The Witness 2016

About

The Witness came out on January 26, 2016 for PC and PlayStation 4, then for Xbox One on September 13, 2016 and for Mac on March 8, 2017. On Steam, 85% of 17,437 player reviews are positive (Very Positive). 175 people are playing it on Steam right now, with a peak of 368 in the last 30 days. It is Playable on Steam Deck. The main story takes about 20 hours, doing everything about 35 hours. It won 3 awards, including iPad Game of the Year and Mac Game of the Year.

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.

Story

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.

What is happening now

The Witness is an exploration-based puzzle game that challenges players to solve line-drawing puzzles hidden throughout a colorful island environment. Released in 2016, it has since become available across multiple platforms including consoles and mobile devices. While The Witness itself remains a stable presence in the puzzle game landscape, recent coverage has focused on what creator Jonathan Blow is working on next. After a decade in development, his studio announced Order of the Sinking Star, another ambitious puzzle title heading to PS5 in October. This signals the continued evolution of the developer's approach to puzzle design, though The Witness continues to stand as the studio's previous landmark release.