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The Witness (2016)

Thekla, Inc

Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · Xbox One · iOS

3.82 from 1514 ratings

5423 members have it in their collection · 299 playing now · 2324 backlogged · 706 wish listed

How long? Main story 24h · with extras 27h · 100% 31h (from 40 logged playthroughs)

The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea into the mix. So, this is a game full of ideas.
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Details

Developers
Thekla, Inc
Publishers
Thekla, Inc
Genres
Adventure, Indie, Puzzle
Themes
Mystery, Open world, Science fiction
Events
PlayStation E3 2014 Press Conference, PlayStation E3 Press Conference 2013
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jan 26, 2016 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4
  • Sep 13, 2016 (North_America) Xbox One
  • Sep 13, 2016 (Worldwide) Xbox One
  • Mar 08, 2017 (Worldwide) Mac
  • Mar 12, 2017 (Europe) Mac
  • Sep 21, 2017 (Worldwide) iOS
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Rating distribution

5 stars
507
4 stars
474
3 stars
325
2 stars
164
1 star
44
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Community All Reviews Statuses

peter

Status peter Feb 8, 2016 Completed

There is so much more to this game than I ever realized. Pro tip if you haven't started playing, play in small chunks. When you get frustrated, just quit for a while. You might end up hating the game if you just keep banging your head against a wall.

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peter

Status peter Feb 4, 2016 Completed

I'm having withdrawals right now. I haven't played in 2 days because I haven't had time, and it's killing me. If I don't play tonight I'm scared that I'll lose all the puzzle solving magic that I've created in my brain.

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peter

Status peter Feb 1, 2016 Completed

I haven't been this obsessed with a game in a while. Some of the puzzle types I'm so good at I can do with my eyes closed, and others I can sit and stare at them for an 30 minutes and not have any clue what I'm doing wrong. The puzzle design is for the most part just brilliant.

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peter

Status peter Jan 29, 2016 Completed

This game is going to save me some money on other games for a while because I don't have to ever play anything else! 7 hours in, and I still don't have a clue what's going on with this island. I love it very much though.

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peter

Status peter Jan 27, 2016 Completed

OK, forget Nuclear Throne. I'm not playing anything but this until all puzzles are mine! I played for about an hour and 40 minutes last night, and I still really don't know what's going on. It's so cool.

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peter

Status peter Jan 26, 2016 Completed

I am beyond excited to come home and play this thing tonight, and then promptly quit because it's too hard :)

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Torgo

Status Torgo Jan 20, 2016

Oh wow, I didn't know this was on the horizon! It just appeared on my steam. Only a couple days and The Witness is out. Exciting! I'm hoping this will be like a modern day Riven. :O

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