Happy Wheels

Released Sep 2026

Choose your inadequately prepared racer, and disregard severe consequences in your desperate pursuit of short-lived victory.

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Where to buy

Steam Updated 12 Oct 2026 $4.99

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Evaluation

Happy Wheels launched on Steam on September 21, 2026, though the game itself has existed for over 16 years as a browser-based game. On launch day, developer Jim Bonacci posted a message explicitly stating that "Happy Wheels will continue to be updated after launch, with improvements to controller and Steam Deck play, offline support, achievements, bug fixes, and more." This is a direct commitment to post-launch updates, meaning the Steam version is not yet a finished package. The store description also highlights several features marked as "NEW" for the Steam release, such as controller support, Steam achievements, and account linking — suggesting this is a port with ongoing work planned rather than a fully polished final product.

Evidence

Developer states the game will continue to be updated after launch with controller/Steam Deck improvements, offline support, achievements, bug fixes, and more.

news post · Sep 21, 2026 source content planned

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Store description highlights multiple features marked as NEW for the Steam release, including controller support, Steam achievements, and account linking — indicating the Steam version is still being built out.

description source development ongoing

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Details

Developer

Jim Bonacci

Publisher

Fancy Force

Achievements

Platform

Windows, Linux

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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About this game

Happy Wheels is a side-scrolling, physics-based, community driven sandbox game, now (finally) available, ad-free, on Steam. Select your inadequately prepared racer, and disregard severe consequences in your desperate pursuit of short-lived victory. Choose from more than 5 million user created levels or create and share your own.

Features

Fully featured Level Editor -- build and share your own courses
Play new, daily user submitted levels, sorted and ranked through the interactive Level Browser
Multiple playable characters, each with unique vehicles and underwhelming abilities
Life ending obstacles. Lack of adequate reward. Why even do this?
NEW* Level Browser Select Date feature, for deep dive into ancient levels of the forgotten past
NEW* Unsavory Steam Achievements and Stats
NEW* Link your old Happy Wheels account to your Steam ID, auto login on multiple devices