Order of the Sinking Star
From director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness), Order of the Sinking Star is a narrative adventure set in a realm of magic and enigma. Solve over 1000 interconnected, hand-crafted puzzles, discover unique…
Order of the Sinking Star is an adventure developed by Thekla, Inc, released 8 October 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $25.45 at GameBillet.
What Order of the Sinking Star is
Order of the Sinking Star is an adventure game developed by Thekla, Inc and released in 2026. It was published by Arc Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Order of the Sinking Star is an upcoming puzzle video game developed by Thekla, Inc. and published by Arc Games. It is the third game directed by Jonathan Blow after Braid (2008) and The Witness (2016). It was developed using Jai, a programming language developed in-house by Blow and his studio. The game is scheduled for release on Windows, Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 on October 8, 2026.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 32 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Order of the Sinking Star holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2026 averaged 78, so it scored 17 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-6600K or AMD Ryzen R5 1600 processor, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A380. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 14GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $25.45 at GameBillet, 15% below its usual price. Across the 7 stores we track, the same game ranges up to $29.99 — a spread of $4.54 for an identical product.
What it launched against
Order of the Sinking Star launched on 8 October 2026, within three weeks of Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Control Resonant, Silent Hill: Townfall, Star Wars: Galactic Racer, Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Order of the Sinking Star yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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