The Witness cover art

The Witness

2016 · Thekla, Inc · ~25h to finish

Every puzzle teaches a rule it refuses to state, and the island is perfectly happy to let you stand in front of a panel you have no vocabulary for yet.

puzzleexplorationPCPlayStation 5Xbox SeriesMobileMetacritic 87
GlobalUNRATED
Baseline difficulty7.0BRUTAL

Long walls, many attempts. Bring patience.

Price on Steam

$39.99

USD · United States · checked 1h ago

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The fingerprint

12.55.07.510
Puzzle
9.2
Obscurity
8.5
Learning Curve
6.5
Strategy
2.5
Grind
1.5
Punishment
1.0
Execution
0.5
Reaction
0.3
PUBLISHEDHARDEST DEMAND FIRST

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Screenshots

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Where it bites

SPOILER-SAFE BY DEFAULT

No walls charted yet. If you have played this, you know where it bites — add the first one.

Assists & accessibility

0/0 SOURCED

No assist or accessibility options recorded. That is a gap in our data, not a statement about the game — check the store page before buying on this basis.

What it is

The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles.

Where to go from here

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