
Virtue and a Sledgehammer
Go back to your hometown and tear it down with a sledgehammer in this narrative exploration game. Confront your past in a devastating story about feeling like you no longer belong in the place you grew up.

At a glance
● Pros
- English supported
- Full controller support
- Steam Deck Verified
● Cons
- Not released yet — check reviews after launch
Great for
- Fans of punchy combat and action
- Exploration and storytelling
Summarized automatically from Steam reviews, Metacritic, language support, price and spec data.
About the game
Most people resort to therapy. But you chose the brave option. A sledgehammer.
In Virtue and a Sledgehammer, explore the remains of your hometown haunted by the android ghosts of your digitized neighbors. There won't always be a clear path, so create your own by knocking down any structures that stand in your way.
It will be a painful journey, not only because of the assault from the robots that have taken over life in the mountains, but because of the memories you’ll unearth—sometimes warm, but often traumatic—as you destroy the remnants of your childhood.
A game about family, traditions, and being a misfit.
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 burn brighter?
You can’t tear down the place you were born without awakening a few ghosts. The cinematic sequences of interactive fiction will reveal your fears, desires, and your family’s knotty web of virtues and flaws.
Flesh is a source of aches and tainted humors.
It's only now, devoid of bones, devoid of hunger, that I can tell you...
I have never been happier.
Source: Steam store page (provided by the developer/publisher)
PC requirements
Minimum
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 x64 Bit Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K / AMD Ryzen 5 3550H Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 / Radeon RX 570 / Arc A380 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: Low Quality setting, in 1080p, producing 60 FPS
Recommended
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 11 x64 Bit Processor: Intel Core i7-6950 / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1080 / Radeon RX 5700 DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 3 GB available space Additional Notes: High Quality setting, in 1080p, producing 60 FPS
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