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The Looker

You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you. A parody of Jonathan Blow's The Witness.

17 June 2022 Free to play

The Looker is an indie developed by Subcreation Studio, released 17 June 2022 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It is free to play. The main story takes about 1.3 hrs to finish.

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What The Looker is

The Looker is an indie game developed by Subcreation Studio and released in 2022. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Witness is a 2016 puzzle video game developed and published by Thekla, Inc. Inspired by Myst, the game involves the exploration of an open world island filled with natural and human-made structures. The player progresses by solving puzzles, which are based on interactions with grids presented on panels around the island or paths hidden within the environment. No direct instructions are provided for solving these puzzles, requiring the player to identify the meaning of symbols in the puzzles. A central design element was how these puzzles are presented so that the player can achieve a moment of inspiration through trial and error and gain that comprehension themselves.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 10 achievements to unlock.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 1.3 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for AMD Ryzen 5 3550H @ 2.10 GHz, 8 GB RAM and AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Integrated Graphics. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The Looker launched on 17 June 2022, within three weeks of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White and The Quarry.

Released around the same time: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, Neon White, The Quarry.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

The Looker — frequently asked questions

When did The Looker come out?
The Looker was released on 17 June 2022 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
Is The Looker free?
Yes — The Looker is free to play.
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Looker?
At minimum, The Looker needs AMD Ryzen 5 3550H @ 2.10 GHz, 8 GB RAM, AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 Integrated Graphics graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How long does it take to beat The Looker?
The main story of The Looker takes around 1.3 hrs.
How many GB is The Looker?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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