The Witness

2016 · NVIDIA Lightspeed Studios · Adventure / Indie

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The Witness is a 3D puzzle game where you explore a mysterious island full of natural and artificial structures. The game is focused on non-verbal communication that should make the player more attentive to the environment surrounding him. To complete the game, you need to solve puzzles in each of t…

Metacritic · Criticsmetascore via RAWG

87/100

GameRankings · Critics72 reviews · archived Dec 2019

open ↗85.2/100

Steam · PlayersVery Positive · 21,052 reviews

open ↗84%

RAWG · Players1,284 ratings

open ↗4/5

WEIGHTED BLEND — CRITIC AGGREGATORS ×1.25 · STEAM ×1 · USER SCORES ×0.75. THE STRIP ON THE TILE SHOWS EACH SOURCE AT ITS WEIGHT. RESULTS CACHED UP TO 6H.

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