games like
The Witness
The Witness leans Optimization (Pure Optimization). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Puzzle, Adventure, Indie - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
8 games like The Witness
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.
Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Carrying items and timing fan avoidance is trivial
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Navigation has no twitch demands
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Light platforming, no real mechanical ceiling.
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (10 vs 9) - Each diorama is a literally solvable movement puzzle
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (10 vs 9) - pure logic-puzzle solving, walkthrough-solvable
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (0 vs 1) - Minor disaster events if enabled.
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- Released
- 2016
- Developer
- Thekla, Inc
- Platforms
- PS4, PC, iOS, Mac, XONE
- Modes
- Single player
- IGDB critics
- 88/100
- IGDB users
- 82/100