Islands of Insight

Islands of Insight (formerly Project S) is a sublime shared-world puzzle game developed by Lunarch Studios and published by Behaviour Interactive. It was released on Steam on February 13, 2024 to "mostly positive" reviews. The game gained attention from Witscord on account of many people notable in the puzzle world being involved in its development, as well as drawing common comparisons to The Witness from developers, reviewers, and commentators alike. Prior to release, Witscord members expressed opinions about the game ranging mostly from cautious to negative. After release, the opinions were no longer cautious. Islands of Insight may be described as "sublime."

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The sublime world of Islands of Insight is characterized by its photorealistic landscape and high density of features, both on the ground and in the air. Everywhere you go there is something for you to do.

A "Sublime Tiles" puzzle, one of many original puzzle concepts innovated by Islands of Insight. The player can be seen in the diamond tile at the bottom of the grid and is blue, which is not an uncommon sight thanks to the game's many character customization options.

Islands of Insight is a sublime shared-world puzzle game where you play as a Seeker on a peaceful journey of exploration and discovery.

— Islands of Insight Steam page

Islands of Insight is NOW AVAILABLE, and for the first time ever, you can fully experience over 10,000 hand-crafted puzzles and countless hours of solving and exploration, across all five biomes of our expansive and vibrant open world, and seek out every secret and Eureka moment this sublime world has to offer.

— Islands of Insight Steam page, treating "eureka" as a proper noun, possibly referring to Eureka, New South Wales (population 343)

Right behind the plaza, it is impossible not to notice the Haven of Insight, a sublime island with a familiar face on its rocks - a clue for one of the many secrets of the islands.

— Islands of Insight Steam page

Created by some of the best minds in puzzle design, the world of Islands of Insight is an expansive shared world, filled with sublime landscapes, eureka moments and thousands of hand-crafted puzzles for players to solve at their own pace.

— Behaviour Interactive head of external production Carla Rylance in a press release, treating "eureka" as a common noun this time to cover all the bases

Our teams are thrilled to introduce the #demo of Islands of Insight, offering players the opportunity to dive into sublime landscape and solve tons of hand-crafted puzzles at their own pace.

— Behaviour Interactive Instagram account

Brimming with mysterious puzzles to solve, secrets to uncover, and sublime landscapes to explore, this awe-inspiring world of floating islands is yours to discover at your own pace.

— several different websites all copying each other's homework