Myst
Myst
Game
Game2011
Myst: Masterpiece Edition
Developer Cyan Worlds, Inc.
The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds! From the Steam store page
404 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
89
LovedLoved
165 positive · 21 negative
95% range 83–92%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 45 | 8 | 143 |
| Steam reviews | 165 | 21 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 1 | 16 |
| 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
794 of 906 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
89% recommend · 162 yes, 21 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 183 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (958 of 1,108 positive).
Players praise the game's atmosphere and immersive world, calling it a classic that holds up well. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the puzzles are challenging and require note-taking, but find them rewarding. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the clunky controls and dated mechanics, recommending newer versions instead. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [18]
Don't get me wrong, this game is incredible for being 30 years old. And with that context is absolutely deserving of it's reputation as a genre-defining classic. But the other half of it's reputation, being a mind-bending, physical note taking journey I feel is purely earned from nostalgia. Like you hear stories about people having full journals and a dozen or more hours to get through the game and you get sucked in …
- [4]
This is one of the games I remember watching my late father play when I was a little child. Fun fact: the game and I are the same age! And it holds up at least as well as I have. On the one hand, you could say it took me about 25 years to beat this game, because I found it mystifying (lol) as a child, and also as a teen and young adult (college age) trying to play it myself. But once I, as an adult man, sat down and …
- [3]
This is a game straight from the public conscience. Everyone knows Myst, and it's iconic island, even if they've never touched the game. I also know it's a little before my time too. I've always wanted to try it though, and I didn't expect to absolutely love it as much as I did. This game has changed how I view adventure game and puzzle design. I haven't played a game like this in a while that refuses to hold your …
- [7]
This is hard to recommend. I don’t have any nostalgia for the series and this is my first time playing it. Boy it is so good! The problem is it is so old and jank. I was stuck on a level for about an hour because I did not realize you need to close the elevator door before it responds to the floor buttons. You ride 5 other elevators in this game and for some reason this elevator is just different. Game is good but …
- [1]
Very much a flawed masterpiece. I played this version of the game for two reasons: Firstly because it was the version that I remember from when I was younger (mostly, there were a couple of 'bugfix' builds around the Macintosh version I played;) and secondly because it's the version that has the most 'liminal' and unsettling atmosphere. This second point is important, because the strange graphics, unusual …
Summarised from 34 of the 319 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
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Players who liked Myst: Masterpiece Edition talk about atmospheric and immersive world design; those who didn't talk about clunky controls and dated mechanics. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 404 · 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.
positive · 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 →Insta just fed me a video of Ben Affleck listing his favorite videogames and giving a semi-boomer, "Remember Myst? That was a great game. There's a real oppurtunity for someone to do something like that again!" Crying empathetic tears of frustration for Cyan
neutral · 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...
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 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
neutral · 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.
positive · 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.
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