The Witness overview

Overview

The Witness comes from Thekla, Inc. and is published by Thekla, Inc.. It arrived on Steam on Jan 26, 2016, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, macOS, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The Witness's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 881 players at 4 October 2026 - 14:34:40 UTC, with a tracked peak near 6,181. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 85% positive across 20,649 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Witness is available in 15 languages including:

5 regional rating boards including esrb, pegi, dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Witness has sold up to 1,200,000 units and has 17,235 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $30,300,000. On Twitch, 4 streamers are live with around 9 total watchers.

The Witness overview details

The Witness combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

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.

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Witness is listed as a game with $39.99. It supports Windows and macOS, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Captions available, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 881 players at 4 October 2026 - 14:34:40 UTC, a tracked peak of 6,181, and 85% positive reviews.

Overview tags

PuzzleExplorationFirst-PersonOpen WorldSingleplayerColorfulIndieAtmosphericDifficultWalking SimulatorAdventureMysteryNonlinearPhilosophicalRelaxing

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Support and legal notes

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.