Steam app 210970 · updated 12 Sep 2026, 18:39 UTC
You wake up, alone, on a strange island full of puzzles that will challenge and surprise you.
718 hourly samples, with the daily peak drawn over them. Weekends are shaded.
130 months, December 2015 to September 2026. The highest number of people in the game at once, each month, on a time axis -- a gap in the record stays a gap.
The highest number of people in the game at once, each month. Four, because four is as far back as the source keeps anything finer than one figure a month.
31 days, each one the highest figure that day. The source keeps no hourly detail this far back. Weekends are shaded.
31 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 438 hourly samples from 13 Aug, which is as far back as the source keeps every hour. Weekends are shaded.
12 days as the curve, each the highest figure that day. Behind it, 280 hourly samples. Each dip is a night. Weekends are shaded.
The Witness was released on 26 Jan, 2016.
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2 achievements in total.
24 developer announcements, Feb 2016 to Jun 2026 · times in UTC
The Witness was released in 2016, ten years ago... how time flies!We've been working hard that whole time, and can happily announce that the successor game is almost done, and there's a free demo on Steam only during NextFest. It's called…
NaysayerEarlier this year we released Braid, Anniversary Edition, a remastered version of Braid with a bunch of new levels and tons of developer commentary. Now Braid Anniversary is on sale and The Witness is in a bundle with it. Both games have a…
NaysayerFixed a crash on some modern macOS systems that was was caused by an outdated Steam SDK.
Patch notesFixed crash on macOS versions before 10.15 that got introduced in the recent update.
Patch notesFixed crash on macOS versions before 11.0 that got introduced in yesterday’s update.
Patch notesUpdated the macOS version to run on macOS 13+ Added the required signatures to prevent Gatekeeper pop-ups on macOS 10.14+ Improved trackpad detection code on macOS. Fixed that left-clicks on trackpads were sometimes incorrectly interpreted…
Patch notesThis is the version that has been on 'future' for a while, with a few changes. 'default' and 'future' are now the same build of the game. Full list of changes versus the current public version: Added alternative "Click-to-Move" control…
NaysayerThis is the version that has been on 'future' for a while, with a few changes. 'default' and 'future' are now the same build of the game. Full list of changes versus the current public version: Added alternative "Click-to-Move" control…
Patch notesThe Witness is now available on Steam for the Mac. We sneakily put it up a week ago, but here's the official announcement. To celebrate the Mac release, the game is on sale for 50% off this week (for both Windows and Mac)!
NaysayerThe Witness is now available on Steam for the Mac. We sneakily put it up a week ago, but here's the official announcement. To celebrate the Mac release, the game is on sale for 50% off this week (for both Windows and Mac)!
NaysayerWe have now updated The Witness with support for NVIDIA's Ansel imaging tool. We did this because Ansel adds a lot of interesting ways to take images from the game; because The Witness is highly visual, this should be some good fun.…
NaysayerWe have now updated The Witness with support for NVIDIA's Ansel imaging tool. We did this because Ansel adds a lot of interesting ways to take images from the game; because The Witness is highly visual, this should be some good fun.…
NaysayerChanges: * Switched default vsync mode to 0 on Nvidia and AMD now that their drivers seem to be fixed; this should eliminate microstutter for many people who had it. * Fixed crackling audio that happened on some AMD processors. * Added…
NaysayerChanges: * Switched default vsync mode to 0 on Nvidia and AMD now that their drivers seem to be fixed; this should eliminate microstutter for many people who had it. * Fixed crackling audio that happened on some AMD processors. * Added…
Patch notesFixes some small weirdnesses in the launcher, and makes sure the game launches with consistent graphical options.
NaysayerFixes some small weirdnesses in the launcher, and makes sure the game launches with consistent graphical options.
NaysayerThis includes some new launcher options (more control over graphics settings, for example) and tweaks for various GPUs, in addition to a fix for the savegame-deletion problem. The patch is 1GB, as are any patches that change the state of…
NaysayerThis includes some new launcher options (more control over graphics settings, for example) and tweaks for various GPUs, in addition to a fix for the savegame-deletion problem. The patch is 1GB, as are any patches that change the state of…
NaysayerThis will result in another 1GB patch for those who downloaded the upgrade already yesterday. (For people who didn't download that, there should be no change at all). This patch isn't anything new, it is just undoing the difference between…
NaysayerThis will result in another 1GB patch for those who downloaded the upgrade already yesterday. (For people who didn't download that, there should be no change at all). This patch isn't anything new, it is just undoing the difference between…
NaysayerWe have found workarounds for the driver crashes that were happening with certain Intel HD Graphics chips. HD Graphics 3000 probably still crashes a little but, but it is much more rare and should enable people to play the game pretty…
NaysayerWe have found workarounds for the driver crashes that were happening with certain Intel HD Graphics chips. HD Graphics 3000 probably still crashes a little but, but it is much more rare and should enable people to play the game pretty…
NaysayerThe fix for driver crashes on AMD R9 GPUs (and other models) has now been pushed to the default branch. Default and 'future' are currently the same now. If you don't like big patches, you can get off 'future' and back onto default, because…
NaysayerThe fix for driver crashes on AMD R9 GPUs (and other models) has now been pushed to the default branch. Default and 'future' are currently the same now. If you don't like big patches, you can get off 'future' and back onto default, because…
Patch notesWhat Steam runs, and with what. Straight from the app configuration.
| Description | Executable | Arguments | Platform | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Witness | witness_d3d11.exe | windows | ||
| Launch | The Witness.app | macos |
The folders Steam Cloud syncs. The root is a token Steam uses for a location on your own machine, not a path this page can know.
| Root | Folder | Files |
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WinAppDataRoaming | The Witness | *.witness_campaign |
WinAppDataRoaming | The Witness | *.png |
MacAppSupport | The Witness | *.witness_campaign |
MacAppSupport | The Witness | *.png |
It runs on public data and somebody's spare time.
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