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The Witness

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The Witness
The Witness cover
Developers
Thekla
Release dates
Windows January 26, 2016
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The Witness on Wikipedia
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General information

Steam Community Discussions
Official website

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
Steam
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Windows

Game data

Configuration file location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/210970/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

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System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/210970/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

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Field of view (FOV)

Instructions

Input settings

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Audio settings

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Portuguese
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
To use a different language, change the language in the properties window in Steam for the game. Alternatively, use the command line argument -language with the correct language code.


VR support

Headsets State Notes
SteamVR
This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer (compatibility list).
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Turn on with the command line argument -vr.
Windows Mixed Reality
This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer.
Devices
Tracked motion controllers
Traditional controller
Keyboard/Mouse

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 11
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Bink Video

Configuration file structure and options

Description
low_res_reflections Force reflections to be low resolution. Can be true or false.
sun_shadow_resolution Resolutions of shadows cast by the sun. Can be 256, 512, or 1024.
antialias_panel_rendering Enables additional anti-aliasing for the puzzle panels. Can be true or false.
skip_mipmaps Changes texture resolution. Lower is better. Can be 0, 1, or 2.
msaa_sample_count Sets number of MSAA samples. Can be 1, 2, 4, or 16.
panel_render_width Value must be a power of two. Values below 512 are not recommended.
render_width Changes rendering width. Can also be set with command line argument -width.
render_height Changes rendering height. Can also be set with command line argument -height.
dynamic_resolution Dynamically changes the resolution to maintain framerate. Can be true or false.
These need to be added to a graphical quality category called :/render/low (or medium, high).[1]


System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) 1.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
System memory (RAM) 4 GB 8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Intel HD 4000 GeForce 780

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References