Virtue and a Sledgehammer is available now on PC via Steam for $14.99. Developed by Deconstructeam and Selkie Harbour and published by Devolver Digital, the game follows a return home filled with destructive action and complicated family emotions.
Returning Home With a Sledgehammer
Returning to your hometown is difficult enough, but in Virtue and a Sledgehammer, the people you once knew have been replaced by digital facsimiles in metal bodies. Armed with a 20-pound sledgehammer, you can tear through the town’s walls and its inhabitants while confronting your own past.
Deconstructeam previously developed The Red Strings Club and The Cosmic Wheel Sisterhood, while Selkie Harbour’s work includes Many Nights a Whisper. Their collaboration explores the feeling of not belonging where you grew up and the anger that family relationships can bring to the surface.
A Story About Rage and Love
Deconstructeam creative director Jordi de Paco described Virtue and a Sledgehammer as a game that deals with traumatic experiences, complicated family dynamics, and pent-up rage.
“Our ultimate goal is to make people think and feel, even at the risk of upsetting them,” de Paco said. Despite the game’s harsh subject matter, he added that it is ultimately a story about love.
Virtue and a Sledgehammer is available now on Steam.
