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Game entry

The Witness

2016 · Puzzle, Adventure · PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, iOS · Thekla, Inc

The Witness is ranked no. 244 among the best video games of all time by GameForever voters, with an ELO score of 1,782 and 65% of duels won.

World rank

no. 244

ELO score

1,782

Wins

65%

Duels played

204

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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 1,782 ELO points over the last 123 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games The Witness sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 241 Age of Mythology 1,783
  2. 242 Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 1,783
  3. 243 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords 1,782
  4. 244 The Witness 1,782
  5. 245 Mortal Kombat 11 1,782
  6. 246 Homeworld 1,782
  7. 247 Far Cry 4 1,781

Released in 2016

The community

The debate

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  1. 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.

  2. 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 ?

  3. 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.

  4. 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 ?

  5. Jacquet46

    201 duels seulement, c'est peu pour juger vraiment sa place au classement.

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