{"rewrite":{"id":"r_00cb8aef10ed58caf4aa3d6d","clusterId":"c_7d40b2f2381c01031b763724","slug":"thekla-s-order-of-the-sinking-star-lands-on-steam-with-very-positive-reviews","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Thekla's Order of the Sinking Star Lands On Steam With Very Positive Reviews","summary":"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.","whyItMatters":"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.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThekla\u0026#39;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.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Thekla's Order of the Sinking Star ships with over 1,000 puzzles, and the scale is the design risk: volume at that count can push pacing past the point where individual puzzles get room to breathe.","twitterPost":"Order of the Sinking Star pairs a 1,000-plus puzzle count with Thekla's puzzle-box reputation. Volume is the gamble.","threadsPost":"Thekla's Order of the Sinking Star is a puzzle adventure with more than 1,000 puzzles, which is less a feature count than a design bet. At that volume the puzzles start competing with each other for the player's attention, and the risk is that breadth outruns the pacing that made The Witness work.","newsletterBlurb":"Thekla's Order of the Sinking Star launched on Steam on October 9, with PS5 and Nintendo Switch 2 versions also planned and a Japanese release from PLAYISM due within the year. Steam user reviews opened at Very Positive. The puzzle adventure holds more than 1,000 puzzles and is directed by Jonathan Blow, whose collaborators include Patrick Traynor and Marc ten Bosch.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Automaton\",\"url\":\"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261009-472761/\",\"title\":\"The Witness Creator's First New Game in 10 Years, 'Order of the Sinking Star,' Quickly Hits '97% Positive' on Steam - A Dense, Sprawling Maze Pressing Down with the Sheer Volume of 'Over 1,000 Puzzles'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4628,"outputTokens":637,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791526931,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T06:17:26.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T06:21:07.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T06:21:07.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_7d40b2f2381c01031b763724","canonicalTitle":"『The Witness』作者の10年ぶり新作『Order of the Sinking Star』、さっそくSteamで“97％高評価”。「1000問超のパズル」が物量で迫る、濃密すぎ大迷宮","representativeArticleId":"a_5bb794659234809868cd5751","sourceCount":2,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":false,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Order of the Sinking Star\",\"The Witness\"],\"studios\":[\"Thekla\",\"Arc Games\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T05:07:40.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T08:09:25.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T08:18:34.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Denfaminicogamer","url":"https://news.denfaminicogamer.jp/news/2610092t","title":"『The Witness』開発者による新作パズルゲーム『Order of the Sinking Star』が好評率“97%”の「非常に好評」スタート。1000個以上のパズルが待つ広大な世界で数百時間遊べる"},{"source":"Automaton","url":"https://automaton-media.com/articles/newsjp/20261009-472761/","title":"『The Witness』作者の10年ぶり新作『Order of the Sinking Star』、さっそくSteamで“97％高評価”。「1000問超のパズル」が物量で迫る、濃密すぎ大迷宮"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Order of the Sinking Star","The Witness"],"studios":["Thekla","Arc Games"],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}