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The Witness

January 26, 2016PuzzleESRB E

Overview

About The Witness

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 setup
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.
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At a glance

Released
January 26, 2016
Platforms
macOS, iOS, Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4
Genres
Puzzle, Adventure, Indie
Play modes
Single Player
Age rating
ESRB E
Time to beat
~20 hours
Media

Screenshots

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Playtime

How long to beat

Player-reported completion times for The Witness.

Typical
20hoursStory plus some extras
Completionist
35hoursEvery side objective too

Estimated from 8 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.

Playing together

Multiplayer & game modes

The Witness offers various play modes for different gaming experiences.

Play Modes

Single Player

Content

Age ratings

How rating boards around the world have classified The Witness. Open a board for its content descriptors.

ACBG
CEROA
CLASS_IND10
  • Drogas Lícitas (Legal Drugs)
ESRBE
  • Alcohol Reference
GRACALL

Puzzle adventure games for PC in which puzzles exist on islands consisting of various zones are solved and explored, and the classification is determined as 'full user' in accordance with Article 21 of the Act on the Promotion of the Game Industry and Article 9 (1) of the Classification Review Regulations.

PEGI3

The game features a statue which shows a bare chested female. The bright and colourful surroundings give a warm and friendly feel to this island. Even though the island is completely abandoned and you venture in broken down structures, the game never wants to scare you. The game is an open world adventure which revolves around puzzles which become increasingly difficult. Because of this the game might not be suitable for the youngest of players.

USK0

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