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I only play an hour or two a week and it still surprised me every single session.
Game entry
The Witness
2016 · Puzzle, Adventure · PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS · Thekla, Inc
The Witness is ranked no. 219 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,781 and 66% of duels won. Of the 5 duels that pitted it against Half-Life, it has won 1 and lost 4. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 5 out of 141 (Puzzle).
World rank
no. 219
ELO score
1,781
Wins
66%
Duels played
228
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.
ELO progression
Score moved from 1,500 to 1,781 ELO points over the last 170 days.
Head-to-head
Direct record on the most played match-ups.
- against Half-Life 20% 5 duels played · 48 points behind
- against Tetris 20% 5 duels played · 99 points behind
- against Tomb Raider 60% 5 duels played · 58 points ahead
- against Inside 33% 3 duels played · 42 points ahead
- against Mirror's Edge 33% 3 duels played · 44 points ahead
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Around this spot
The games The Witness sits between in the world ranking.
The standing
Where The Witness ranks
The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where The Witness stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 5 out of 141 (Puzzle).
| Ranking | Position | Games competing |
|---|---|---|
| World ranking | 219 | 5,035 |
| Puzzle | 5 | 141 |
| 2010s | 87 | 2,050 |
| 2016 | 12 | 243 |
The community
The debate
29 comments
Toy58
I only play an hour or two a week and it still surprised me every single session.
Rudolph_2
It rewards patience more than skill, and that alone makes ranking it against action games feel pointless.
ArcadeHunter
Vale, entiendo la queja de la confusión, pero pedirle claridad a un juego que basa toda su gracia en no explicarte nada es como quejarse de que el ajedrez no tiene manual de instrucciones en cada partida. El juego te respeta lo suficiente como para no sostenerte la mano, y eso algunos lo confunden con estar perdido cuando en realidad están, por primera vez en años, pensando de verdad. Para mí eso vale más que estar en el top diez.
Ghost_Collet
Il n'y a pas plus intelligent dans le genre, il mérite bien mieux que sa place.
LuckyByte9
Yo lo descubrí por casualidad, un amigo me lo recomendó sin explicarme nada, y agradecí muchísimo no saber a qué me enfrentaba.
NovaWolf1994
no other puzzle game i've tried gives that same shock when a symbol suddenly clicks into place after staring at nothing for ten minutes
Lopes69
Replying to LootSniper28
l'arbre ouais je vois, ça m'a coûté une soirée entière pour un seul truc, dingue
Ibáñez5
Replying to LootSniper28
¿Y no es justo eso lo que hace que un juego envejezca bien, que se pueda seguir jugando igual hoy que entonces?
Córdoba2003
El debate sobre el ranking se repite en cada juego, no solo en este, y al final casi nunca cambia nada.
LootSniper28
Mais qui d'autre se souvient d'être resté bloqué devant un simple arbre pendant une heure sans comprendre ce qu'on cherchait vraiment ?
CritWolf
On dit que chaque énigme apporte une idée neuve, mais est-ce que ça suffit à porter tout un jeu sur la durée ? Je me demande si l'admiration ne vient pas surtout du concept plutôt que du plaisir de jouer heure après heure.
CritRunner70
Vale, decidme si me equivoco, pero un juego de puzzles no debería dejarte más confuso sobre qué hacer que sobre cómo resolverlo, ¿no?
Neon_Picard
Confus par rapport à quoi exactement, la difficulté ou juste le manque d'indications au début ?
LuckyNinja
Je me souviens surtout de la frustration au début, à errer sans savoir où aller, avant que ça devienne le sel du truc. Après ça, le classement ne veut plus dire grand-chose face à ce que chacun a vécu dedans.