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The Looker
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Found this game looking around high Steam Level users completed games, now I've lost nearly 2 hours of my life, but gained infinite wisdom, puzzle skills, and knowing Plato is a real person. Best game I've found so far and a nice love/hate letter to The Witness, 10/10 ending, it…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“How to play The Looker for maximum enjoyment: (spoiler hidden) (spoiler hidden) Play The Looker (spoiler hidden) Laugh your ass off. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“After playing The Witness, this is a serious successor which takes itself way to serious. 10/10”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2026-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update - 9/16/2022
This update is a bit heftier than others because a number of changes have been made. Several features have been added, some of which players have been requesting and some of which are for sheer entert
Patch Notes for 6/25/2022
I fixed a problem where the final puzzle occasionally allowed wrong solutions. As a convenience, several checkpoints have been added throughout the game that auto-save the player's progress. Since the
Patch Notes for 6/21/2022
Because two late-game puzzle screens have caused many player-drawn lines to have small, imperceptible gaps in them, these puzzle screens have been modified to be slightly more readable and forgiving.
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Puzzle · Parody · Comedy · Funny · Exploration · First-Person · Singleplayer · Walking Simulator · Game Development · Atmospheric · 3D · Open World (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Captions available · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Official site | https://www.subcreationstudio.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 3550H @ 2.10 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Integrated Graphics Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Minimum tested requirements, lesser specs may also function