A practical order for the checklist
- Play several levels and learn restarting, leaning and the primary action. Cumulative play, death and distance milestones can progress during ordinary practice.
- Try the community actions individually: rate a level, save a replay and favourite levels. Read each count rather than assuming one action completes the whole group.
- Choose one racer for the three-featured-level requirement. A custom user level is not automatically a featured level.
- Move to named challenges such as Express Delivery after you know the course. Use the victory timer, not the length of an edited video.
- Leave record achievements until you can inspect the leaderboard and submission result. A personal best and an overall level record are different targets.
Requirements that are easy to misread
- Express Delivery requires Happy Green Hills in less than 10 seconds. Exactly 10 seconds is not below the threshold.
- Teacher requires saving a replay of a victory on a level you created. Merely opening or saving an editor draft is insufficient.
- Steam update v1.99.1 replaced the first-publication objective with ten editor playtests. The current official list names that achievement Professional Playtester. It does not specify whether the tests must use different levels.
- The v1.99.2 developer note says “At What Cost?” is more forgiving, without naming a new threshold or showing an unlock. Check the current in-game requirement before attempting it.
- Purpose Fulfilled names all winnable featured levels. It does not say to finish every user-created level.
- SpeedRunner, Hostile Takeover and Elitist all include the requirement for at least ten competitors.
The complete requirements list
The grouped reference below preserves the achievement names and restates their requirements concisely. Grouping is Kingy’s reading aid; it is not an official difficulty ranking. Steam is the authority for your unlock state.
Use your browser’s Find command to locate an achievement by name. This reference does not track or modify your Steam progress.
Cumulative progress (27)
- Promising Start
- 10 deaths.
- Just Dabbling
- Play 10 levels.
- Minor Setback
- Lose a total of 50 limbs.
- Perseverance
- Restart the same level 20 times.
- Baby Steps
- Cover 10 kilometres.
- All I Care About is Gold
- Collect a total of 100 tokens.
- Undeterred
- 100 deaths.
- Immersed
- Play 100 levels.
- Just Several Flesh Wounds
- Lose a total of 500 limbs.
- Sausage Party
- Expose 1,000 intestine lengths.
- Downsizing
- Reach 100 elf deaths.
- Wrong Tool for the Job
- Use the mower on 100 torsos.
- Smoothie Deluxe
- Use the mower on 100 pieces of fruit.
- Free Your Minds
- Crush a total of 1,000 heads.
- Dauntless
- 1,000 deaths.
- Unrestrained
- Lose a total of 5,000 limbs.
- Enlightened
- Be decapitated 500 times.
- Disperse Love
- Expose a total of 1,000 hearts.
- Spineless
- Expose a total of 1,000 vertebrae.
- It Wasn't My Fault
- Destroy your vehicle 500 times.
- Get Back Out There
- Be impaled 500 times.
- Voracious
- Use the mower on 100 brains.
- Damn It
- End your bloodline 500 times.
- Nothing Personal
- Cause a total of 5,000 deaths.
- Adventurer
- Cover 100 kilometres.
- Oh My Legs
- Cover 1,000 kilometres.
- Omniscient
- Play 1,000 levels.
Character tricks & unusual outcomes (29)
- Arrogant
- Complete one frontflip while riding.
- Unnecessary
- Complete one backflip while riding.
- Lethargic
- Win without movement.
- He'd Have Wanted This
- Win as a mourning father (the official description supplies no further conditions).
- Excalibur
- A thrown sword must strike someone in the head.
- Tenacious
- While hanging on, lose both arms.
- Ready To Mingle
- Win as a widower.
- Speed is Key
- Reach the game’s maximum speed.
- I Do Things My Way
- Win after losing all limbs.
- My Kids Don't Call
- Win as a mourning mother.
- Upper Body Strength
- Win on the Segway with no feet.
- Lonely at the Top
- Reach a height of 10 metres on the pogo stick.
- Forget My Past
- Win after being impaled on spikes.
- Redundant
- Complete a double backflip while riding.
- Ostentatious
- Complete a double frontflip while riding.
- Gluten Intolerance
- Break the biscuits; the public description gives no location.
- User Error
- Use the mower on your own head.
- Self-Made
- Win after losing your employees.
- Stick Around, Kid
- Pin the son’s head to a wall with a harpoon.
- Jetsetter
- Stay hovering in the rocket chair for 10 seconds.
- You Forgot This!
- Throw another person’s head.
- Stay Close, Son
- Use a harpoon to pin father and son together.
- It Blew My Butt Apart
- The public description repeats the achievement title; no further requirement is specified.
- Not Like This
- Die because of a toilet.
- Alternative Medicine
- Win with 20 arrows lodged in the body.
- Savior
- Carry a child who is still alive when you win.
- Power Move
- Eject from the motorized shopping cart, frontflip, then reconnect.
- Autopilot
- Use your own magnet to carry yourself.
- At What Cost?
- Win while bleeding out, before death.
Three featured levels per racer (11)
- Quality Time
- Finish three featured levels using Irresponsible Dad.
- The Future is Now
- Finish three featured levels using Segway Guy.
- Fully Mobile
- Finish three featured levels using Wheelchair Guy.
- Ride or Die
- Finish three featured levels using Moped Couple.
- I Had a Job To Do
- Finish three featured levels using Lawnmower Man.
- Masterful Shopper
- Finish three featured levels using Effective Shopper.
- Naughty List Expanding
- Finish three featured levels using Santa Claus.
- I Cannot Make Friends
- Finish three featured levels using Pogostick Man.
- Mother of the Year
- Finish three featured levels using Irresponsible Mom.
- Success in the Face of Turbulence
- Finish three featured levels using Helicopter Guy.
- Adventure of a Lifetime
- Finish three featured levels using Explorer Guy.
Named levels & featured completion (4)
- Opportunities, Not Obstacles
- Finish Obstacle Course? below 20 seconds.
- Express Delivery
- Finish Happy Green Hills below 10 seconds.
- Park Safety Award
- Defeat the named opponent Gravelord Tito.
- Purpose Fulfilled
- Finish every featured level that can be won.
Community, editor & replays (6)
- Judgement
- Submit one level rating.
- Shared Experience
- Save one replay.
- Professional Playtester
- Complete 10 editor playtests.
- Curator
- Submit ratings on 10 levels.
- Collector
- Add five levels to favourites.
- Teacher
- Save a winning replay on your own created level.
Record submissions (3)
- SpeedRunner
- Submit a level record on one level with 10 or more competitors.
- Hostile Takeover
- Submit records on five levels, each with 10 or more competitors.
- Elitist
- Submit records on 25 levels, each with 10 or more competitors.
Sources & review date
Checked 2026-10-08. Historical browser inspections, creator footage and player reports retain their individual dates below.
- Steam: all 80 Happy Wheels achievements ↗
Official list of 80 achievements, rechecked October 8, 2026 alongside the v1.99.1 and v1.99.2 notes. The editor achievement is now named Professional Playtester; its target remains ten editor playtests. Completion methods and unlocks have not all been reproduced.
- Happy Wheels on Steam ↗
Official launch date, platforms, catalogue, editor, account linking, achievements, controller support and downloadable offline levels. Checked October 10, 2026 UTC.
- Steam: Happy Wheels Update v1.99.1 ↗
Developer patch notes posted September 23 UTC (September 22 Pacific). The update changes an editor achievement, adjusts pause/fullscreen controls, fixes controller input and the Autopilot achievement, and addresses Linux Wayland startup. Rechecked via the official Steam news API October 10, 2026 UTC.
- Steam: Happy Wheels Update v1.99.2 ↗
Developer patch note published September 26, 2026 at 18:14 UTC; rechecked via the official Steam news API October 10, 2026 UTC. No later developer announcement was returned. It reports a Windows 11 duplicate/ghost-window fix, Linux and other Steam-overlay fixes, and a more forgiving At What Cost? achievement. No new achievement threshold or independent gameplay result is supplied.
- Steam discussion: record achievements not counting ↗
A specific launch-day player report. It does not establish a universal bug, an official diagnosis or a tested fix.