode selection screenNote: we are investigating an issue with saving for the Objective: Survive game mode and hope to have a fix for this soon.
- Prologue: Go Wayback! is now in Early Access - 20 November 2025
After a busy year of playtests and an Open Beta, Prologue: Go Wayback! is now available in Early Access!A huge thank you to our community for helping us test, break, refine, comment, suggest, and sometimes just hang out with us on Discord.We strongly believe developing games can’t be done in a vacuum without player feedback, and your support has meant more than you know. We truly couldn’t have gotten here without you, and we look forward to your input as we develop the game further throughout Early Access. Watch the new Early Access Launch Trailer: What’s new in Early Access?Custom Game SettingsTweak settings like weather types, time of day, survival modifiers, and other dev options to shape your experience. New Game ModesGame Modes are a different way to play. At Early Access launch, you can choose from:Go Wayback! - get to the Weather Tower in the default survival mode.Objective: Surv…
- PlayerUnknown's Prologue: Go Wayback! still has a terrible name and is out now in Early Access - 20 November 2025
Open world Czech Bohemia-inspired orienteering game Prologue: Go Wayback! from PlayerUnknown Productions and PUBG creator Brendan Greene is out now in Steam Early Access - and that's very inconvenient, because we still don't have consensus on a nickname. Back in 2017, RPS jocularly renamed PUBG "Plunkbat" - a show of feistiness that surely resulted in no angry emails (genuinely, I don't know if it did), and which I recently consecrated by writing it on the wall of a random shed in Scotland. We are still massaging our temples about the new game, however. Read more
- Prologue: Go Wayback! Early Access Roadmap - 17 November 2025
Hi Everyone,From our very first playtest, your feedback has been crucial to our progress, and we truly want to create a game that feels like it belongs to you. With the Early Access release right around the corner, we want to give you a look at what we are currently planning for development during Early Access. Please keep in mind things may change, and if they do, the most likely reason would be your input.World UpdatesUpdates that add realism, scale, and cohesion to the world.Paths, trails, and infrastructure that make navigation clearer and the world feel more coherent.Enhanced river systems with source, tributaries, rapids, and deltas, bringing new movement and life to the world.Biomes that become deeper and more varied, creating richer atmosphere and discovery.Dynamic weather systems that shift how each journey feels.More varied settlements that make inhabited places feel alive and…
- Early Access starts November 20th, new Open Beta update now live! - 28 October 2025
After two and a half months in Open Beta, we are finally ready to move to the next stage: Prologue: Go Wayback! is coming to Early Access on November 20th! We would like to thank our community for continuously testing our game and sharing their ideas, feedback, and Go Wayback! stories. Nothing gets our team more excited. What’s New in Early Access?Game ModesEarly Access is only the start of the journey for our game, and Game Modes are a way to change how you are exploring the world. At Early Access launch we will have three Game Modes, with more to come as we work with the community:Go Wayback! - The default mode: survive and make your way to the Weather TowerObjective: Survive - Challenge yourself and survive for as long as possible with limited resourcesFree Roam - Explore at your own pace without worrying about starvation, dehydration or hypothermiaCustom Game SettingsIn Early Access…
