Major update12 Nov 2025The Wreck is now available in Ukrainian! 🇺🇦Thanks to the amazing work of Olena Hostilova, The Wreck is now fully translated into Ukrainian! You can already enjoy this translation on Mac and PC via Steam. And that’s not all: it will soon also be available on iOS and Android. A huge thank you to Olena for this incredible work! And if this translation lets you experience the game for the first time, we can’t wait to hear what you think.
As part of a series celebrating The Wreck's first anniversary, here's our last interview. This time, it's with Florent, who co-wrote the game with his sister Coralie and also took care of the game design. Florent actually was in a car accident in 2017 (luckily without any bad consequences apart for a totalled car), which gave him the initial inspiration for The Wreck! Who are you and what was y…
As part of a series celebrating The Wreck's first anniversary, here's an interview with Coralie, who co-wrote the game with her brother, Florent. Coralie is an artist and a videographer, and The Wreck was her first experience working on a video game. Who are you and what was your role on The Wreck? I am Coralie and I co-wrote The Wreck. What was your favorite moment/thing to do during the produ…
As part of a series celebrating The Wreck's first anniversary, here's an interview with Mylène, who worked tirelessly to spread the word about the game and help release it on lot of platforms and digital marketplaces. Who are you and what was your role on The Wreck? My name is Mylène, and I was helping with the Marketing & Communication aspect of the game. What was your favorite moment/thing to…
As part of a series celebrating The Wreck's first anniversary, here's an interview with Peggy, the game's animator and cinematic artist. Who are you and what was your role on The Wreck? Hey ! I'm Peggy, An animator and graphic designer from Brest, France. My pronouns are they/them and I enjoy mashups and rabbits. When I joined the team on The Wreck, my role was first and foremost to handle char…
As part of a series celebrating The Wreck's first anniversary, here's an interview with Horace, the game's lead (and, most of the time, only) programmer. Horace loves to work for the team and provide others with the tools that will make their life easier!. Who are you and what was your role on The Wreck? I'm Horace Ribout, I was the main programmer on The Wreck. What was your favorite moment/th…
As part of a series celebrating The Wreck's first anniversary, here's an interview with Alexandre, the game's art director. Alexandre has been involved in the project since its inception, and his talent and creativity have been instrumental to its success. Who are you and what was your role on The Wreck? My name is Alexandre GRILLETTA and I am the Art Director for The Wreck. What was your favor…
Funny how time flies: it still very much feels like yesterday, yet somehow, today marks the 1-year anniversary of the release of The Wreck on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox. It's been a wild ride for us, with incredible player and press feedback, awards and nomination, and - more important than anything - the satisfaction of delivering a labour of love to the world. Speaking of lo…
Let's face it: we're not very confident about our chances of winning a Steam Award. We're not popular enough to hope for enough votes. But as tradition dictates, we have to make the most of it... If we could count on your support, we'd be delighted and flattered!
We were lucky enough to showcase The Wreck in the 2022 edition of Adventure X, in London. We had a blast there, and great discussions with the crowd. In 2023, the festival is back, and to celebrate, here's a simple broadcast to show our game in its final form!
There was a bug on the latest MacOS versions that would cause big words that are doors to Junon's thoughts to not display properly. This should fix it!
We are thrilled to announce the release of The Wreck on your iOS and Android mobile phones. The Wreck is a narrative experience that we wanted to make accessible to as many people as possible. If you've already enjoyed the PC or Mac version of the game, we strongly encourage you to recommend this game to those you know who prefer playing on mobile phones: friends, family, parents... Tell them t…
There was a bug on the Mac version of the game: it was impossible to select the Simplified Chinese localization. It should now work. Thanks for your patience!
Hello everyone, Almost six years after the birth of an idea that would lead to the creation of The Wreck, the game is finally available! The Whole team is thriller to finally share with you this story, in which we poured a lot of love, passion, and hard work. We can't wait to read all your feedback about embodying Junon, and helping her survive one of the worst days of her life. The release tra…
The whole team is very excited to announce that The Wreck now has a release date: March 14, 2023. Starting this date, you will be able to help Junon overcome one of the worst days of her life. We've put together a brand-new trailer to celebrate this announcement. You can see it just below. Only 27 days left to go, and we can't wait to read your feedback about our game! See you on March 14th, an…
The Wreck isn't even released yet, but professional juries are already praising its quality. Just recently, the fine folks at the Independent Games Festival, one of the most well-known and respected video game events in the world, decided to give the game an honorable mention for excellence in narrative. We spent a lot of time and effort developing the game's story and trying to do justice to t…
AdventureX is an event that we at The Pixel Hunt really enjoy. Indeed, we participated to the 2017 edition with Bury Me, My Love , and it was, for us, a very nice experience. That's why we are very happy to do it again in 2022, with The Wreck. And as always, we'll be in very good company, surrounded by the cream of the crop of independent games of the moment that put storytelling at the heart o…
Created by legendary indie studio Double Fine and high-end goodie store Iam8bit, Day of the Devs is a cross-platform collaborative celebration of independent games and developers. For their 10th anniversary, they're returning with an event at a physical location, which will take place tomorrow at Midway in San Francisco. And The Wreck is very excited to be a part of it! The event is completely…
Indie X, the most important video game showcase in Portugal, returns this year with a selection of 50 finalists... Including The Wreck! The event lasts from November 3rd to 9th, and Florent, from The Wreck dev team, will participate in a live chat about the game on November 8th. You can find more info on all the finalists here !
As you know, the release of The Wreck has been pushed back to early 2023. But to help you wait until then, here are 10 new anecdotes about the game! #11: A lot of influences came into play when working on The Wreck, but the main one is a 1970 French film by Claude Sautet, Les Choses de la vie, in which the hero is... in a car crash. #12: The Wreck 's opening sequence's tune will be La Vérité, b…
In the very beginning, we were young and clueless and thought The Wreck would be released around spring 2022. Alas, we were too optimistic, of couse, and finishing the game as well as we wanted took more time, forcing us to push the release to Fall 2022. Now, we're ready to go! But in the meantime... one small (and VERY COOL) extra thing has been added to our todo list. What is it? We can't tel…
With The Wreck's release around the corner, we figured you might want to know more about the game. So here are 10 random facts! #1: In 2017 Florent (our game designer) & his daughter had a car accident. The car was totaled but luckily everyone got out OK. This traumatic event was the initial source of inspiration for The Wreck. #2: During (pre)production, our art director iterated a lot on how…
Every year around the end of the summer, the largest event dedicated to video games in all of Europe is held at Gamescom. This year it's August 24-28, and if you come, you'll be able to play The Wreck on the Nintendo Switch for the first time! We've been selected to be part of the prestigious Indie Arena lineup. So if you're in Cologne or the surrounding area this week, come by and say bonjour!…
PAX Rising Online, taking place July 9-10, will feature demos of select indie games, as well as a full schedule of content ranging from panel discussions covering various aspects of the video game industry to silly games from the PAX community on Discord to win game keys on Steam! Florent, the game designer of The Wreck, will be answering questions from the PAX community (Saturday 9 at 10:30am…
LudoNarraCon, the great celebration of narrative-focused games, is happening May 5-9 on Steam, and The Wreck is part of it! For the occasion, join co-writer and game designer Florent Maurin as he plays through the game's first hour. We'll meet with Junon, her sister Diane, and a cast of various characters. We'll discover mysterious memories and try to make sense of them. We'll laugh at the bugs…
—
Announcements are the developer’s own posts to the game’s Steam news feed: updates and their patch notes, in-game events, releases and sales. The important ones are marked on the players chart.