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Myst

Cyan Worlds, Inc. · 2021-08-26

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AdventureCasualIndie

Franchise: Myst · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

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.

Myst is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 2209 reviews).

19
playing now
89%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (315 downloads)
4.68★
PlayStation Store rating (209 ratings)
7h
to beat · completionist 3.6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 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
  • · 19 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 9% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 44k–99k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,209 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$20.99-40%

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 21 of 47 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (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

4162026-09-15 00:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 7 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 30 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 13 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 12 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 41 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 20 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 21 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 21 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2818Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 281 · peak 472Oct 2021 — avg 26 · peak 79Dec 2021 — avg 26 · peak 82Feb 2022 — avg 18 · peak 51Apr 2022 — avg 9 · peak 29Jun 2022 — avg 11 · peak 40Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 44Oct 2022 — avg 8 · peak 26Dec 2022 — avg 15 · peak 49Feb 2023 — avg 10 · peak 28Apr 2023 — avg 20 · peak 138Jun 2023 — avg 10 · peak 30Aug 2023 — avg 16 · peak 52Oct 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Dec 2023 — avg 18 · peak 55Feb 2024 — avg 15 · peak 45Apr 2024 — avg 10 · peak 27Jun 2024 — avg 36 · peak 254Aug 2024 — avg 26 · peak 68Oct 2024 — avg 20 · peak 50Dec 2024 — avg 35 · peak 108Feb 2025 — avg 18 · peak 43Apr 2025 — avg 50 · peak 192Jun 2025 — avg 31 · peak 86Aug 2025 — avg 17 · peak 45Oct 2025 — avg 21 · peak 60Dec 2025 — avg 29 · peak 89Feb 2026 — avg 16 · peak 44Apr 2026 — avg 16 · peak 47Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 59Aug 2026 — avg 21 · peak 69
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$13.992021-08-262026-10-142021-08-26 — 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 $20.992026-09-16 — best price $34.992026-10-14 — best price $20.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.2k6162026-05-21 — 780 pageviews2026-05-25 — 821 pageviews2026-05-29 — 866 pageviews2026-06-02 — 757 pageviews2026-06-06 — 697 pageviews2026-06-10 — 678 pageviews2026-06-14 — 730 pageviews2026-06-18 — 628 pageviews2026-06-22 — 740 pageviews2026-06-26 — 827 pageviews2026-06-30 — 724 pageviews2026-07-04 — 685 pageviews2026-07-08 — 814 pageviews2026-07-12 — 780 pageviews2026-07-16 — 730 pageviews2026-07-20 — 772 pageviews2026-07-24 — 667 pageviews2026-07-28 — 906 pageviews2026-08-01 — 706 pageviews2026-08-05 — 849 pageviews2026-08-09 — 759 pageviews2026-08-13 — 688 pageviews2026-08-17 — 868 pageviews2026-08-21 — 734 pageviews2026-08-25 — 778 pageviews2026-08-29 — 674 pageviews2026-09-02 — 774 pageviews2026-09-06 — 754 pageviews2026-09-10 — 674 pageviews2026-09-14 — 616 pageviews2026-09-18 — 660 pageviews2026-09-22 — 699 pageviews2026-09-26 — 761 pageviews2026-09-30 — 657 pageviews2026-10-04 — 675 pageviews2026-10-08 — 745 pageviews2026-10-12 — 742 pageviews2026-10-13 — 1,240 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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