I hope Blow can afford piss breaks now
After being in development since what feels like the dawn of humanity, Jonathan Blow’sThe Witnessis doing pretty dang well for itself. Not only did it get almost universal critical praise (nabbing a 10/10 inDestructoid’s review), it’s also apparently selling spectacularly.
In tweets made by Blow, he announced thatThe Witnessis on track to do better in its first week on all available platforms thanBraiddid in an entire year.
It’s looking like his next game, due to be released sometime between now and the inevitable heat death of the universe, is well on its way to being funded:
It’s hard to talk about numbers without breaking NDAs, but The Witness is on track to sell more in a week than Braid sold in its first year,
and Braid was a hit indie game! (I’ll let you know if this officially happens!) Which is not to be too money-oriented, it’s just great that
we’ll be able to make the next game at a comparable budget level (maybe bigger, we’ll see!)
— Jonathan Blow (@Jonathan_Blow)June 11, 2025
I’m genuinely surprised by this. An indie puzzle game released at a relatively high price point, and as a result is alsobeing pirated to hell and back, isstillmanaging to outsellBraid, one of the games that was credited with starting the great ‘indie boom’ a few years ago.
Just goes to show how having the means to fund development, as well as owning a massive bottle to piss in, can pay off in the long run.
After being in development since what feels like the dawn of humanity, Jonathan Blow’sThe Witnessis doing pretty dang well for itself. Not only did it get almost universal critical praise (nabbing a 10/10 in Destructoid’s review), it’s also apparently selling spectacularly.
In tweets made by Blow, he announced thatThe Witnessis on track to do better in its first week across all available platforms thanBraiddid in an entire year. It’s looking like his next game, due to be released sometime between now and the inevitable heat death of the universe, is well on its way to being funded:
I’m genuinely surprised by this. An indie puzzle game released at a relatively high price point that is also being pirated to hell and back isstillmanaging to outsellBraid, one of the games that was credited with starting the great ‘indie boom’ a few years ago.
Just goes to show how having the means to fund development yourself, as well as a massive bottle to piss in, can pay off.
