Jonathan Blow to release massive new puzzle game Order of the Sinking Star

Indie game developer Jonathan Blow is launching his new game featuring around 1,500 puzzles after ten years of development.

FTMQ Tech, written by our newsroom7 October 2026 at 01:040 views

American video game developer Jonathan Blow will release his latest project, titled The Order of the Sinking Star, on Thursday. The BBC reported that Blow spent ten years working with a small team on the title, which he believes is the largest puzzle game ever made. [1][2][3]

According to the BBC, the new game contains roughly 1,500 puzzles. Blow estimates that players could take around 500 hours to complete the full game. [1]

Blow is best known for creating the puzzle platformer Braid in 2008 and releasing The Witness in 2016. He studied computer science and English at the University of California, Berkeley before dropping out to pursue game development. [1][3]

Blow stated to the BBC that some creators decide what to make based on business sense or practicality, but that approach does not drive his work. [1]

Jonathan Blow will release The Order of the Sinking Star on Thursday.
The game contains approximately 1,500 puzzles and took ten years to build.
Blow estimates it could take around 500 hours for a player to complete the game.

Sources

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[1]Braid-creator Jonathan Blow on making the 'biggest puzzle game ever'BBC News Technology, 2h ago (the report this story comes from)
[2]Braid-creator Jonathan Blow on making the 'biggest puzzle game ever'BBC, 2h ago

Background

[3]Jonathan Blow on Wikipedia

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