Released Jan 26, 2016 $39.99 Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

The Witness

By Thekla, Inc.

Puzzle Exploration First-Person Open World Singleplayer Colorful Indie Atmospheric DifficultWalking SimulatorAdventureMystery

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Reviews 17,394 Very Positive

Players yesterday 103 at the busiest moment

Owners 1M–2M estimated

The Witness is a game tagged Puzzle, Exploration and First-Person by Thekla, Inc., released Jan 26, 2016. It has 17,394 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 1M–2M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Puzzle Park, Door4:Ultimatum and Antichamber.

You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.

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Puzzle Park 99% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
Door4:Ultimatum 94% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
Antichamber 90% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
OLYEN 88% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
The Trials 1 88% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
Kairo 87% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
Memorrha 86% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
The Exhibition 84% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
Chroma Zero 83% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person
Lingo 83% match · Puzzle, Exploration, First-Person

Steam data

Everything Steam lists for The Witness · record updated 1 hour ago

Steam store

Overview

App ID210970

Release dateJan 26, 2016Early Access Jan 26, 2016

Last change number39323160

Last record update1 hour ago

App type: Game
Developer: Thekla, Inc.
Publisher: Thekla, Inc.
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked 1 day ago
Metacritic: 87
Website: the-witness.net
Links: X

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
English	Yes	Yes	Yes
French	Yes		Yes
Italian	Yes		Yes
German	Yes		Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes		Yes
Polish	Yes		Yes
Portuguese - Portugal	Yes		Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes		Yes

All 15 languages

Language	Interface	Subtitles
Russian	Yes	Yes
Arabic	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes	Yes
Korean	Yes	Yes
Hungarian	Yes	Yes

Windows macOS

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Partial support

Single-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on phoneRemote Play on tabletFamily SharingPartial controller support

Prices

Price · US$39.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$39.99Oct 26, 2026

Checked19 hours agoin 41 regions

China¥CNY

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
11370412	public	Jun 1, 2023
3801772	macos_old	May 19, 2023
11266061	future	May 18, 2023

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
88364	The Witness	1	$39.99
42932 Bundle	Braid Anniversary + The Witness Bundle	2	$53.98
31753 Bundle	First Person Puzzle Bundle	4	$71.21

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
210971	—	Windows	3.87 GB	3.36 GB	8672314139535162042
210972	—	macOS	3.86 GB	3.34 GB	640006414617329475
228985	— shared from 228980	Windows	—	—	—

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	11370412	Jun 1, 2023	Open
macos_old Version before the 2023 changes	3801772	May 19, 2023	Open
future	11266061	May 18, 2023	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/The Witness

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
witness_d3d11.exe		Windows	The Witness
The Witness.app		macOS

Space per player100.0 MB

Filesup to 1,000

Save locations4

Root	Path	Pattern	Systems
WinAppDataRoaming	The Witness	*.witness_campaign	Windows
WinAppDataRoaming	The Witness	*.png	Windows
MacAppSupport	The Witness	*.witness_campaign	MacOS
MacAppSupport	The Witness	*.png	MacOS

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The Witness

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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