The Witness Downloads & RevenueThe Witness · App Store
The Witness is #68 in Games › Puzzle Paid in United States and charting in 9 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026Full timeline · 32 events
- 🌟The Witness featured by Applegames · AR, BR, CO, MX
- 🌟The Witness featured by Applegames · AR, BR, CO, MX
- 🌟The Witness featured by Applegames · AR, BR, CO, MX
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · PL
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Adventure · KR · Top Paid · Puzzle · KR
- 📈The Witness charting in a new countryPoland
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Paid · Adventure · IN · Top Grossing · Adventure · IN · Top Paid · Puzzle · IN
- 📈The Witness entered the top 10 on iPad · Top Paid GamesSE
- 📈The Witness charting in a new countryMexico
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Adventure · RU · Top Paid · Puzzle · RU
- 📈The Witness charting in a new countryRussia
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100Top Grossing · Adventure · RU
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100Top Paid · Games · US
- 📈The Witness charting in a new countrySpain
- 📈The Witness entered the top 10Top Paid · Puzzle · GB
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Games · GB · Top Paid · Games · SE
- 📈The Witness charting in a new countrySweden
- 📈The Witness entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Adventure · AE · Top Paid · Puzzle · AE
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Games · AE · Top Paid · Adventure · AU
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100Top Paid · Adventure · FR
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100Top Paid · Puzzle · AE
- 📈The Witness entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Apps · AE · Top Paid · Adventure · AE
- 📈The Witness entered the top 10Top Paid · Puzzle · IT
- 🆕The Witness first spotted by AppInsider#84 in Top Paid · Puzzle · France
- 📦The Witness version 1.98No release notes
- 🆕The Witness released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Puzzle PaidThe Witness at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Puzzle Realistic Modern long sessions Premium
#open world #single player #exploration #logic puzzles #atmospheric #narrative
The Witness on the App Store
App details
The Witness downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where The Witness's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Games › PuzzlePaid | #68 |
 United Kingdom | Games › AdventurePaid | #114 |
| United Kingdom | Games › PuzzlePaid | #170 |
| France | Games › PuzzlePaid | #118 |
| France | Games › AdventurePaid | #128 |
 South Korea | Games › PuzzlePaid | #162 |
 Australia | Games › PuzzlePaid | #134 |
 Brazil | Games › PuzzlePaid | #161 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › PuzzlePaid | #110 |
 India | Games › PuzzlePaid | #200 |
| Saudi Arabia | Games › AdventurePaid | #135 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › AdventurePaid | #141 |
Apps near The Witness on the chart
Games › Puzzle Paid, around #68.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about The Witness
From the 50 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Mixed (52% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about crashes and bugs, and not being fun. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “Some straightforward, many abstract”
- Features & content: “Does not have enough content”
- Fun: “I think it’s extremely fun”
- Design: “This version looks great and plays great”
Common complaints
- Crashes & bugs: “Just bought the app and it won’t open”
- Fun: “I found the game to be entirely frustrating not fun or relaxing”
- Price & subscription: “How do I get my money back”
- Updates: “Purchased 2 weeks before update and now can't play it”
About The Witness
You don't remember who you are, and you don't remember how you got here, but there's one thing you can do: explore the island in hope of discovering clues, regaining your memory, and somehow finding your way home.
The Witness is a single-player game in an open world with dozens of locations to explore and over 500 puzzles. This game respects you as an intelligent player and it treats your time as precious. There's no filler; each of those puzzles brings its own new idea into the mix. So, this is a game full of ideas.
