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Virtue And A Sledgehammer Launches On Steam From Deconstructeam And Selkie Harbour
Devolver Digital released the exploration adventure game Virtue and a Sledgehammer on Steam on October 28, 2026, priced at 1900 yen including tax. Spain's Deconstructeam co-developed it with Selkie Harbour, also based in Valencia, and published a launch trailer.
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Why it matters
Deconstructeam has built story-driven games in Valencia for nearly 15 years, and this release pairs that narrative focus with Unreal Engine 5 physics destruction through Selkie Harbour's 3D work.
Key Facts
- Devolver Digital released Virtue and a Sledgehammer on Steam on October 28, 2026.
- Deconstructeam co-developed the game with Valencia studio Selkie Harbour.
- The protagonist returns to a forest hometown where former residents live as androids.
- The game's interface and subtitles support Japanese.
The protagonist returns to a forest hometown where former residents now live as androids, and smashes buildings and androids with a giant hammer while interactive scenes reveal family relationships and old wounds.
The hammer weighs about 10 kg in the fiction, and it is the tool that opens new paths: walls and buildings come down, and androids that block the way can be fought. Destruction is the frame, not the point. Interactive cinematic scenes during exploration gradually reveal the protagonist's family relationships, childhood memories, and old wounds.
Deconstructeam and Selkie Harbour both work out of Valencia. The game uses low-polygon graphics and comic-style direction, with an electronic score mixed with a chorus resembling human voices. Interface and subtitles support Japanese.
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