- We Are Steam Deck Verified! - 15 September 2026
Order of the Sinking Star has officially received the coveted Steam Deck Verified status. Enjoy the full experience of Order of the Sinking Star anywhere you go, featuring optimized controls, smooth performance, and interfaces tailored for handheld play. Dive into the over 1.000 hand-crafted puzzles from the comfort of your own couch or on the road, the choice is yours! Features include: Full compatibility with Steam Deck (plug in and play, no tweaks required) Optimized UI and controls for handheld comfort Portable play – solve puzzles wherever you are! Grab your Steam Deck, put on your thinking cap, and unravel the mysteries of Order of the Sinking Star, at home or on the go. WISHLIST & FOLLOW Order of the Sinking Star is releasing on October 8, 2026 on PC (Steam & Steam Deck), Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5! Be sure to wishlist and follow the game on Steam to get notified immedia…
- The Narrative of Order of the Sinking Star: An Epic Tale to Decipher Within - 14 September 2026
When people think of a massive puzzle game, they often expect a multitude of puzzles in a vacuum. But in Order of the Sinking Star, puzzles aren't just standalone gameplay challenges—they are the dynamic fabric of the game’s narrative and the central mystery you’re tasked with deciphering. Today, we’re sharing a glimpse into how story unfolds across our universe, tying together four distinct realms, a cast of unlikely heroes, and an ancient mystery at the heart of the world. A Story Told in Three Distinct Ways, a Realm of Colliding Worlds In Order of the Sinking Star, narrative momentum is driven entirely by player discovery rather than interrupting your flow with passive cutscenes. The story unfolds across three distinct layers: Character Tales - Separate at First, Interwoven Later: You start across four distinct realms, each with its own unique characters like a thief, a warrior, a wi…
- Bringing Order of the Sinking Star to Japan - 10 September 2026
Hey everyone! We have some exciting news to share today on the publishing and event front for Order of the Sinking Star! As we prepare to share this massive puzzle adventure with players around the globe, we want to make sure players can get the absolute best experience possible. That’s why we’re thrilled to announce a new publishing partnership! PLAYISM’s Bringing the Digital Version of Order of the Sinking Star to Consoles in Japan Just announced during the PLAYISM GAME SHOW: TGS 2026 Preview Showcase, we’re excited to share that we're officially partnering with PLAYISM (Active Gaming Media Inc.) to co-publish the Japanese console versions of Order of the Sinking Star! They will be handling the Japanese digital releases on Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 this year. PLAYISM has a long history of championing exceptional indie games and bringing quality games to Japan with incredible…
- Making of Order of the Sinking Star: Sights & Sounds of the Realm - 9 September 2026
In a game with over 1,000 interconnected puzzles, visual clarity and audio atmosphere aren't solely just for aesthetic purposes only – they amplify the core gameplay mechanics and the game’s world as a whole! To wrap up our "Making Of" series this week, we sat down with our audio and art leads to discuss how the aesthetic identity of Order of the Sinking Star was forged. Q: First, can you introduce yourselves and share your role on the project? My name is Ethan Scheu, and I am the current Art Lead on Order of the Sinking Star. As a member of a small art team, my role covers a wide range. Primarily, I help to establish the visual quality, techniques, and components we use to build out the many scenes and graphics in the game. I create many of the models, textures and materials that act as the core building blocks for constructing the settings and biomes in the game, and I also work as a…
- Press & Creator Key Requests Now Open - 3 September 2026
We are officially accepting press and content creator key requests for Order of the Sinking Star! We’re thrilled to give a select group of press and creators early access to Order of the Sinking Star, so they can get their coverage ready in advance. Whether you cover indie games, including puzzle games, for a press outlet, produce deep-dive video essays on your YouTube, or do livestreams via Twitch, we invite you to request access to getting your hands on the game early! How to Request a Key To help our team process requests efficiently, please fill out one of the forms below that’s applicable to you: Games Press - Key Request Form: https://sbx.gg/oss If you are press outlet or journalist interested in getting a key for review and/or guide coverage, please fill out this form: Content Creators & Streamers - Key Request Form: https://wkf.ms/4goL5Nq If you are a Content Creator (YouTube, T…
- Making of Order of the Sinking Star: The Game Design Supercollider - 1 September 2026
Ten years after The Witness, Jonathan Blow and Thekla, Inc. set out to answer an ambitious design question: What happens when you bring together ideas from some of the most brilliant puzzle designers in the industry and put these ideas into one single and massive interconnected universe? It’s a question that led to the game design supercollider that is Order of the Sinking Star: a game that first started as an experiment -- from both a game design but also a custom game programming language perspective with the creation of “Jai”. But then, as this experiment continued, it was transformed into an incredible 10-year puzzle adventure and programming project unlike any other -- born from a desire to push puzzle game design past its traditional limits to create the largest and greatest puzzle game ever made. What Do You Mean by Game Design Supercollider? Instead of building from a single cor…
- Order of the Sinking Star Releases on October 8! - 18 August 2026
ORDER OF THE SINKING STAR LAUNCHES ON OCTOBER 8, 2026 ON PC VIA STEAM & STEAM DECK, NINTENDO SWITCH 2 AND PLAYSTATION 5The time has finally come for our release date reveal! We’re thrilled to announce Order of the Sinking Star, the massive, highly anticipated puzzle adventure led by legendary, award-winning game designer Jonathan Blow (The Witness, Braid), will launch on PC via Steam and Steam Deck, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5 on October 8. Ten years in the making since The Witness, Order of the Sinking Star aims to be the premier puzzle adventure of this generation. Bringing together brilliant puzzle designers from across the industry, this massive puzzle adventure will deliver an epic, interconnected world packed with over a thousand handcrafted challenges and hundreds of hours of gameplay.“Order of the Sinking Star simply wouldn’t exist without the incredible designers who h…
- Bringing Order of the Sinking Star to China: Partner Announcements & Tour Recap - 4 August 2026
CHINA PARTNER ANNOUNCEMENTSIn a recent China press tour for Order of the Sinking Star, game director Jonathan Blow, met with Chinese press and puzzle game fans at a special event during this year’s ChinaJoy. During the event, we officially announced two exciting partnerships for Order of the Sinking Star and shared how these partners will support the game's release in China. Gamirror Games to Co-Publish Order of the Sinking Star in China: The Chinese release of the game will be co-published by Gamirror Games, a leading independent publisher based in Shanghai. We’re thrilled to work with Gamirror Games to elevate the Chinese release to the highest standard. Together with full regional co-publishing support, tailored platform optimization, and dedicated local marketing, thanks to our partnership with Gamirror Games, we feel confident that we’ll bring Chinese players a deeply tailored, top…
- New Extended Overview Trailer & Platform Announcement - 21 July 2026
For our Steam fans that also have a PS5, we’re thrilled to announce Order of the Sinking Star will launch on PlayStation 5 this year, bringing Jonathan Blow and Thekla, Inc.'s most ambitious puzzle adventure yet to PlayStation players around the world. 🎉To celebrate today's announcement, we've released a brand-new trailer that offers a deeper look at the game's uniquely interwoven puzzle design and what happens when the worlds in the game collide.In Order of the Sinking Star, you’ll explore four distinct worlds, each with its own heroes, mechanics, and puzzle solutions. As you explore and uncover more within the Overworld, at a certain point, those worlds will begin to intersect. Heroes will meet, mechanics will intertwine, and puzzle concepts will combine, creating hours upon hours of mind-bending gameplay.🎮 If you're eager to begin your puzzle-solving journey (or just continue playi…
- Technical Update on a Beta Branch - 10 July 2026
We have posted a TECHNICAL UPDATE for the demo, in a beta branch. To try it, you go to the Properties for the game, go to Game Versions & Betas, and pick public-testing (no password).Included in this version:Optimizations for faster frame rate, especially on lower-end devices! (60fps on most levels on Steam Deck) A new, lower-profile graphics setting "Very Performance" that can be used on these platforms to achieve these frame rates (or better battery life). Increased compatibility with older GPUs and systems with less RAM. (Still no shader model 6.5 support, but we are looking at this). Separate volume controls for music, sound effects and character voice Control vsync, frame rate cap, and antialiasing mode from the Graphics submenu. Switch the text language dynamically from the menu without having to fiddle with Steam settings ..... And more!Thank you for playing and enjoying the demo.
- Surprise! The Demo is Available Longer! - 22 June 2026
From all of us at Thekla Inc. and Arc Games: Thank you for playing the Order of the Sinking Star Demo at Steam Next Fest: June 2026 Edition! It's been fantastic to see your excitement during the time of Next Fest, and we're humbled to see this demo among the top-played demos of this Next Fest. But we're not done just yet! As a major thank you for all of your incredible support, and to give all of you – and especially those of you who couldn't find the time last week – the opportunity to enjoy the full content of our demo, we've decided to keep it running beyond the conclusion of Steam Next Fest!We're keeping the demo available longer for a limited time until this Friday, June 26 at 10am PT! If we plan to have it available past this time or bring the demo back later down the road, we'll let you all know -- stay tuned. So, if you haven't already, this is your chance to explore Order of th…
- Demo Content Update Now Live - 19 June 2026
FIRST AND FOREMOST – THANK YOU! First of all, we’d like to thank all of you who have played the Order of the Sinking Star Demo this week already. We’re incredibly grateful for your interest in the game, for your feedback on Discord and in the Steam reviews, and for catapulting Order of the Sinking Star into the Top 5 most-played single-player demos of Steam Next Fest: June 2026 Edition so far! There are 3 days left to play the demo – as it will be available until Monday, June 22 at 10am PT – so if you haven’t already, jump into the demo and let us know what you think! Several of you already have completed all the available puzzles in the demo currently... well done! However, your adventure does not end here... we’ve just pushed a content update to the demo, which lets you explore Order of the Sinking Star even more. So, check out the list below for an overview, download the update, and…
- Play The Demo Now! - 15 June 2026
STEAM NEXT FEST DEMO AVAILABLE NOW – PLAY THE DEMO TODAY! Follow this link to download and play the demo, and leave a review if you enjoyed it: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4597250/Order_of_the_Sinking_Star_Demo/ The wait is over! The public demo for Order of the Sinking Star is now available to play for the duration of Steam Next Fest: June 2026 Edition from Monday, June 15th at 10am PT (5pm UTC) until Monday, June 22nd at 10am PT (5pm UTC)! The Steam Next Fest demo delivers a meaningful slice of Order of the Sinking Star -- enough to challenge, surprise, and even spark theories of the game’s overarching mystery. Below you'll find an overview of the demo, and why it’s one of the can’t-miss demos to check out during Steam Next Fest. 100+ Handcrafted Puzzles in the Demo Alone: A robust introduction to the game’s evolving mechanics and layered puzzle design. There will be over 1000…
- Play the Demo during Steam Next Fest! - 10 June 2026
It is time, puzzle fans: Play the Order of the Sinking Star demo during Steam Next Fest: June 2026 Edition from Monday, June 15th at 10am PT (5pm UTC) until Monday, June 22nd at 10am PT (5pm UTC)! That’s right, for the first time, a free playable demo of this upcoming, massive puzzle adventure led by Jonathan Blow, legendary, award-winning game designer behind Braid and The Witness, will be available to players all around the world; no registration, sign-up or purchase required. We can’t wait to see you enter this magical realm and take on some of the puzzles hand-crafted by Jonathan Blow and his team at Thekla, Inc. In this demo, you’ll be able to explore a selected portion of the game, getting a meaningful slice of the over one thousand puzzles that await you when the full game of Order of the Sinking Star releases later this year. Built for players who crave atmospheric exploration a…
- Going Hands-On With Order Of The Sinking Star—Puzzle Quest - 10 June 2026
I was initially intrigued by Order of the Sinking Star primarily because of Johnathan Blow’s involvement. Back in 2008, Blow was seen as a rock star of the Indie space, but for someone who enjoyed such a high pedigree, he hasn’t actually made a ton of games. That’s not to say he hasn’t made good games—quite the contrary—but he always seems to stay out of the scene long enough you almost forget about him. But Order of the Sinking Star seemed like an incredibly interesting prospect. A kind of large-scale puzzle adventure where players utilize unique characters set across multiple stories? It could work. Thankfully, CGM was given an opportunity to take a look at an early demo build to see the game in action and I’ve got to say, it’s certainly ambitious. Unlike Braid which had its share of puzzles, but kept them grounded in simple 2D design; or even The Witness that gave players a wide coll…
- New Overview Trailer - 14 May 2026
A new trailer dropped! Watch along as Jonathan Blow shares details about the characters, worlds, and story of Order of the Sinking Star. CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR LATEST OVERVIEW TRAILER! Stay tuned for more exciting updates in the coming months as we move closer to launching Order of the Sinking Star in 2026. Join the discussion on our official Discord to be sure to get the latest development updates as soon as possible! Follow our other socials: https://bit.ly/m/SinkingStarGame
- Announcing: Order of the Sinking Star - 12 December 2025
We’re excited to announce Order of the Sinking Star, a massive narrative puzzle adventure featuring more than one thousand hand-crafted puzzles, an unlikely cast of heroes, and hundreds of hours of gameplay designed to put your intellect to the test. In development from Thekla, Inc., and led by legendary, award-winning game designer Jonathan Blow behind critically acclaimed puzzle games, The Witness and Braid, Order of the Sinking Star is a huge and innovative puzzle game that’s been in the making for 10 years since the release of The Witness. Order of the Sinking Star will launch on PC in 2026. Additional platforms and the release timing for the game will be revealed at a later date. ABOUT ORDER OF THE SINKING STAROrder of the Sinking Star is a massive narrative adventure featuring more than one thousand hand-crafted puzzles designed to put your intellect to the test. You are transport…
