Thekla's Order of the Sinking Star Lands On Steam With Very Positive Reviews
A puzzle adventure assembled by several well-known designers, including Braid and The Witness director Jonathan Blow, opened to a Very Positive reception on Steam, which gives the genre's most technically minded designers a commercial read on whether dense, mechanics-heavy puzzle design still lands with a mainstream PC audience.
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Arc Games released Thekla's Order of the Sinking Star on PC via Steam on October 9. The game is also headed to PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2, with PLAYISM set to publish it in Japan within the year. It is a large-scale puzzle adventure with more than 1,000 puzzles, directed by Jonathan Blow and produced over roughly 10 years since The Witness.
Thekla's puzzle adventure Order of the Sinking Star is out now on Steam, published by Arc Games, with PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 versions also planned and a Japanese release from PLAYISM scheduled within the year. Steam user reviews opened at Very Positive, and the game supports Japanese display and subtitles.
The structure splits a central Overworld into four regions, each with its own rules: character abilities in the north, magic mirrors in the east, colored light beams in the west, and floating islands in the south. Clearing a Gold Room merges two regions, unlocking six composite areas where those systems combine.
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