In development from Thekla, Inc., led by award-winning game designer Jonathan Blow Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness), Order Of The Sinking Star is a huge and innovative puzzle game designed to put your intellect to the test that’s been in the making for 10 years since the release of The Witness.

You are transported to a realm of curious magic, dangerous contraptions, and vicious monsters. You'll explore four distinct worlds, each with its own mechanics, characters, and stories, and then watch as they all collide. As the worlds merge, and characters meet one another, puzzle systems intertwine, creating surprising new possibilities. Explore at your own pace, revisit worlds and return to challenges as you see fit. Discover unique playable characters, master evolving gameplay mechanics, and decipher the deep mysteries of a sprawling, interconnected game world.

Blending exploration, storytelling, and ever-progressing mechanics, Order Of The Sinking Star invites you into a mysterious, living puzzle unlike anything you've played.

Publisher Arc Games and developer Thekla, Inc. are thrilled to announce that Order of the Sinking Star will launch for PC (Steam) and Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5 on October 8.

In the making for 10 years since the release of the critically acclaimed title, The Witness, Order of the Sinking Star aims to be the premier puzzle adventure of this generation. This massive adventure will seamlessly intertwine a colliding, epic tale with more than a thousand hand-crafted challenges, hundreds of hours of gameplay and a slew of surprises along the way. Designed to respect players' boundless curiosity, the game will deliver a deeply satisfying, "just one more puzzle" gameplay loop -- while its open-ended, interconnected world gives players total freedom to come and go as they like as they take on puzzles at their own pace.

“Order of the Sinking Star simply wouldn’t exist without the incredible designers who helped work on it over the years,” said Jonathan Blow, Founder of Thekla, Inc. and game designer behind Braid and The Witness. "By creating a kind of game design supercollider, we were able to bring together ideas from some of the most brilliant puzzle designers in the industry. I’m grateful to everyone who contributed to help us push the limits of what's possible in a puzzle adventure. We can’t wait for players to step into this world and discover just how deep and complex it really is.

Order of the Sinking Star showcases design contributions from Alan Hazelden (Skipping Stones to Lonely Holmes, Mirror Isles), Sean Barrett (Promesst), Jonah Ostroff (Heroes of Sokoban), Zach Polansky (Enigmash), Patrick Traynor (Patrick's Parabox), Marc ten Bosch (Miegakure), and several others — including design contributions from Twitch followers over the years.”

Players who want to try out the beginning of this puzzle-solving adventure early can play the Steam demo now -- and any progress you make in the demo will carry over to the full game at launch this year!

Key Features:

• Master a Thousand Interwoven Challenges – Embark on an innovative puzzle adventure with dozens of game mechanics and hundreds of hours of unique gameplay. Each puzzle builds on the last, introducing new game mechanics that reward curiosity and persistence.
• Choose Your Path, Roam at Your Pace – Explore four expansive, mysterious game worlds, each with its own characters, rules, dangers, and secrets waiting to be uncovered. Come and go as you like, you are free to take on the puzzles you discover at your own pace.
• Take the Helm of Some Unlikely Heroes – A queen, a thief, a warrior, a wizard, and a talking boat are just some of the heroes of this tale. Each character wields complimentary abilities and has captivating stories to tell.
• Decipher an Epic Tale – As playable characters begin to meet and worlds collide, the mystery untangles. Through gameplay and notes you collect you learn more about this enigmatic realm. Piece by piece and clue by clue, you’ll uncover the secrets of the Order of the Sinking Star.

Order Of The Sinking Star is coming to Nintendo Switch 2, PS5 and PC (Steam) on October 8, 2026.