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Prologue: Go Wayback! cover art

Prologue: Go Wayback!

PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions · 2026-06-17

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndieSimulationFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Prologue: Go Wayback! is a single-player open-world emergent survival roguelike where every journey is unique. Traverse a new wilderness that is generated for you every time you play. Chart your path, overcome the elements, and write your own story of exploration.

61%
positive of 698 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 231 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 35% of 11,450 Adventure games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $17.99 at Steam (2025-11-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 1 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
939320252026Week of 2025-11-20: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-04: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-11: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-19: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-18: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 85 negativeWeek of 2026-06-25: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-23: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-13: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-13: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-20: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

22
achievements tracked
73.9%
earned "It's a dangerous business"
0.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, Spanish - Latin America, Ukrainian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4011%22

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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