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.
Steam User 59
I wish I could delete all memory of this game and play it again. Discovering all the little details and experience the depth slowly unfolding was truly amazing!
Many (more) years will go by before a game like this one will appear again.
Steam User 64
I would recommend this game if you love puzzles to the point where you would feel more inclined to finish solving a crossword than be on time for your child's custody hearing.
Steam User 64
I am recommending this with a warning.
If you are looking for an easy puzzle game for a lazy Saturday afternoon like I was, step away.
This game sent me on a rollercoaster of liking it to hating it and back again.
Do I think it's worth the $50-60 price tag ? No.
Do I think this game might be in my top-100 games of all time? Yes.
Should this game have been published 20 years ago? Also Yes.
Talos Principle+Myst, but it's the same line puzzle 500 times over. It probably wasn't intended to be finished in 1 or 2 sittings, and it will hurt your brain. I'm writing this at 5am after the second sitting (13 hrs), having watched all multiple endings and bonuses. I have work in 3 hrs. I can't sleep.
Steam User 31
This game makes me feel like a genius and an idiot at the same time, which is the best praise I can give a puzzle game
Steam User 42
Please for the love of anything do not whatever you do, look up the solutions to this game unless you have already found every puzzle and every secret. DO NOT SPOIL THIS GAME, you will regret it. savor every puzzle and if you are stumped, come back and think about it in a different way. This game is way to good to spoil by looking up the answers to these puzzle. They are beautiful, well made, and much thought and creativity went into each and every puzzle and each and every secret. For those of you who want this, Happy Hunting.
Steam User 58
Play it blind or don't buy it at all.
Steam User 35
If you don't like the first hour of gameplay there's nothing else worth sticking around for, it doesn't get better. If you liked the first hour of gameplay, stick around because holy shit it gets so much better.