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Prologue: Go Wayback!

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.

Free June 17, 2026

By PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions

Windows
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Prologue: Go Wayback! - PLAYERUNKNOWN Productions. Popular. Released June 17, 2026
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Overview

About this game

Explore a new world every time you play

In Prologue: Go Wayback! no two journeys are ever the same. 

A brand new 64km2 world is generated on your PC every time you start the game. Our in-house machine-learning technology empowers our artists and designers to create a system that lets you generate billions of beautiful, natural worlds that are waiting to be explored.

Chart your own course through the rugged terrain toward the distant Weather Tower. How you get there, and whether you survive, is entirely up to you.

Embark on an adventure to overcome the wilderness

Dynamic weather and time of day shape your every decision.

Rain can soak your clothes and drench your fires. Thunderstorms can wreak havoc on the terrain. Blizzards bring snow and the danger of hypothermia.

Forage for edible food, seek sources of drinkable water, and chart your path from shelter to shelter.

Your choices, your world, your story

No guides. No markers telling you where to go next. Just your instincts, your tools, and your choices.

You will need to read your map, use your compass, keep an eye on the sky, and adapt to the terrain and the weather if you want to survive.

Will you stick to the valleys, searching for shelter? Or climb the ridges for a clear line to the Weather Tower? Will you brave the storm at night, or hunker down and wait it out?

Your story is what you make it.

Key Features

  • A new map every time you play

Explore vast, procedurally generated landscapes created through the fusion of our in-house machine learning technology and human talent.

  • Survive against the elements

Manage your body temperature, thirst, and hunger while battling rain, wind, snow, and freezing temperatures. The weather can change at any moment.

  • Emergent player freedom

No quest markers, no scripted path. How you play and what you do is up to you.

  • Realistic navigation

Use a compass, a map, and your gut feeling. With no mini map to tell you where to go, every step is a test of your awareness and orientation.

  • Define your next run

Design your own map, choose a game mode, and select custom game settings to create your own unique run.

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