Welcome to Wheel World, where the fate of the universe rests on your handlebars.

You are Kat, a young cyclist with one mission: save Wheel World from total collapse. Explore a stunning open world filled with impressive vistas, hidden secrets, and races that will test your skills. Customize your bike with an endless array of parts, from sleek speedsters to off-road beasts—there's no limit to how you can ride.

It's time to pedal your way to glory, save the spirits of Wheel World, and keep the universe on track. Hop on, ride fast, and don't look back.

All of this is backed by an original soundtrack from Italians Do It Better, pumping energy into every race and moments of breathtaking semi-open world exploration.

“Ghost Bike” has been renamed, “Wheel World”

To celebrate the name change and news, Messhof premiered a bright and breezy trailer for the game featuring a new original song, “I Want It All”, by artist Joon of the electronic music label Italians Do It Better, during today’s showcase. 

“This game represents several firsts for our studio,” says Mark Essen and Kristy Norindr of Messhof, in a Steam news update on the game’s re-reveal. “It’s of course our first 3D game, which also makes it our first game made with Unity. It’s our first game using a physics library, our first game made with a big team and hence our first game funded by a publisher, and our first game with a real narrative (with characters and dialogue boxes even!).”

“The gameplay in Wheel World has gone through a number of iterations in terms of gameplay and structure, and the narrative has had to adapt along the way. At the point last year when it felt right to announce the project, we came up with the name Ghost Bike based on where the narrative was. It was a game about dying on a bike after being hit by a car and ending up in a cycling Valhalla. While it wasn’t directly based on real-world ghost bikes (those white bikes memorializing cyclists killed by drivers), there was enough overlap to feel like the name was justified and the associations would be a positive one from both directions. But as things changed in the gameplay (to make it more fun to play), and thus the story (especially in tone) it fit less and less.”

Wheel World is a game about the joy and freedom of living around bikes. Whether just to get around, exploring a new route through a familiar place, or just tinkering with them and finding your own happy medium between form and function. We made today’s new trailer to capture that spirit, and we hope it gets you as pumped about the game as we are. We can’t wait to welcome you to the Wheel World in 2025!

- Mark Essen and Kristy Norindr of Messhof

Key Features:

• Race and Dominate: Take on elite cycling teams and quirky rivals in high-stakes races where every second counts.
• Upgrade Your Ride: Scour the world for rare parts to build the ultimate bike, perfectly tailored to your style.
• Carry Out Your Destiny: Recover your stolen Legendary parts to ultimately perform The Great Shift ritual and save the world. No big deal.

Wheel World is coming to PS5, Xbox and PC (Steam) in 2025.