Quick Answer
Yes. Exit Ways has announced a full wipe after launch bugs affected game balance.
The launch-week update evidence says the wipe is tied to serious bug fixes, including item duplication, item hacking, and workbench interactions. Treat the wipe as a current progress reset risk, not as an ordinary missing-item report.
Current wipe status:
- Reason: launch bugs and exploit fixes affected balance.
- Affected progress: the evidence describes a full wipe, so assume broad progress can be reset.
- Compensation: no verified compensation details are available in the sources used here.
- New players: check the latest official Steam News before investing in long-term progress.
- Existing players: distinguish the announced progress reset from separate save, purchase, quest, or inventory bugs.
Current Wipe Status
The latest reviewed launch-week evidence changes the practical answer from a planned no-wipe policy to a current wipe status question. A full wipe has been announced after bug fixes related to duplication, hacking, workbench behavior, and game balance.
Use the official Steam News feed for the newest developer-posted wording before deciding whether to start a long progression session.
Why The Wipe Was Announced
The reviewed update evidence connects the progress reset to launch bugs that affected fair progression. The reported fix areas include:
- Login problems
- Item duplication
- Item hacking
- Workbench interactions
- Other serious bugs
Those topics are enough to explain why players are searching for wipe status, but they are not enough to publish exact recovery steps, compensation details, or the final timing of every account state. Leave those details to the newest developer announcement.
What Players Should Do
If you are deciding whether to start now:
- Read the latest official Steam News post first.
- Check whether the wipe has already happened in your build.
- Avoid treating early progression as permanent until the current reset status is clear.
- Keep screenshots or notes only for your own support context; do not assume they prove recovery eligibility.
If you already lost progress:
- Separate the announced full wipe from a possible individual save bug.
- Record what changed: base state, inventory, quest progress, currency, or unlocks.
- Confirm that Steam installed the newest update.
- Restart Exit Ways and check the same account again.
- Compare the symptom with Issues and the official update timeline.
Wipe vs Save Bug
A full wipe is a broad progress reset announced because launch bugs affected balance.
A save bug is narrower. It may appear as missing base progress, missing acquired items, lobby state problems, quest state problems, or a purchase that did not persist.
Do not collapse every missing item into the same cause. The wipe status explains a broad reset; individual symptoms still need a specific report path.
Previous Wipe Events
This page currently tracks the launch-week full wipe announced after major bug fixes. No separate older wipe history is verified in the source set used here.
When another developer-confirmed reset appears, add it here with date, reason, affected progress, and source.
Open Questions
- Exact completion time for every affected account: needs the newest official announcement.
- Compensation: not verified in the reviewed sources.
- Whether a future Early Access update can reset progress again: needs developer confirmation.