About This Demo

Steam Next Fest Demo Available Now for a Limited Time! Try the Demo Today

Step into an ambitious new puzzle adventure from the creator of Braid and The Witness. This free Steam demo—available June 15–22 during Steam Next Fest—offers a meaningful glimpse of what awaits when Order of the Sinking Star launches later this year. Built for players who love atmospheric exploration and clever, interconnected puzzles, it drops you into a mysterious world full of discoveries waiting to be unraveled. Play the demo now and experience a living puzzle unlike anything else. 

And this is only the beginning. The full game will expand far beyond what’s here, delivering a deeper, more complex, and truly innovative adventure. 

From legendary director Jonathan Blow (Braid, The Witness) comes Order of the Sinking Star, a massive adventure featuring more than one thousand hand-crafted puzzles designed to put your intellect to the test. You are transported to a realm of curious magic, dangerous contraptions, and vicious monsters. Explore four distinct worlds, each with its own mechanics, characters, and stories, and then watch as they all collide. As the worlds merge, and characters meet one another, puzzle systems intertwine, creating surprising new gameplay possibilities. Explore at your own pace, revisit worlds and return to challenges as you see fit. Discover unique playable characters, master evolving gameplay mechanics, and decipher the deep mysteries of a sprawling, interconnected game world. Blending exploration, storytelling, and ever-progressing mechanics, Order of the Sinking Star invites you into a mysterious, living puzzle unlike anything you've played.

Master a Thousand Interwoven Challenges

Embark on an innovative puzzle adventure with dozens of game mechanics and hundreds of hours of unique gameplay. Each puzzle builds on the last, introducing new game mechanics that reward curiosity and persistence.

Choose Your Path, Roam at Your Pace

Explore four mysterious worlds, each with its own characters, rules, dangers, and secrets waiting to be uncovered. Come and go as you like, you are free to take on the puzzles you discover at your own pace.

Take the Helm of Some Unlikely Heroes

A queen, a thief, a warrior, a wizard, and a talking boat are just some of the heroes of this tale. Each character wields complementary abilities and has captivating stories to tell.

Decipher an Epic Tale

As playable characters begin to meet and worlds collide, the mystery untangles. Through gameplay and notes you collect you learn more about this enigmatic realm. Piece by piece and clue by clue, you’ll uncover the secrets of the Order of the Sinking Star.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

In this demo, you’ll encounter a combination of human-recorded voiceover narration from our professional voice cast and optional, placeholder computer‑generated voiceover narration. When Order of the Sinking Star releases later this year, the full game will feature only human‑recorded voiceover. No AI generated content will be in the full release.