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83% | Very Positive
4.5 out of 5
'Excellent'
Based on
79,836 Reviews
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The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles.
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About The Witness
About this game
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
You don't remember who you are, and you don't remember how you got here, but there's one thing you can do: explore the island in hope of discovering clues, regaining your memory, and somehow finding your way home.
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.
Game Details
- Platform:
- steam
- Release Date:
- January 26, 2016
- Developer:
- Thekla Inc.
- Publisher:
- Thekla Inc.
- Rating:
- Supported Languages:
- English
- Link:
- Play Styles:
- First-Person
Open World
Singleplayer
Nonlinear
- Features:
- Singleplayer
Steam achievements
Captions available
Partial controller support
Steam cloud
Remote play on phone
Remote play on tablet
Family sharing
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 1.8GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4000 series
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 2.4GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 780
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Product Requirements
Minimum:
- OS: 10.11.6 (El Capitan)
- Processor: 1.8GHz
- Graphics: Intel HD 4000 series
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Metal support required
Recommended:
- OS: 10.12.3 (Sierra)
- Processor: 2.4GHz
- Graphics: Radeon R9 M370X
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Metal support required
Critic Reviews
86
Based on 20 Critics
LEVEL (Czech Republic)
100 / 100"The most beautiful IQ test under the sun? The Witness is much more than that. Celebration of human intelligence and lament to the fate that results from it. [Issue # 261]"
IGN
100 / 100"The Witness is a game brimming with secrets: daunting and multilayered mysteries that sunk into my subconscious, tracing snaking paths across my brain until I was literally...
Adventure Gamers
90 / 100"The Witness is highly unconventional but will enchant players who come ready to surrender their imagination to its unusual charms and challenging puzzles."
Reviews provided by MetaCritic
The Witness Statistics
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Play Time Statistics
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Time Played
< 1 Hour
0.65%
~1 Hour
0%
~2 Hours
0.65%
~4 Hours
0.65%
~8 Hours
5.23%
~12 Hours
10.46%
~20 Hours
29.41%
~40 Hours
41.18%
~60 Hours
7.19%
>= 80 Hours
4.58%
Achievement Hunter?
4.58% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
4.58% of players played this game for >= 80 Hours!
Difficulty Statistics
Difficulty Rating
Simple
0.48%
Easy
0.95%
Just Right
9.52%
Tough
70.95%
Unforgiving
18.1%
Don't Ragequit! 70.95% of players consider this game to be Tough
Completion Statistics
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Play Behaviour
Tried It
5.06%
Played It
14.01%
Halfway
17.9%
Beat It
43.97%
Conquered It
19.07%
Completionist! 19.07% of players have Conquered It
Frequently Asked Questions
Are you ready for a challenge? 10% of GameFAQs users said the difficulty is Just Right. 89% of GameFAQs users said The Witness is Tough or Unforgiving.
According to ESRB, The Witness is suitable for players aged 6 and above.
Yes, The Witness is not fully Steam Deck Verified but the publisher says it is "Playable" on Steam Deck. Valve’s testing indicates that The Witness is Playable on Steam Deck. This game is functional on Steam Deck, but might require extra effort to interact with or configure.
- All functionality is accessible when using the default controller configuration
- This game shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game interface text is legible on Steam Deck
- This game's default graphics configuration performs well on Steam Deck
- This game's launcher/setup tool may require the touchscreen or virtual keyboard, or have difficult to read text
Minimum:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 1.8GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: Intel HD 4000 series
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Recommended:
- OS *: Windows 7
- Processor: 2.4GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce 780
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 5 GB available space
Minimum:
- OS: 10.11.6 (El Capitan)
- Processor: 1.8GHz
- Graphics: Intel HD 4000 series
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Metal support required
Recommended:
- OS: 10.12.3 (Sierra)
- Processor: 2.4GHz
- Graphics: Radeon R9 M370X
- Storage: 5 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Metal support required
The average playtime for GameFAQs users is 33 hours. 53% of users played The Witness for over 40 hours.
Yes, The Witness has broad critical consensus. 85% of critics on Metacritic recommend The Witness. The Metascore is 86 out of 100.
The Witness was released on January 26, 2016
Yes, The Witness supports MacOS.
The Witness is published by Thekla Inc.
The Witness was developed by Thekla Inc.
Fanatical users tagged The Witness as Puzzle, Exploration, Walking Simulator, and Adventure
Fanatical users tagged The Witness as Colorful, Atmospheric, Difficult, and Mystery
Yes. Fanatical users tagged The Witness as having Singleplayer
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Witness as Puzzle
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Witness as Exploration
Yes, Fanatical users tagged The Witness as Walking Simulator
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