The Witness is an exploration-puzzle game. The game is being developed by a small, independent team, a mix of full-timers and contractors.
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.
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.
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.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | 1.8GHz | 2.4GHz |
| RAM | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| OS | Windows 7 | Windows 7 |
| Graphics Card | Intel HD 4000 series | GeForce 780 |
| Direct X | Version 10 | Version 10 |
| HDD Space | 5 GB available space | 5 GB available space |
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | 1.8GHz | 2.4GHz |
| OS | 10.11.6 (El Capitan) | 10.12.3 (Sierra) |
| Graphics Card | Intel HD 4000 series | Radeon R9 M370X |
| HDD Space | 5 GB available space | 5 GB available space |
One of the best games I’ve ever played. It’s a beautiful game, but where it really shines is on the puzzles.
The same style of logic puzzle, with a large amount of small variations, will keep you hooked. Sometimes you’ll face a new one variation and you won’t know how to solve it. Somewhere else on the island there will be a sequence of puzzles that will work as a tutorial for that variant.
It’s also perfect to play with a friend or a girlfriend. I spent hours playing it with my girlfriend and she’s not that much into games.
Variation of puzzles
Scenery and game engine
Length of the game
I would have loved to have a side element to the puzzles, like the Myst series
I didn’t really know what to expect from the game when I first booted it up. I have always loved games like Myst, Syberia and Riven and at first I thought The Witness would be something similar. While Myst is more of a clue solving game The Witness is straight up a puzzle game. At first that really put me off. I was really looking forward to explore this beautiful island, find clues and solve them da Vinci Style, but the game soon had me hooked and I was solving puzzles left and right.
The Witness is is really a beautiful game, the scenery changes throughout the island and so does the puzzles. Some of the puzzles are really easy and some of them makes you pull your hair in agony. There’s also a story element to the game, and as you go along you will find yourself closer to an understanding as you gather bits and pieces of it.
Conclusion: Overall I would say that the game is really captivating. In the beginning you feel like a fish out of water, but as soon as you get the hang of the different puzzles and styles you can easily find yourself playing for hours.
I didn’t 100% the game, but I did finish the story element and that alone took me about 18 hours.