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Myst cover art

Myst

Cyan Worlds, Inc. · 2021-08-26

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Franchise: Myst · Modes: Single player

Releases: Aug 26, 2021 (Mac), Aug 26, 2021 (Xbox One), Aug 26, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 10, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Dec 10, 2020 (Meta Quest 2), Aug 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

32
playing now
89%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
7h
to beat · completionist 3.6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

32 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

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 player make the choice of whom to aid.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 32 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 157 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–98k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,186 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$34.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $13.99 at Steam (2025-04-23) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 22 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
26926920212026Week of 2021-08-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4132026-08-11 19:00 — 19 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 12 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 24 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 22 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 26 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 20 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 37 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 23 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 41 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 33 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 38 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 26 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 14 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 27 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 29 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 32 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$13.992021-08-262026-08-262021-08-26 — best price $29.992021-12-13 — best price $26.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-04-14 — best price $26.992022-06-06 — best price $20.992022-07-18 — best price $20.992022-08-29 — best price $29.992022-11-04 — best price $29.992022-12-09 — best price $20.992023-01-10 — best price $29.992023-03-16 — best price $20.992023-05-01 — best price $29.992023-06-29 — best price $19.492023-08-09 — best price $19.492023-09-22 — best price $19.492023-11-02 — best price $29.992023-12-11 — best price $29.992024-03-01 — best price $17.992024-05-10 — best price $29.992024-07-11 — best price $29.992024-11-26 — best price $17.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $17.992025-04-18 — best price $34.992025-05-15 — best price $34.992025-06-10 — best price $20.992025-07-27 — best price $34.992025-09-23 — best price $34.992025-10-28 — best price $20.992025-11-26 — best price $34.992026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-02-28 — best price $34.992026-04-14 — best price $34.992026-05-31 — best price $34.992026-07-17 — best price $20.992026-08-13 — best price $20.992026-08-26 — best price $34.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k6192026-05-21 — 780 pageviews2026-05-24 — 836 pageviews2026-05-27 — 774 pageviews2026-05-30 — 713 pageviews2026-06-02 — 757 pageviews2026-06-05 — 705 pageviews2026-06-08 — 764 pageviews2026-06-11 — 767 pageviews2026-06-14 — 730 pageviews2026-06-17 — 674 pageviews2026-06-20 — 765 pageviews2026-06-23 — 719 pageviews2026-06-26 — 827 pageviews2026-06-29 — 779 pageviews2026-07-02 — 736 pageviews2026-07-05 — 771 pageviews2026-07-08 — 814 pageviews2026-07-11 — 752 pageviews2026-07-14 — 765 pageviews2026-07-17 — 682 pageviews2026-07-20 — 772 pageviews2026-07-23 — 666 pageviews2026-07-26 — 1,083 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,099 pageviews2026-08-01 — 706 pageviews2026-08-04 — 1,035 pageviews2026-08-07 — 725 pageviews2026-08-10 — 706 pageviews2026-08-13 — 688 pageviews2026-08-16 — 779 pageviews2026-08-19 — 750 pageviews2026-08-22 — 766 pageviews2026-08-25 — 778 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
50.6%
earned "Safecracker"
30.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedCaptions availableCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed Input

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Polish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)1,19155%21
PS4 (PlayStation)44465%21
PS5 (PlayStation)14437%31

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DVRIndiePuzzleMysteryAdventureRealisticStory RichAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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