Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Myst: Masterpiece Edition
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Myst
Developer Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Myst is a 1993 adventure video game developed by Cyan and published by Broderbund for Mac OS. In the game, the player travels via a special book to a mysterious island called Myst. The player interacts with objects and traverses the environment by clicking on pre-rendered imagery. Solving puzzles allows the player to travel to other worlds ("Ages"), which reveal the backstory of the game's characters and help the… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
421 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
81
LovedLoved
161 positive · 38 negative
95% range 75–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 50 | 8 | 142 |
| Steam reviews | 161 | 38 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 1 | 15 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
1,539 of 1,730 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 161 yes, 36 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 197 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,968 of 2,224 positive).
Players praise the remake for staying faithful to the original while updating visuals and controls. [1][2][3] Some find the puzzles dated and the game overpriced for its length. [4][5][6] Many appreciate the nostalgic value and the VR experience. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
So, I think this is a well made and reasonably fun game. The reason I am recommending not to buy is for two reasons. First, it doesn't hold up to todays puzzling standards. I came from Blue Price, the creator of which named Myst as one of his influences. The puzzles in this game are rough. Yes, the exploration aspect is cool, but every interactable item and area has one clear use which is really obvious. The start …
- [1]
The 1993 classic needs no introduction. Neither does this, seeing as it's essentially the same thing. This is Myst re-tooled for a world dominated by games using full, real-time rasterization as opposed to pre-rendered stills, and more or less seen as the definitive version of the title. You can take a stroll down Memory Lane and keep the default puzzles for that nostalgia kick of being able to navigate the …
- [14]
This game is a masterpiece. I'll admit that there may be *some* nostalgia at play here, but when I played the 2021 remaster I still felt like this is a game that many have tried to replicate but few have been able to match. From the moment you step on the dock, the environment gives off such a unique vibe... a beautiful world that is both peaceful and somber and that is densely packed with mysteries and clues. The …
- [17]
Excellent remake. Worth every penny, though my only complaint is that they really changed up some of the atmospheres. RealMyst (2000) is far better here--ages are foggy and mysterious, sight is limited, areas are dark.... But this remaster brightens everything SIGNIFICANTLY and takes the fog away. It feels much less mysterious. Still a great entry in the series.
- [2]
Important to keep in mind this is a remake of a game that was innovative in the 90s, when the first version was nearly impossible to make. 30 years later, there's Unreal Engine, VR, big screens and beautiful shaders. I don't think it is fair to use modern standards to evaluate Myst: Cyan decided to keep the remake faithful to the original game, with very few updates. There's value in this decision, which is preserve …
Summarised from 34 of the 332 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
82% of the 197 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Myst. The complaint that keeps coming up: some puzzles feel dated and less satisfying. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Myst was generally praised by critics. Computer Gaming World assured its readers that the game was not like other CD-ROM games that were "high on glitz and low on substance ... Myst is everything it's touted to be and is, quite simply, the best [Macintosh] CD-ROM game." It praised the game's open-world nature, lack of player death, and "straightforward and simple" storyline. The magazine stated that the "mesmerizing" and "stunning" graphics and sound were "not the star of the show ... the substance of the game is every bit as good as its packaging", and concluded that Myst "is bound to set a new standard". In April 1994, the magazine called it an "artistic masterwork". Jeff Koke reviewed…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 421 · most liked first"I asked chatgpt" "I asked grok" well I asked Achenar from the best-selling point&click adventure game Myst and he told me to bring him the blue pages and NOT to touch the red ones
neutral · AI labelView post →The creators of Myst series (@cyan.com) saved hundreds of video tapes from the making of their iconic adventure game franchose. We helped preserve them. Here's what we found.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s so cool when game developers branch out into other media. The creators of Myst designed this AirBnB’s shower controls.
neutral · AI labelView post →It’s so cool when game creators branch out into other media. For example, the creators of Myst designed the shower controls in this AirBnB.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's insane how many people don't know anything about Myst. Myst is the reason we started used discs for computer games, and the game that made mainstream culture start considering video games to be art. It is like more significant to video game history than any film was to film history.
positive · AI labelView post →Big Puzzles, Himbo Brain, Come Get Lost in Daddy Wolfy's Myst Game: Myst (1993) Time: 7pm-10pmEST www.twitch.tv/wolfywolfang
neutral · AI labelView post →hill i will die on: not all 3D ages poorly. perceptions of an aesthetic change the older a game gets. i think the way Myst and Riven have aged is proof that 3D art can get better with age, especially as aesthetics lose context of the era a game is in.
positive · AI labelView post →SUCH a lifelong dream to get to work on a new game set in the Myst universe. ♥️📖 Still hope we’ll get to see it through someday, but I’m thrilled we can share the trailer:
positive · AI labelView post →Well this was a dream come fucking true. Got a personal tour of the headquarters of the people who made my favorite games growing up. That's me holding the prop that is the ORIGINAL MYST book, from the very first game!! Incredible. Thank you @edoublea.com and @cyan.com !!
positive · AI labelView post →Today I found out that pretty much all the original footage from the live action filming sessions for both Myst and Riven are viewable online over on the Video Game History Foundation Library in their original quality and I think thats pretty damn neat.
positive · AI labelView post →After hitting credits, confirming: this game HAS THE JUICE This is not "Obra Dinn" or "Outer Wilds" this is a stupidly clever discombobulation of the Myst/Riven-like. If you are not a Myst sicko, this is not for you! Few more thoughts:
positive · AI labelView post →I don’t even know where this came from. Ive never played Myst 4 and ive never owned a Linkin Park CD.
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice Myst analysis: a graph of the original game's nodes, extracted from the Hypercard source code. glthr.com/myst-graph-1
neutral · AI labelView post →Feeling quite unwell with the heavy cold I've been trying to ignore all day, and now curled up in bed and poking around a pocket version of one of my favourite game environments. Myst DS isn't the most well-regarded version, but I like it well enough for what it is and does.
neutral · AI labelView post →✨ We’re thrilled to announce that Myst: Masterpiece Edition, Riven (1997), and Myst III: Exile have been updated to ver 2.0—and now Steam Deck verified! The update includes more robust controller support, better save game support, and platform support for both Windows & Mac.
neutral · AI labelView post →Unravel the mysteries of Myst and Riven ⛰️ The legendary adventures join the PlayStation Plus Classics Game Catalog today as part of Days of Play
neutral · AI labelView post →i saw someone out in the wild say that Myst killed adventure games and buddy why are you getting your 2026 video game opinions from editorials from Computer Gaming World from 1995.
neutral · AI labelView post →PC mags disdainfully calling Final Fantasy VII an adventure game in the same vein as Monkey Island or Myst back in 1998 is a great reminder that passive-aggressive pedantry about arbitrary video game categories has always been with us
neutral · AI labelView post →Welcome To Daddy Wolfy's Island, Where Every Clue Leads to Chaos Game: Myst Time: 7pm-10pmEST www.twitch.tv/wolfywolfang
neutral · AI labelView post →Going from Goose Game to Big Walk is crazy. Going into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for six years and coming out with Batsu Game Myst.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's funny seeing people confused by a 1997 French Adventure game with Paulo Coelho & Moebius... We focus too much on GAMER stuff for millennials, so it's easy to miss how the 90s was full of Adventure games / Myst-likes made with TV channels, museums & famous authors to target then-adult audiences
neutral · AI labelView post →With @cyan.com's permission, I spilled some secrets about the recently shelved MYST game codenamed ANGLERFISH after seeing the demo during my reporting for @wired.com. www.thefrontlist.org/p/anglerfish...
neutral · AI labelView post →it feels reductive to say but it is maybe the most a game has *looked like* going on a Big Walk in the woods, even when the landscape is covered in big plastic Myst structures
positive · AI labelView post →Me: What I want is to play a game that's basically a new Myst or Cosmic Osmo. Just exploring an intruiging space from curated angles. You: *Provides six recent games fitting that description* Me: I didn't actually want to play a video game I was just trying to conceptualize the idea of being happy
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy #TillysGameversary 🎂 to Myst (1993) Myst was the seminal ‘90’s CD-ROM experience. The aim of the ‘game’ was to torturously click through a series of CGI holiday snaps apparently belonging to someone who went on the most boring island getaway of all time. All without falling asleep.
negative · AI labelView post →Get your Linking Books ready, as the Myst and Riven Big Box Editions are now available to for pre-order from @limitedrungames.com! Each set will contain: 🎮 Standard Edition Game (PC Edition includes Digital Steam Code) 💿 CD Soundtrack 🖼️ 2-Sided Poster limitedrungames.com/collections/...
neutral · AI labelView post →For @wired.com, I spoke with indie devs about the video game funding collapse that led to the cancellation of a fascinating new MYST game. www.wired.com/story/no-one...
neutral · AI labelView post →For a game to truly be “Myst inspired” the lead designer must play a shitty dad in the game’s FMV
neutral · AI labelView post →Time to start Myst 4, the first Myst game I’ve NEVER played, so this is all brand new for ol Kory
neutral · AI labelView post →MYST no I have not played a game in at least 20 years MYST MYST MYST
neutral · AI labelView post →I know I said "shortcomings" but Riven really is a great game. Of all the Myst-like games out there, it's the most beautifully constructed, and the least guilty of crimes against game design. I loved the remake too.
positive · AI labelView post →I wonder what a Myst/Riven inspired Babyfur/ABDL game would be like?
neutral · AI labelView post →This is the box art for a $10 PC game Myst knockoff that was on the shelf for 2 weeks in 1995
neutral · AI labelView post →I beat Myst!! What a rad series of environmental puzzles and atmospheric storytelling. Unfortunately it's a game that's bad and sucks www.twitch.tv/duinoduck/cl...
positive · AI labelView post →Happy #TillysGameversary 🎂 to Myst (1993) Myst was the seminal ‘90’s CD-ROM experience. The aim of the ‘game’ was to torturously click through a series of CGI holiday snaps belonging to someone who went on the most boring island getaway of all time. All without falling asleep. Impossible.
negative · AI labelView post →I made the Moiety Dagger from the game Riven! I had so much fun making my final version out of metal and wood. #Myst #Riven
neutral · AI labelView post →First look at an unproduced Myst game 😭
neutral · AI labelView post →as someone who only played the original Myst as a kid, it's very funny playing the Myst remake and hitting the newly added Rime DLC, which I guess is from a later version of the game the INSTANT change in writing style from myst-esque vague exploratory fantasy to deep Riven lore is incredibly stark
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's another vibecoded game, this one's a slow meditative puzzle game like Myst or The Witness, but has much longer calm walks through a forest with solarpunk buildings and brutalist monuments, all made to look like a landscape architect watercolor sketch. Will have a link soon
neutral · AI labelView post →Annecdotally, the number one game reference I've gotten in Hollywood exec meetings is, "Hey remember Myst? That was a great game!" I always immedately follow up with, "Sure, but also RIVEN, right?" and the conversation moves on quickly
positive · AI labelView post →obviously the (non open source) game that has been ported to the most devices is Doom, but right behind that has to be Myst
neutral · AI labelView post →WEDNESDAY: We're creating worlds we don't understand and remembering the tower rotation as we go into the history and puzzles of MYST, the shockingly successful indie game from Cyan. It's maybe almost as good as The 7th Guest
neutral · AI labelView post →Myst 3 style 360 panoramas in Game Maker. Was super excited to figure this out
neutral · AI labelView post →This week on Design Delve, JM8 digs into the design of Myst and how the game has aged, maybe in not so positive ways.
neutral · AI labelView post →Playing a narrative adventure/puzzle game (a la Myst) for a review and being hopelessly lost
neutral · AI labelView post →Was having a Myst itch and wanted to see if my Japanese could survive a complicated adventure game with many voice-only lines, so giving the original Seven Mansions another shot! Going much better now~ We're hired to solve the mystery of Seven Mansions and find the fortune before it's too late!
neutral · AI labelView post →Somehow at Summer Game Fest, the games that I've talked about most frequently have been Myst and Neopets
neutral · AI labelView post →What is the first computer game you ever played? I think mine was Myst.
neutral · AI labelView post →Myst was *the* PC game, before Doom came out. My parents got a SVGA card for the family computer specifically so I could play Myst
neutral · AI labelView post →Now we're talking. Challenge Donald Trump to a game of MYST bsky.app/profile/grun...
neutral · AI labelView post →Uhhhh, how am I only just now learning about the Myst-like game Obsidian from 1997?????
neutral · AI labelView post →In 1993 Myst released and neither @decafjedi.com or I seriously attempted to play this mega best selling game. Today on Quest Quest we talk about playing Myst for the first time decades later. Listen anywhere or here: zencastr.com/z/9a8Vrr5-
neutral · AI labelView post →This week's Disk Cleanup is with Blue Prince creator Tonda Ros, who told me about his lifelong love of Myst, playing Big Walk as his first proximity voice chat game, and going ALL IN on UFO 50. Read on! www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
neutral · AI labelView post →Hey folks, I finally went ahead and finished my Myst video! Go check it out if you want to hear how Myst is a flawed but still excellent puzzle game with a misunderstood history. Also watch me inexplicably pick a fight with a bunch of 90s game critics who stopped caring about Myst when I was 6.
neutral · AI labelView post →How did PepsiCo never make a Sierra Myst game?
neutral · AI labelView post →I had so much fun playing Myst for this week's episode of Quest Quest that I decided to add a copy to my game collection.
positive · AI labelView post →I think Myst-likes are my least favorite adventure game genre. No disrespect to the Myst series, and I really enjoyed Obduction, but the type of puzzles you find in Myst-likes are my least favorite.
negative · AI labelView post →Looks like the Myst remake is also coming to PS5. Trophies are live here: pocketpsn.com/game/39488-m... Gematsu page: www.gematsu.com/games/myst-2...
neutral · AI labelView post →I am not a video game person, probably because we owned three video game/computer games when I was a kid: Tomb Raider Gold, Myst, and A-10 Cuba.
neutral · AI labelView post →A fantastic-looking teaser trailer for a new Myst game has been released, though tragically we'll never get to actually play it www.eurogamer.net/new-myst-gam...
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