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- The Witness
Finally, after 10 years...
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 N…
Announcement - The Witness
Braid Anniversary + Witness Bundle
Earlier 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 i…
Store2 changesGameplay - The Witness
Another Update for the macOS version
Fixed a crash on some modern macOS systems that was was caused by an outdated Steam SDK.
Announcement1 changeFixPerformance - The Witness
Hotfix for macOS 10.13-10.14
Fixed crash on macOS versions before 10.15 that got introduced in the recent update.
Announcement1 changeFixPerformance - The Witness
Hotfix for the macOS version
Fixed crash on macOS versions before 11.0 that got introduced in yesterday’s update.
Announcement1 changeFixPerformance - The Witness
Update for the macOS version
Updated 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 inc…
Announcement5 changesFixGameplay - The Witness
The update has been published as the default version for all users.
This 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-…
Announcement8 changesFixGameplay - The Witness
The update has been published as the default version for all users.
This 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-…
Announcement8 changesFixGameplay - The Witness
Mac Version is out, plus Sale This Week
The 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 Ma…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - The Witness
Mac Version is out, plus Sale This Week
The 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 Ma…
Announcement1 changeGameplay - The Witness
NVIDIA Ansel Update
We 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 s…
Announcement1 changePerformance - The Witness
NVIDIA Ansel Update
We 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 s…
Announcement1 changePerformance - The Witness
New version is now live.
Changes: * 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 pro…
Announcement1 changeFixUI/audio - The Witness
New version is now live.
Changes: * 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 pro…
Announcement1 changeFixUI/audio - The Witness
New executable-only patch (small!)
Fixes some small weirdnesses in the launcher, and makes sure the game launches with consistent graphical options.
Announcement - The Witness
New executable-only patch (small!)
Fixes some small weirdnesses in the launcher, and makes sure the game launches with consistent graphical options.
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