The Witness Game Reviews

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Updated: Beware the iOS bug. The game has an infuriating bug. When you download it on iPad it will auto install onto your iPhone as well. You are playing the same game on both devices, which is very cool. Unfortunately there seems to be a bug that causes the devices not to keep in sync (so you may solve some puzzles on one device but the other device shows a previous state with less puzzles solved). Here’s the problem: If you start playing on the device that shows the older state you will lose all the progress on the other device (they will both sync to the older state). So you appear to lose any progress you made. I had solved the entire Keep set of puzzles and thought I had lost them all. Blech. Luckily the various states are stored and you can reload (go to the main menu and hit Load Game). Earlier review: Professionally executed, but as others have said, the puzzles are repetitive (you draw lines in maze like patterns, over and over again).

Low quality graphics gimp experience best game I ever played.. On iPhone 7 or 8 or x we should be able to tweak the graphics in squeezing out a little extra detail for this modern masterpiece is important. My brother went on a rampage to get all of his friends to play this game including family members and he believes he lower poly models degrade the quality to an unacceptable level. Provide the ability to tweak the games graphics based on hardware. If we wanna run the game with less FPS but higher graphics allow us to do. The games art is unique in every corner I also got it for pc same day and I mobile version feels gimped. Still though an impressive price for this piece.

Well worth it. I saw this game when it initially released, but didn’t play it until it was released for iPad. Puzzles start off very easy, but you quickly learn this isn’t a linear game. Early on you are able to explore nearly the entire island. It took me longer than it should’ve to realize this was to encourage me to walk away from puzzles I couldn’t currently solve. Different areas provide new puzzles and tutorials in the form of multiple puzzles side by side to build your understanding of the rules. Navigation and puzzle solving is done with touchscreen only. I thought I’d be annoyed without a virtual controller, but double tapping a point in the distance leads to you running to the destination and occasionally taking you through routes you may not have known were there. If you like puzzle games, this is for you. You have to adjust your mindset to not look at the current maze in front of you as the next one you *have* to solve and be ok leaving. The manner in which you solve some puzzles is amazing at times. As you progress you also find the possibilities for what can be a puzzle evolve to a point where you view the island entirely from a new perspective. This is an expensive game for iOS, but considering the current price on steam is $40 and the stunning amount of care going into creating the world and puzzles, it’s a bargain.

Emmersive. This is an immersive world. Despite other reviewers saying the navigation is wonky, I find them easy and accurate. I’m only a few levels in, but I love it so far. I can tell I’ll wish there was a hint system as the difficulty increases. Great dev support. I had a small issue due to the settings on my phone, and they resolved it with an email exchange inside a day. Thank you!

Never updated. It makes me sad that a game like this doesn’t get updated after its initial launch excitement. I have a new iPad Pro that is just begging to be used for gaming like this, but then checking the App Store page reminds me that its most recent update was well over a year ago. New devices, no luck. They just pushed this to the store and left it there. I see this all too often in big-name App Store releases and there’s no backlash or accountability for it. It’s disheartening as a fan of these games and this kind of model. Update: Thanks, team, my review was seen loud and clear! This has been updated and I greatly appreciate the extra attention and TLC given to this port. Cheers! I changed my review from 1 to 5 stars. 🎈

Fantastic Game (install hints). Fantastic Myst style game, a joy to play. I did discover that to install it you will need about 4 GB of open space, or double the size of the game. Once installed it will only take up 2 GB. Also, if you install an update, and then intend to use the game off-line, make sure you quickly connect online to restore your progress. I made the mistake of updating before getting on a flight and I was back at the beginning. But as soon as I connected to Wi-Fi all progress was restored.

Crashing problem?. Hi devs! I love this game and it's well worth the money. I've been having an issue lately though where the game just crashes on my phone when I load it up! If I try to move around or load a save it just crashes. It works fine on my iPad but not on my phone. It used to work but for the past few weeks it hasn't. I tried reinstalling the app as well as deleting my icloud saves. Any idea why this might be happening? Thanks!

Beautiful, mysterious, immersive. Many games these days brag about being procedurally generated, so the content is always changing. Not this game. Every inch of this island has been carefully constructed, designed to serve a larger purpose. It is expansive, gorgeous, and mysterious. It is rich with wonder. You will want to live on this island forever to discover all of its secrets. You will accomplish things you at first thought impossible. You will feel like a genius and like a fool. You will feel something inside yourself begin to open, to expand. There is more to you than you know.

Great game limited by small screen. This is the full game experience you get on console/PC, and I bought it for my iPhone 8 because that’s the only device I have that can play it at decent graphical settings. There are some parts where the slightly janky controls become frustrating, and there are some parts where doing a puzzle with your finger actually blocks part of the screen where the puzzle is. But 99% of this game is comfortably playable on mobile, and of course the $10 price tag makes the 1% of frustration easier to swallow. I’m quite impressed with whoever was responsible for porting this. Great job! I will say that if you have the choice to play this on console or PC (maybe MacOS as well?), you absolutely should because the visuals in this game are very nice to look at and having a bigger screen with better graphics to show them off will make the 20-80 hours you spend with this game more enjoyable. And a mouse/keyboard is the optimal input method for this game as well, although I will admit that being able to touch the panel puzzles is a pretty cool gimmick.

This game is beautiful but…. This game is beautiful but it is overwhelming hard. I grew up on games like Misty, I specifically look for games that mimic its game play. I absolutely adored games of that genre but this is beyond frustrating. I am not a stupid person by any means, this game make me feel like an idiot. That said the interface is great as well as the graphics. Bravo well done. The exploration of the world is exactly the kind of game I look for. But not all players play the same way, some have harder times than others with visual concepts, musical concepts and or mathematical concepts. Quite a few games don’t take this into consideration. Some people just see things in different ways. It would have been a great game if there were more than one way to figure out the puzzle patterns.

Great game, better with controller...unfortunately...... This is a really cool game. Challenging, beautiful, and fun. I had to put it down though because it really needs to be played with a controller. I picked it up again after iOS 13, and started to play it with my Xbox controller. I was excited when it worked. Unfortunately that excitement only lasted a few seconds, because the game freezes. The games isn’t “bad” without the controller, it’s just the kind of game that greatly benefits from having one. I’ll keep checking back to see if they’ve addressed the issues.

Great and perfectly designed game. I enjoyed a lot playing The Witness, easily top 5 of the best games I’ve played ever. Although at the beginning of the game the controls feel a bit weird (I inverted the rotation on the settings) you can get use to it quite fast and actually makes a lot of sense for the rest of the game. I would not suggest this game for someone who is looking for a fast pace action game. This is a game about discovery and about learning to see things in a different way, even your own mental processes and the model we have of the world.

Great puzzles; horrible controls. This game is wonderful. I love being immersed in this mysterious world and discovering areas after hours of figuring out great and challenging puzzles. But the god awful controls are really aggravating. Touch to walk has never been a good idea. You can never move smoothly, it feels so clunky. Especially for a game where it’s all about being aware of your surroundings, you are constantly distracted by the fact that you always have to be constantly tapping where you want to go rather than, so your focus becomes tunnel vision. You are always fighting the controls, since you may tap one place but the game registers as another and your character is constantly moving to places you don’t want to. This is especially aggravating when going up or down stairs. I have no idea how they thought that not including the option for a virtual d-pad was a good idea at all. I love everything else about this game, but the controls too much in the way to fully enjoy it. Some music would’ve been nice too, to break off the monotony of going through puzzle after puzzle.

Slowly falling in love. I am honestly not into repetitive puzzle game, and The Witness looks just like that, at first. The game starts out slow, presenting a segment of the world I am in where board-like puzzles are everywhere and solving them is absolutely crucial to advance. I wasn’t thrilled when my first impression was that it’s going to be like solving these puzzles in a beautiful park for the entire game. However, things start to impress me once I get to explore how vast, how mysterious, and how eye-poppingly beautiful the whole island is. There are moments I even think to myself, after seeing all kinds of beautifully created locations that I know a lot of love has been put into, that even just “sightseeing” around the entire island alone is already worth the money. Once I get intrigued by the beauty of the island, the puzzles become the reward of what I get to see and explore further. The story also unfolds slowly. The best part is: I have now come to love these board puzzles, for its ever-evolving nature throughout the game, and its cleverness put into them. This is not a game to binge, to play it all in one sitting. It’s a game to take it slow. Play it now and then. Solve some puzzles, walk around, enjoy Einstein’s quotes dubbed by an electrifying voice, and then put the game down for a while. Do that for a few days, and I can guarantee that you will walk away with something you love about this game.

Great Game! Latest Updated fixed all problems with saved games!. Thank you, Thekla for your response and for fixing the problem with loading saved games! I am through 6 lasers now able to give this game a 5 star rating. Haven’t seen a glitch with saved games since the latest update. The interface is good and the puzzles are challenging. I am really enjoying this game! Thanks!

A successful puzzle adventure. This is a great great game and very well suited for mobile. It reminds me of the Talos Principle, which I absolutely adore but which is also significantly less well suited for mobile (I played the desktop version). A beautiful little world to explore with a surprisingly mind bending assortment of puzzles all based around a very simple core concept. Just great puzzle design.

Exploring fun. I enjoyed the various venues and amazing detail. I took my time and wandered around. For me, that is the best part. Each part of the island was a puzzle of its own. It was easy to re-enter where I left off by selecting start and choosing the last saved “game”. The Caves was quite unexpected; loved it. I am not into intense gaming but love exploring, so Witness was spot on for me. However, I found the puzzle panels to be tedious after a while. Just way too many of them. The Quarry is my favorite because it had more variation in getting around, not just puzzle panels. The least favorite was Shady Trees. The audios were interesting but the videos not so much. It was worth the cost even though I did not complete everything there was to do; but did almost all. Thanks to Theica and Mr. Blow! June 2020

Great game, frustrating controls. I love this game and have so many hours put into it on the PS4 version. I was enthralled with the idea of being able to take this game with me on the go and solve these puzzles on a touch screen (which makes so much sense). I was very disappointed to see that there is no option for virtual sticks which cripples the game. Touch to walk is so cumbersome. I’ve been playing for about five hours trying see if I could acclimate to the control scheme. I understand trying to push a touch to walk control scheme for a cleaner interface, but for a game that was not designed with a touch screen in mind, players need options for controls. I recommend buying this game on any other platform, but not for IOS, unless this issue is resolved

Stay away!!!! Poor controls, poor puzzles, just poor everything.. The first 30 minutes is the sweet spot for this game. Over that it’s the same “draw a line”. Some of the mechanics are very unclear. Other line the sun game make sense for the first 3 puzzles and then nothing. I have it a 2 because the graphics looks nice. Edit: I couldn’t take this crappy game anymore. Tired of the controls. Tired of the “puzzle” mechanics. You have to line things up just perfectly to get it, which is near impossible because the controls. Then when you do line up perfectly it still says some puzzles are still wrong. I had to look them up because of the stupidity of them. Stay away from from this game. It is the worst game I have ever played on my phone. Period.

The controls need some help. I adore this game! It would be a complete 5 stars from me if it weren’t for the controls. I hope the developers make an update where the controls are similar to a first-person shooter set up. Where the left side controls movement and the right side controls the direction you are looking. The controls that are set currently make it very difficult to navigate tight corners or get to an area quickly under time constraints. Please update the controls!!!

Incredible. It's not often that you find a game this, well, different. I've played this game through twice now, and I'm still not bored. Graphics are beautiful, sound is amazing, and the puzzles are exactly how they should be. Frustrating. The game does a great job of letting you figure out how each puzzle is solved. I've never played a game as great as this one, and I have absolutely no complaints. This game is worth every cent of the price.

Nearly perfect. The Witness is a beautiful, thought-provoking game that treats it’s users with respect as intelligent beings. The game does not hold your hand, but it does provide you with everything you need to solve each and every puzzle. I originally played this on PS4 but never finished it. (Yes, I bought it twice, it’s worth it.) Having it on my phone/iPad means I can chip away at it when ever I like, and I’m finally nearing what I think is the end, though I’m sure there are still plenty of things I’ve missed. If you get stuck, go somewhere else or put the game down for a while. I’ve found that a fresh perspective can often make previously inscrutable solutions pop out. Don’t get frustrated. This is the point of the game. The puzzles are very clever, but the game never treats you like you are not clever as well, and you’ll love the satisfaction of solving a difficult puzzle or clearing an area. I haven’t had any issues with save progress being lost like other reviewers, but I would suggest checking the load game screen on the pause menu occasionally just to make sure the game is being saved as you go. 5 stars (because I can’t give it more)

One of my all-time favorite games. Excellent puzzle game. Not for everyone, but I love it. If you can't think outside of the box and look for alternate solutions that don't fit the paradigm or what you might "expect," you will have a hard time. Also, it is best played on iPad with an Apple Pencil or a mouse. I can't imagine trying to hit all the touch targets on a little iPhone screen. Also, it is important to realize that The Witness tries to get you to ponder on deep questions to which humanity has no sure answer. If some things in the game seem unexplained to you, that is why.

Nice game and graphics but should do a “slight” change. The game is nice and I love the fact that there is a section for each puzzle element and each section introduces a new mechanic so you don’t accidentally start learning a new mechanic when you have just barely started learning another, but I’ll suggest a small thing, controller compatibility. The movement would be just like a normal game that uses controllers but the puzzles can be solved with the left stick and to change between free roam and “puzzle mode” just click ZL/ZR and the other can be wired to sprint

Addictive. I haven’t played a game....on a console, on my iPad, ever...that has totally captivated me like this has. You gradually learn the language of the puzzles/mazes, and towards the end it challenges the toughest. Along the way there’s a number of lessons to be learned...both overtly from audio logs and videos, as well as more subtlety from the surrounding environment. I’m thoroughly impressed, and now that I’ve finished (after a couple weeks) I hope there’s a version 2 on the horizon.

Nice however.... The best part of the game by far is the ability to wander through a gorgeous island and uncover incredible puzzles. This would have been an A+ game if the puzzles were more varied, not the same trace a line on a screen. They became more difficult and almost impossible, but were still the same type of puzzle. Do that for 20% or even 40% of the game but incorporate completely different types of puzzle tasks as well. I got bored doing the same thing. I had to bump my rating up a notch for the enlightening movie film clips. Brilliant. The cave was a delight as well. I will hope to see a Witness 2 with varied tasks and puzzles. I am a fan forever.

Fun but minor issue. So I have been playing this game for quite a while and I just got to the desert ruin puzzles and I was so clueless as to what to do. Then I looked it up and it said that it is all about physical orientation and lighting. So then I go back to the game and I move around and I get the first one and then after that I could barely see anything with the light reflecting puzzles. So for those I had to just keep guessing until I got up to one of the puzzles. I was so confused because that was about secret patterns through lighting and I could not see anything. One solution would be too put little spots on the ground so we know where to look or make us be able to see the pattern at a wider angle. Otherwise it is a good game with fun puzzles (not desert ruins) and it makes me use my brain a lot. For ten dollars this game should really have no issues and developers should fix any problems on the reviews (not saying you have to answer mine immediately). I hope this gets fixed.

This game is mind-blowing.. The graphics are perfect, the puzzles are unique and make you think outside the box. (No spoilers) If you’re thinking of downloading this game, you may have read in other reviews that some puzzles are based on chance. This is absolutely NOT true. It may seem that way at first, but it’s not (hint: look at your surroundings!) Others complain that there is no story, or that it’s too confusing. There IS a story, and yes, it can be confusing, but it will clear up if you look in the right places. Many say the puzzles are easy and repetitive. The game is repetitive in that most (not all) puzzles occur on square panels, but the similarities end there. There are many different factors within the panels that make each section unique. Are they easy? It depends. The first ones you encounter in the game are very easy. They get much more challenging. Some I had been stuck on for months. Also, the game has 50+ of hours of playtime. There are many puzzles and secrets to discover. I have been playing for 2+ years and am still finding things out. Trust me, the experience is worth it. There is a LOT more to this game than meets the eye. It won Game of the Year for a reason....

Puzzler’s dream game. Chock full of puzzles. Some straightforward, many abstract. You can finish the game without even completing all the puzzles or really figuring out the mystery behind the setting. Great replay value for people looking to solve every last puzzle and get every hidden achievement. My only question: Why is it available on iPhone, iPad, and MacBook, but not Apple TV?? It seems to make no sense to me, especially considering it is optimized for playing with a controller. I can play on my tv using the screen mirror feature with Apple TV, but it has a slight lag and is in a square format instead of widescreen.

iCloud Sync not working!!. Hello, My iCloud sync isn’t working! I get a message that says “WARNING: Unable to save your progress!” I have many hours invested in this game and I would like to sync my progress to iCloud so I play it on other devices. Please let me know how to fix this. —- EDIT: I managed to get rid of the warning by deleting the app, turning off iCloud and reinstalling it but now the sync is completely broken. When I try to load a saved game it shows iCloud 0% in the bottom left corner. Looking for a support email but unable to find one. Please let me know how to resolve this. — EDIT 2: I finally resolved this, albeit months ago. The fix was completely convoluted but I managed to get it to work by manipulating the extra iCloud saves. This is an excellent game. Glad the official fix is finally available.

For lovers of a real challenge. This is one of my favorite games I’ve ever played. As you go further in, the challenge increases more and more, to where a single solve will feel like a victory. The best part of this game is the non-linearity. I highly suggest that if you get stuck on anything, move on to another place and come back. This game is for people who love puzzles and want something original that won’t treat them like children who need their hands held through figuring things out.

The end does not work. At the end of the game where the puzzles off set the third one does not work I have done everything up to that point watched 5 of the videos and I’m looking for the sixth and did all of the eviremental puzzles and it’s a great game but I am now not able to even try to finish because you can not click the puzzle can you please fix this.

Some convoluted puzzles, forcing to refer to guides, to no avail.. Nice visuals & colorful. But movements are not near as smooth or quick as other games. The scenes are cartoonish & not as realistic as say Myst or Talos series. Also, once lost, you had no clue where you are in the game: beginning, middle, or end! Some puzzles are too convuluted, even by the account of some of the guides that refer to the puzzles. I tried to avoid the spoilers & looked only for guides, but couldn't find a single guide that explained the rational behind some of the puzzles, as if the reviwer him/herself didn't know eeither. One is very often forced to guides that seem disoriented & incomplete, a refelction of the comvultion of the game. Anyways, even though it cost me about $10, I figured cut my losses was best to avoid the torment of back-&-forth betweeen the game and intenet searches for advice. I deleted it away.

No way to report an issue, so.... “Support website” provides no support, so I’m forced to complain through the review forum: The rail line environmental puzzle in the Quarry is broken on the iPhone 7 Plus. I flat out can’t drag the line along the track (I can activate the start and a short length of the line, but as the elevator lowers, I can’t drag the line any further). Please fix. [Update] The puzzle works, but you have to back-track your line (back to the start) and extend it again at the point when you can extend it beyond the initial length... agitating, considering it’s slow moving to test the puzzle over and over again. Not game breaking, but could still use a fix/optimization.

My game of the decade. I have been obsessively playing this game for over 6 weeks now. This addiction started slowly. The first few days I wasn’t sure it was worth my time and money. But the more I explored, and discovered, and solved, I realized I was wrong. This is one of the best games I’ve ever played. The more I played, the more I was in awe of the developers imagination and implementation. I can remember a few OMG moments in games I’ve played over the years: In Myst when I suddenly found myself on a completely different island for the first time; in Obsidian when I realized I was working my way around the inside walls of a cube. And in The Witness, after playing for a month, all of a sudden I saw another completely different aspect of the game. It was there all along, I just hadn’t noticed it yet. Wow! This is a game for explorers and puzzle solvers. It takes a person with patience, a hunger for discovery, and lots of perseverance. If that is you, this game will reward you with daily surprises and delights. I finished it today—well, I got to an end. But I haven’t solved everything, so I’m not really finished. There are messages still to find. I can see places I haven’t explored yet (a door to an unexplored room is locked from the inside, for instance). So I am continuing to explore, in hopes I can discover more.

Great game but not meant for touch controls. This is a very large game with several brilliant puzzles. Content wise it is well worth the purchase price. However the game was clearly not designed for IOS. Too many of the puzzles, especially the environmental ones, require pixel perfect positioning to solve them. With the touch to move mechanic, you have to look away to tap a new location and it is a game of guess and check. You also can’t look down far enough for slight movement so finding the required perfect position is down to luck. It is very frustrating when you solved the path for the solution, but just can’t do it because of controls. The puzzles are also slightly harder because your finger covers the puzzle as you try to solve it. This is a really good game with brilliant logic puzzles and really does make you feel accomplished when you solve them. If this is the only way you can play it, it is worth the $10, but I recommend playing the game on another platform if possible.

The closer you pay attention, the better this game gets. There are many popular snarky reviews out there about this game. They are just noise. This game is for those who enjoy paying close attention. It’s also for those open to an earnest discussion. If you can’t do either, don’t bother. If you are able, then there is no better game out there.

Fun, immersive, but repetitive. I love puzzle games so figure I give this one a try. Played the game for about 4 hours and made some decent progress. You’re stuck on an island, and the goal is to get off the rock. The graphics are beautiful, a bit cartoony, but all together with the sound very immersive. To progress in the game, open doors, fire up lasers etc you need to access a ton (gazillion) of computer screens (each with its own puzzle) that are littered throughout the island. The screens are wired in sequence, so you need to find and power up the first to light up the second and so forth. The puzzles are fairly logic but with varying difficulty. Clues to solve the puzzles can sometime be found around the screen whether you are examining trees or the shadows they cast. Made some progress but found the game repetitive, and I wish the puzzles were more diverse (like Myst) than tracing lines in various patterns on a computer screen. There’s no main menu, save or exit function in the game so you end up hitting the home button to exit only to find that you lost a whole bunch of progress when you start it up the next time. Very frustrating. Seems to be a major issue from reading other reviews as well. Despite this well worth $10 bucks and and a few hours of you life.

So hard it’s stupid. I love puzzle games, but this is ridiculous. So why 2 stars? It looks cool. And occasionally the puzzles achieve a satisfying balance between challenging and solve-able. Otherwise, I’ve had to resort to walk-throughs numerous times, and even then don’t really understand why the solution is what it is, or why the solution I had was wrong. My husband always knows when I’m playing, bc I’m constantly muttering something along the lines of, “I hate this game,” or, “this is so stupid.” But I keep on playing, so I guess that says something.

Frustrating on touchscreens. Beautiful and challenging game. I love it except for one big problem—many puzzles rely on lining up elements in a scene so that from a particular point of view, the puzzle solution can be seen. On a touchpad it can take an painfully long time to get precisely the correct position and camera angle to line things up correctly. A bit off with your panning, move a bit too far forward or back, left or right, and you won’t see the solution. If you play this, do yourself a favor and use a keyboard rather than a touchscreen . Spending 40 minutes failing to get the right viewing angle without any way of doing small correction nudges with arrows really spoils the game.

Great game, wish I could use it on the mac. As this game can now be downloaded and run on the mac, is there a chance you could improve the experience there a little? It doesn't have to be a full blown desktop experience, but just making it useable would be great

Beautiful looking game may not be best on iOS. I really wanted to like this game. I really wanted to LOVE this game! I was interested in it the first time it was previewed but the $40 cost put me off. So when I learned it was ported for the iOS at a third of the cost, I was super excited for it. Although this game looks great, I feel it doesn’t play great. The touchpad is a poor replacement for a game controller and I don’t think you can use it properly and precisely to get to every angle needed to solve many of the puzzles. That and the fact that there is absolutely NO clues, hints or suggestions in it to help you along, makes it even more difficult. The only way I knew how to advance on some puzzles was to reference an online cheat. I stopped playing for now mainly for that reason because it was becoming frustrating, not fun. That and the fact the it was a super battery hog, makes me not want to pick up again for quite awhile.

Great game but the controls are an issue.. The witness has tons of strengths. It's mentally challenging, beautiful, and it's sound scapes are so relaxing that my wife lovingly refers to it as the ”ASMR game” but I have a big problem with the controls. The app version of this game has you move your character by tapping on the space you want to occupy. This is great for most puzzles but a decent chunk require you to stand in an exact spot in order to solve and it is pretty much impossible to finely alter your stance with the point and click controls. In fact in one section I just said ”flip it” and looked up all the solutions because there was no joy in the solving.

Stellar - use with Apple Pencil on an iPad. I get the distinct feeling this is how the creators meant for this game to have played. I’ve played this game on desktop, but it’s not the same. This version looks great and plays great. The controls do take some getting used to but feel perfect for this unique experience.

Lost Progress. I had started the game last week and was getting into it, had solved a bunch of puzzles. Just installed an update to the app (haven't gone to iOS 11 yet) and I login to find I've lost all my progress! It's very nicely dropped me back at the start of a new tunnel, and no ability to load my prior game. I know iOS can cause trouble and these things happen sometimes - my phone is probably low on space and memory - but stilllllll. I have had it for probably a week and it lost the whole game/concept that I had played before, not just recent progress. Please get save working better!

Love it. I am nowhere near finished, but have already gotten my money’s worth. This is what Myst was trying to be. You can walk anywhere unless there’s a physical barrier in your way. Total freedom of movement! Lots to investigate, and some “oh wow “ moments. Take your time. Walk away if you’re stuck. The only thing I’d change is the voice recordings; would much rather read the quotes - call them up on a screen maybe.

One of the best games I have ever played.. I passed this game up for some reason a while ago when it was on PC. But I’m so glad I downloaded it. The controls seem odd at first, stick with it. They are actually really creative for an iPhone game. You can pinch to zoom, double tap to run and swipe with two fingers to move slowly. This game is hard. If you like hard puzzles you will love this game, not for the weak of heart. None of the puzzles are unfair, you just don’t know the solutions yet. This game doesn’t hand hold like most puzzle games now days do.

Jan. 2021 Update Broken. This is a wonderful game, and I would've loved to keep playing it. But after several years of no updates, Thekla (or whoever is running this circus) decided to release an update that bricks the app. Can't open it, restarting the device does nothing, reinstalling the app does nothing, the only links provided for the developer take you to a broken website, and since I haven't done a complete backup since I bought the game days ago I have nothing to rollback to. If there's clear evidence they've fixed this then you should absolutely get this game. But unless and until that happens, don't bother.

Love it and Hate it. This game has a lot of 5 star qualities. The pros: The map for one is huge and wandering around is fun. Stumbling on to new puzzles is exciting. And periodically you get some interesting information on the story line. The graphics are pretty good for an iPhone game. Not great, but still pretty cool. The amount of puzzles in the game is staggering. Those are all the positives. The cons: this game is aggravating. I consider myself to be good at puzzles and pretty smart and I have a rough time with many of them. To the point where I had to start relying on walk throughs to help me. And in some cases the puzzles are so annoying they almost make you give up on the game. There are also environmental puzzles that are freaking impossible to find or do unless you have a walk through. I don't think a single person can do this game on their own. It's also very tedious at times and all of the puzzles are nearly the same. It gets old after a while. Honestly if it wasn't for my stubbornness I would quit. So, it has its good qualities and it's bad. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth all the hassle if I'm not really having fun. The discovering part is really fun but the puzzles are so tedious and boring. Once I finish the game I'll update this review.

Wildly immersive and rewarding. Normally I like tense difficult games, but this provides an immersive relaxing experience I am enjoying a lot. I don’t play puzzlers because the puzzles lack coherent logic behind their solutions, that a ha moment. But these puzzles are very coherent and it rewards you for thinking intelligently, but not in a way where you are overanalyzing everything. And it rewards you for wandering, looking, tinkering, and I find how often the game pats you on the back so satisfying. There are secret videos that absolutely make the searching for answers so gratifying. I recommend this to lovers of world wandering and puzzle solving. And it is worth the money because it is a deep enriching, very long game.

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Screen brightness bug. Fun game but a minor/slight annoying bug. I’ve noticed that the game automatically sets the brightness to halfway, even though I set it back down to minimum. It automatically shoots it back to halfway. The game is a bit hard to play at night when the screen is super bright and blinding you... EDIT: Even after the update, the screen brightness bug/issue is still bothering me so I revised my review from 4 stars to 3. Somewhat so that the bug is a game breaker for me as I usually play at night.

Download issues. I cannot get this game to download on my iPhone. Really disappointed and frustrated given the price.

A Masterpiece!. I devoured this game when it released for PS4 last year. It was amazing value then for the amount of content and it’s even better value now that it’s portable as well. It has clever, mind bending and addicting puzzles encapsulated in a beautiful and peaceful island environment. Prepare to be scribbling down puzzle solutions on any spare piece of paper. This game is not one to miss, very highly recommended!

The witness. This puzzle game promised lots at the start, but it soon became rather aimless with little direction as to where you should be going next. This led to feeling that completing puzzles was at times pointless and in the end frustrating. The graphics and feel were great, but a little help as to what to do next would have made me more optimistic and allowed me to enjoy the process, rather than being annoyed by it. Some puzzles were ridiculously difficult and not logical, even with help from the web.

Great game, but..... Took some time to work out what was going on and found the game very interesting to play. The only thing that spoiled it for me was the timed puzzle sequence close to the end. Up until that time it was a leisurely game. Great game on all other accounts.

Took my money. I brought this game it was great! However I feel scammed as I was charged TWICE!!!

I was dubious at first. This game is beautiful. The attention to detail is amazing. The puzzles easy at first but then they get so very clever. If you like games like "the room", myst/riven, obduction or escape rooms generally you will love this game.

Great game. A really interesting puzzler - this was a lot of fun and had some fascinating puzzle ideas (and some frustrating ones too). Looks fantastic and plays well. There's something immensely satisfying about getting the right line for a really difficult puzzle. Definitely recommend for anyone with a lot of spare time!

Great game. I love open world games and puzzle games so when I found out this game combines the two I had to check it out, I’m so glad I did, the puzzles are great and being an open world if you get stuck or frustrated with one puzzle you can just walk away and try again later. I highly recommend this game to those who enjoy puzzle games that keep your brain active. When I play games I usually have the in-game music turned off, but in this game the only thing you hear is ambient sounds like the chirping of birds or rushing water and no music, and that’s great especially when your solving puzzles. Thanks to the developer for such a wonderful puzzling experience. ☺️☺️☺️

Great game. Thanks for fixing that screen brightness annoyance 😊

Lost all my progress. Lost all my progress in a game crash. Not really an acceptable thing to happen considering how much effort I put in... 1/5 for rubbish coding.

Amazing puzzle game. This game won’t hold your hand at every step but it’s oh so rewarding. Touch controls are very good and much more intuitive than virtual joysticks would be.

Crashes on startup. Great game which I got most of the way through but has now started crashing on startup and I am unable to use the app for more than a few seconds before it automatically closes. A restart and reinstall has not solved the issue, playing on an iPhone X.

Excellent open-world puzzle game. Unlike the other reviews, I actually love the controls of this game. I like how there are no virtual buttons which would otherwise block the beautiful artwork of this game. Instead, it uses gestures which suit the touchscreen interface very well. For the record, there is precision-level movement since you can sidestep with a two-finger swipe. Best part is that the entire game can be played one-handed with your device laying flat. If that’s still not enough, the game even supports controller. Additionally, the devs constantly update the app so that it supports the latest hardware and software version. I didn’t encounter any bug at all during my first playthrough.

Very good puzzle, cannot play coz feeling dizzy. Love the puzzle and art work in this game. However I feel very dizzy and very uncomfortable after playing for 10min and cannot continue. I went checked online forum, and see many people having “motion sickness” when playing the game as well. I play with my phone, and wish there is a way to fix the issue.

Nice!. Good game

Dont buy it. I cant even play it as the controls are so bad, you simply require a mouse for a game like this I want a refund As this is unplayable and I would rather spend my money on the computer one

Incredible. Makes me feel warm and fuzzy that a cerebral game like this can be so masterfully realised and released upon the world in a time when entertainment often races to appeal to the lowest common denominator. Wonderfully unique aesthetic with fantastic puzzle design. It won’t be for everyone, but that is sometimes a good thing. Congratulations!

A trying experience on iOS. A beautiful, masterpiece of a game which is marred by control issues which are just too large to look past on iOS. Constant exiting of puzzles whilst trying to complete them when tracing with your finger on the screen eventually annoy the player to the point where they can’t enjoy an otherwise wonderful puzzle game. A shame.

Waste of time. This game is pointless. You walk around a huge landscape aimlessly hoping to stumble on a puzzle that is a version of the last 10 you have just completed. Don’t waste your time OR your money. this game should be $1 at most.

Good but.... This is an amazing game don’t get me wrong, but there is something that I really don’t like. Those touch-to-move controls are so annoying. Could you please add a joystick option?

Pointless meandering. I wish I hadn’t paid for this. The game is just a stumble around finding little mazes to solve. Pointless with no skill involved. I want a refund.

Top shelf puzzle game. Great stylised 3D environment, provides hours of low stress fun

Not built for mobile. I really enjoyed playing The Witness on console. It’s a fun and challenging game. But this mobile version is just frustrating. This is because of the system of controlling your character by tapping where you want to go. A lot of times, this game requires very precise positioning to give yourself the right perspective to solve a puzzle and you just don’t get it. Some puzzles I would be fiddling fruitlessly for half an hour trying to position myself, then I would load this game up on a console and use my game pad to solve it in a matter of seconds. This is not fun. I get the feeling this game wasn’t play tested on iPhone, the experience is so jarring and so bad.

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I wish there could be more games like this!. This game is in a category of its own. The only downside to there being more games like this is that I’d worry about neglecting other critical aspects of life. This is as good as gaming gets!

AMAZING. Coming from someone who has never played a puzzle game before, I wasn’t expecting to much out of this game considering I just wanted something to pass the time with. But boy was I wrong, the simplicity of the way the puzzles work mixed with the beautiful graphics come together to make an absolutely amazing adventure. Don’t feel bad about using a cheat site because the fun in the game comes from watching the stages unravel themselves. Absolutely loved being taken on the journey that The Witness holds and would recommend it to ANYONE

Amazing. It’s amazing! The graphics are beautiful and the game is very unique!

Astounding!. Has some of the best graphics on the App Store and gameplay that feels so unique compared to any other game I've ever played. Amazing!

Stunning !. Simply breathtaking, this might be the best puzzle game I have ever experienced on any platform. Keep up the good work ! The gorgeous environment exploration coupled with simple yet deep puzzle mechanics is ADDICTING.

Refund. Not worth the money

Awesome. I’m late to comment on this as it’s been out for a while before I got it, but yea. It’s VERY cool. Slow to get started while you figure stuff out, but once you do, solving the puzzles becomes much more rewarding. This game reminds me a lot of the Talos Principal in its gameplay and the sort of anonymous character which you only see as a shadow. But if you dig immersive games that serve as a nice distraction from the real world for a couple hours at a time, you’ll love this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Love this. Amazing game and runs amazing on iOS

Good game but drains battery. I love the game but it drains my battery big time. So now I can't really play it on he go unless I have charging source close by.

The Witness. Go to u-tube and watch how the pro’s play this game at light speed, this one guy does it all ( over 600 puzzles) in less than 2 and 1/2 hours. My jaw hit the ground, I got dizzy just watching Him. I LOVE this game. It is by far one of the best EVER MADE! Great work people. P.S. The pro’s play it on their pc’s.

Good update. Thank you for fixing the brightness and making the game run less hot! It was discouraging me from playing.

sucks. boring.. you run around and solve the same puzzle repeatedly. no interacting with objects otherwise. you literally just walk to areas, solve a variation of the same puzzle on different panels and that’s it. i do not understand how anyone can like this and the price is absurd. i feel completely ripped off.

I like this. I like this

Probably the best game ever made. Indescribable

I loved this game on PC. So I got it again. I wanted to play the witness on the go just because I love this game and its puzzles. I had almost gotten 100% completion on PC though due to a bug could not get the last required solve. Despite this, I was aware I had completed all of them (including IT) This version was great actually! Up until I had to face my mortal enemy and the movement mechanics slowed me down a lot more than what I’d consider reasonable for such a task. Despite this I’d say all of the games graphics and content have been replicated to a T here! I hope to solve that blasted thing again considering I have a lot more experience under my belt from completing the game a second time; but I’ll consider the movement a one-arm-tied-behind-my-back sort of deal and rough through it one day

UPDATE - App has been optimized for 11inch iPad 2018!. App isn’t optimized for the 11 inch 2018 iPad, black boarders along the sides. I hope it will get updated UPDATE : App has been updated!! Great stuff! Really looking forward to playing this on the go!

C'MON MR. BLOW FIX THE BRIGHTNESS!. As of Version 1.8, this game still continues to hijack the iPad's brightness control, automatically raising that level to 50% upon opening. I am entirely capable of choosing an appropriate brightness and volume setting based on my viewing environment and don't need an app developer to make those decisions for me. At 50%, it is far too bright. Again, it is extremely annoying to have to readjust every time I open or switch back to the game. It is ruining the experience of an otherwise stellar game. From five stars to one until this is fixed.

Amazing Game, Recent Version Too Laggy. Amazing game but the app itself needs another update. While exploring many areas including the temple, jungle, and colour lab, I’ve recently experienced major lag. On a phone screen it get tiresome playing the game like this, especially on certain puzzles when you have to position just do.

Waste of money more walking same puzzle. I’m so disappointed. I like actual puzzles. Variety. This is just a whole lot of walking around to do the same puzzle over and over again.

Idk. Plz make an setting for the zooming in like how far u want it to zone in plz the zoom is ent dat good

Challenging to say the least. Got through what I thought was a large portion of the game on my own, but had to begin looking at tutorials to get through the later puzzles. And when I thought I had most of them done, found out there’s a lot of extra hidden things too

Yes. This game is the pinnacle of human evolution, and I will eat the pancreas of anyone who says otherwise. If you haven’t gotten it already, do NOT spoil it for yourself. It’s a fantastic game that deserves to be played for the first time without any prior knowledge.

Good but update CONTROLS. It’s a great game and runs fairly well. One major gripe I have is that you have to press and hold on each start point of the puzzle, this causes your finger to block where your going. Change it so you won’t need to hold ON the circle but rather close beside it instead

Hardness. Can this game get any harder!? Just want it to be easier so I can get the actual ending so I would like this game to be easier so I can enjoy this game!

Losing save file.... Was really enjoying the game, until I had to restart because the game seems to have lost my save files. Restarted, and the save thing happened for a second time. Starting to really annoy me!! On iPad mini 2 with iOS 11. Please fix this problem. Thanks!

A good game. I enjoy playing this game but I think it was a bit too expensive and I want a joypad option instead of tap to move

Truly boring. The most expensive and the most boring game of its kind I have ever had the misfortune to play. Is there a refund policy? Why is every puzzle the same stupid idea. Why are the graphics so terrible? Why is movement so slow and awkward? Why is this so popular? Why am I playing this boring game I can’t wait to put down? These are the questions crossing through my mind as I close it once again not because I’m stuck but rather that I can’t be bothered to play it anymore

Mesmerizing and addictive. It took a little bit to digest this, and get the swing but once I did, man was I hooked! The puzzles do seem simple at first, but you quickly realize there is so much more to them. The way you actually build skills making replayability such a unique aspect (cause you don’t need to do the menial stuff again) is incredible. Mega kudos to the team that clearly put their souls in to this.

Wonderful. The game is huge, the graphics beautiful, the gameplay very challenging. Though the puzzles are all based on a draw a line through a grid model, it keeps throwing new twists of logic at you. Honestly I used a cheat site for more of them than I care to admit. The game is HARD in places. But the line puzzles are just pieces of larger puzzles for each area. These in turn all are pieces of the huge puzzle that is the game. However throughout the game are surprises, tape players with musings that may or may not be relevant. There are areas that are fun to explore even though they are not part of the game main thread. The place is just fun to wander around in. Most games I play last a few weeks or so. I just finished The Witness and it took two months. Thats how huge it is. Whats more, I know I only scratched the surface of whats there. Never did figure out the movie theatre. This is a masterpiece.

The Witness. It is a good game.

Won’t Open!!! Please help!!. I bought this game almost a year ago and love that I have always been able to turn my attention back to it; other games simply lose their must... however, why have I not even been able to open the game lately? The intro screen appears with the “loading” symbols, yet just as the game is about to launch, the app quits. I relished the fact that I could justify spending the money on something that has lasted longer and kept me more entertained than ex boyfriends, but please don’t take away something that makes me happy. I don’t want to remember it in hindsight like what’s his name.

Unbelievable. Truly awe-inspiring. The scope and intrigue of this game are colossal. Beautiful, massive, and deliciously mind-bending. Not for the dull-witted.

Excellent game, a few glitches. Play on IPad.. I like this game a lot. Minor glitches with a few puzzles that don’t work in spite of correct solutions. Good customer support. Challenging and need to be patient.

Needs some big changes. This is one of my favorite games but the port isn't great. Tracing lines doesn't feel good, you block the view of the line with your finger, and the first spinning column puzzle basically doesn't work. Lining yourself up for some of the environmental stuff with the point-and-click interface is tedious and would be much better served with a WASD-type compass point to maneuver. The point-and-clicking also means the game frequently sends you to a place you didn't intend, which means fighting with the autopilot to change direction. The pathfinding is nice though and the camera works great, so I would suggest giving the player the choice between the two, and being able to press and hold to see the pointer's location and adjusting its position before letting go to move. On the plus side, the graphics are really well handled, so this could be good with some control tweaks.

Amazing!. I haven’t finished it yet, mostly because there are a lot of puzzles, but I can tell it’s one of those games that I’m gonna play till the very end, great job!

Not compatible. Despite using a device listed as compatible, this game won't download onto my iPad. Very frustrating.

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"This game treats your time as precious". This game is pretty fun. Yet, there are so many things that ruin it. First off, this game does not respect your time. The travel speed is slow, there is no fast travel, the speed that platforms and boats move at comparable to a snail. and the puzzles close if you get them wrong. This game wastes more than your money, but also your time.

Make the puzzles larger on the screen?. Is there a way to make the puzzles larger on the screen? Or at least make the zoom functionality not so touchy? Currently playing this on an iPad mini and it is a hassle cause fingers start to block the entire puzzle screens.

Battery issues. It runs your battery down too fast. Love the game address the batter issue. Especially for $10

A waste of $10. I fell for the “Best Game of 2017”, when I believe they meant “Best Lame Game of 2017”. There are no instructions, no story line, no help section and no clues for when you get stumped. I guess I'm asking too much from a $10 game. I am only a few lame puzzles into the game and I'm stumped at what they want me to do. This is the worst game I have EVER attempted to play!

Game won’t launch/open. On new iPhone 12 Pro Max with maxed out GB, game won’t launch... So sad as I had heard such great things about this game. —- Update: Issue has been resolved. Thank you!

The game itself is good but plotting this on phone is not ok. Tried once on pc version, much easier to control. Phone version is just too difficult to control motion (walk, puzzle solving (despite my finger size)) Not satisfied with 10$ worth mobile game.

No sound. There is no sound. I am using brand new iPhone X. When I use headphones it works but when I just use phone then I hear no sound. Please fix bug and I will improve review. Thank you!

Amazing Game, bad controls. The game itself is amazing and immersive, but is hampered by the controls. There needs to be some sort of control stick to make it a much more smooth experience. At least an option to switch from the normal controls into a control stick for walking/running and dragging for camera.

Save your money. I was suckered by the glowing reviews and screenshots. The puzzles are repetitive and aggravating, and there’s very little payoff when solving them. Failing at some of them even undoes the previous solution! Went through a few sections in a couple of hours, then deleted. Not relaxing or fun at all.

Great game, destroys the battery. I’m running iOS 11.2 on a first gen iPad Pro and the battery still gets destroyed. Please work on the battery consumption issues! I have to stop playing the game, which is unfortunate because the game itself is wonderful.

Crashes constantly. I love this game when it works. Puzzles are clever and the environment is well thought out. But there's something up here where it crashes constantly. I have a 128GB 7+, so I don't think it's because of low spec hardware.

Absolutely spectacular!. Hours and hours of play. Awesome value for the price. Yes, its all maze games, but varied solutions that require you to think out of the box. Get this, get it now.

Poor save. I’m new to gaming and therefore very slow. When I found that my last game wasn’t properly saved and I had to start quite a few steps behind I gave it up.

Stellar - use with Apple Pencil on an iPad. I get the distinct feeling this is how the creators meant for this game to have played. I’ve played this game on desktop, but it’s not the same. This version looks great and plays great. The controls do take some getting used to but feel perfect for this unique experience.

Great on iPad. This is a lovely game on any platform, but I think it really achieves its ideal state on the iPad. Beware: despite its cartoonish and highly stylized look, some of the puzzles are quite difficult. This isn’t a game for puzzle sissies.

Great game but.... I love the gameplay and am slightly addicted. However, its currently unplayable because the game crashes when I reach a certain area of the map, which is also where I need to go in order to progress any further. So I cannot play until fixed via update. Please update soon! Playing on iPhone X.

Want my money back. The graphics are fine but the puzzles are all the same. In general the game is boring and frustrating, not an immersive experience like you’d get from a myst-type game. The sound is nothing to write home about. Not worth $10, and not worth my time.

Great game controls are a little goofy.. The game is amazing would love to see the controls improved a little maybe utilizing tilt or force touch.

Please. Developers, can you make it so users can change the quality of the graphics in game? On older devices like the iPod 6, iPhone 6, and iPhone 5s, the graphics are preset really low. Great game! I just really wish my character could see more than 20 feet.

Well that was a waste of money. I played for a bit, even though I was immediately turned off how all the puzzles were essentially just a maze with some minor mechanism changes. I stopped playing abruptly when I get to the guess where it goes puzzles. Find the right path in a tree of 16, then go to the next. Guess wrong in the next one, go back to the first. Finally get the 2nd right, start guessing the 3rd. Guess wrong, and go back and do the 2nd again. That is not fun, just an annoying waste of time.

Not worth the price. If you like playing the same type of puzzle over and over again then this is the game for you. But there are no instructions, no clues, you are playing the game blind. Also all your work amounts to nothing, don’t expect any sort of story line or any sort of big ending. Their are no explanations during the game or at the end. Major disappointment for all the rave review it has.

Great but not so battery friendly. Din’t play if your charger isn’t nearby... 15 mins of play takes 40% battery on iPhone 6s

Good game, doesn’t control well on phone. You’d think The Witness’ puzzles would be well-suited to a touch interface, but it turns out they require lots of wandering and perusing, and these controls make that painful. They did the best they could have, but it just doesn’t port well to a touchscreen. This game is great, but buy it on any platform other than mobile if you can.

A true work of art.. Just play it. Don't read about it. You only get an experience like this once.

A great game fettered by the terrible interface. This is a beautiful game but in the mobile version there is a large bar covering the top left corner of the screen for the entire game and beams of light that spawn whenever I try to move. Neither of them are actually necessary for the game and should be adjustable in the settings. The light beam to show you where you are going sorta makes since but the bar on the top left to access settings.... what were you thinking!!!!

Game keeps abending after finishing the initial area.. The first section was fun to complete, but after entering the next section, the game keeps abending causing me to be back in the first section. This is a 6th gen iPad running the latest iOS 13.5.1. Abend is an abnormal end of the game, in otherwise crash. Don’t buy this game. The developer is just going to run away with your money!

Worthless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. Colossal waste of time! If you enjoy tracing your finger through random puzzles using trial-and-error with no apparent outcome, then you will love this game. If you don’t have a job, or friends, or a family, then you will love this game. If you enjoy an activity with as much productivity as punching your grandma in the face, then you will love this game. I would rather have given $9.99 to white supremicists than to the makers of this game!

Screen is so dark and can’t see anything, just shadows. I bought the IOS Version and am playing on an iPad mini. After opening the door at the beginning of the game, it was too dark too see anything. I turned my screen brightness up to 100% and there wasn’t any improvement. My other games show up just fine. :(

Thought it would be like Myst. Just buy Myst. Repetitive puzzles, some of which need to be solved multiple times, some of which are “input the solution from a puzzle you solved 20 minutes ago, hope you took notes.”

Can’t do puzzle. This game is really fun you can do it for hours without stoping but when I reached the first room I the end part I couldn’t do one of the puzzles to open one of the doors

Makes Me Sick. Literally, the way this game moves around the screen makes me feel very ill. My stomach heaves. I’ve tried to play it several times and within minutes I’m in bathroom. I have no explanation that I am photo sensitive. I’ve never been affected by a game this way but I think the problem is 85% me and there’s something in the game programming that maybe different from what my brain can handle.

Good game, awful controls.. Great game, awful controls. Loved it on PlayStation was very excited to get on iPhone but omg the controls are awful. Why not just have virtual joystick? The push to walk is very annoying and makes the game frustrating.

What a way to waste $10. Graphics are infantile, puzzles are repetitive and boring, sometimes without clues or logic. People who compare this simplistic game to Myst obviously never played the game. Maybe after a few more hours I'll see why this is an Editor's Choice. Won't waste too much more time on it though. Wish I could get my $10 back.

Very mad. Went through the whole game. Got to what I think was the last bit. (MINOR SPOILER: To the tunnel area with the line of 3D puzzles) and then I logged on to finish it up and guess what. Gone. All of my progress gone. I payed almost $10 for a game I didn’t finish. What the heck. Not on my “load game” screen. Didn’t press new game don’t know what happened. Loved the game. Great game, but very mad about this.

Design Genius. The people that write bad reviews just don't understand this game. Plain and simple, this game is art. And with a forty dollar console price, spending the 10 for this version is a no brainer. And trust me, you get your money's worth, this is one tough game, but so worth it! Buy this game!

Love it But Saved Game Lost. Wow am I feeling generous, and out of respect for the amazing design I’m rating this 4 stars — despite the fact that late in the game I opened in this morning and I’m at the beginning again! Grrrr! I may or may not continue and chip away at it. Disappointing, but have to recognize the amazing work and thought that went into this game.

The Witness. Nice graphics and lots of play time. I didn’t have the patience to work out the harder puzzles without walkthrough help. Ending was disappointing.

Great. This is a close tie for me with The Talos Principal as being the best iphone game I've ever played. Really makes you think. May not be for some people.

The witness. Love the game. The message “warning:cannot save your progress “ keeps popping up on the screen, when in fact, it is saving my progress. It’s very irritating.

The absolute best game on iOS.. Amazing port of a perfect game. Few will stick with it to the end, but those who do will understand what I mean. A modern masterpiece by Jonathan Blow and his team.

Horrible controls. I was really looking forward to play this game on my iPhone. Little did I know how much of a disappointment it turned out to be. This is a puzzle game in which player position is key to solve many of the puzzles, but for some reason the decision to make the movement to work ONLY with “tap to move” was made. This decision alone completely destroyed and of the most enjoyable aspects of this game, exploration. For a game that focuses so strongly on exploration and character immersion, to not be able to freely move your character around is one the worse restrictions this game has. To me, this particular version of the game, is unplayable.

Great game, wrong platform.. I played this game for the first time on PS4 and loved it. It is almost unplayable on iOS. The controls are absolute garbage. They could really learn from the KOTOR port and make It so that you can move around through simple press and release gestures instead of the aggravating click only movement.

Spellbinding, feature rich. Bluetooth controller support, iCloud support. Lengthy, with many well paced and many more well hidden puzzles scattered everywhere throughout the island. Beautiful art style and immersive, minimalistic sound effects. This is a premium, wonderful game to have on iOS. Worth every penny and more.

Beautiful game, terrible platform. This game would be my favorite video game of all time I played it on a different platform. There are moments where you need to be in a very specific spot, and the controls make it nearly impossible. On top of that, the final ending video didn’t load, so I had to look it up online which was frustrating. Such a let down for such a truly stunning game.

Awesome, but drains IPhone battery.. The puzzles are unique and challenging, well worth the $10 on IOS, IF you like puzzles and exploring. *** However, developers, work to reduce battery consumption; mine is exhausted after an hour or so. I noticed the screen is at max brightness, no matter what the iPhone settings are, even after quitting the game; this with the 3D engine are likely power hogs. Still awesomely addictive. Don’t give up, players.

Waste of money!. Where’s the gorgeous graphics? Stop kidding me, graphics are at PS2 level. Same puzzles over and over again, sounds boring? You bet! Only new feature this game introduces is that you control the character using touch controls, which you can imagine is $#@*[ compared to even a simple PS2 controller.

Don’t listen to the haters.... This game is WELL worth it. If you’re not into puzzles and/or have a really low IQ, of course you’ll dislike this game. It was designed for people with brains.

Good game, doesn’t look good on 6. The game is great, but has terrible quality on my my iPhone 6. It works great on the 6s, but I would like to be able to enjoy the game on my phone, especially after I spent $10 on it.

best puzzle game on the app store. this is literally everything you could ever want in a puzzle game. puzzles that make you think and learn, BEAUTIFUL graphics, open world, this game isn’t just another game this game is literally the game. no internet connection needed to play, controller support, like perfect. absolutely perfect.

A fantastic puzzle game.. I know a million people have said this, but this is a really good game. Without spoiling anything, this is a game about drawing lines on a grid, and there’s a lot of cool ideas there, despite the simple concept. There are a few minor gripes, such as how long the game takes before it allows you to move in certain spots (experienced players know which moments I’m talking about) but with those exceptions, this is a really good puzzle game. I would not recommend the mobile version though. The tap to move control scheme is not great and the graphics are a bit better on pc and console.