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Riven

Cyan Worlds, Inc. · 2024-06-25

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndie

Franchise: Myst · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 25, 2024 (Mac), Jun 25, 2024 (SteamVR), Jun 25, 2024 (Meta Quest 2), Jun 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 19, 2026 (PlayStation 5), May 19, 2026 (PlayStation VR2)

Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

41
playing now
92%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
11h
to beat · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$34.99
steam price (US)

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

Riven: The Sequel to Myst is a 1997 adventure game developed by Cyan Productions and published by Red Orb Entertainment for Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to 1993's Myst, and the second installment of the Myst series. The game's story is set after the events of its predecessor; having rescued Atrus, who had been trapped by his sons, the player character is enlisted by him to free his wife from his power-hungry father, Gehn. Riven takes place almost entirely on the Age of Riven, a world slowly falling apart due to Gehn's destructive rule.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 41 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 220 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~28/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (795 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 57k–129k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,859 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$20.99-40%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.99 at Steam (2025-04-12) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $34.99 · on sale 25 of 46 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
74374320242026Week of 2024-06-01: 743 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4292026-08-11 19:00 — 32 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 14 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 26 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 25 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 18 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 24 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 30 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 27 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 26 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 20 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 38 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 39 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 31 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 28 players2026-08-26 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 30 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 31 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 32 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 41 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$34.99$20.992024-06-252026-08-302024-06-25 — best price $31.492024-09-10 — best price $34.992024-10-26 — best price $34.992024-12-04 — best price $34.992025-01-02 — best price $34.992025-02-13 — best price $34.992025-03-11 — best price $24.492025-03-20 — best price $34.992025-04-18 — best price $34.992025-05-15 — best price $34.992025-06-10 — best price $24.492025-07-16 — best price $20.992025-08-09 — best price $34.992025-09-18 — best price $20.992025-10-06 — best price $34.992025-10-28 — best price $20.992025-11-25 — best price $34.992026-01-03 — best price $34.992026-02-04 — best price $34.992026-03-05 — best price $20.992026-03-26 — best price $34.992026-04-23 — best price $34.992026-05-28 — best price $20.992026-06-17 — best price $20.992026-07-17 — best price $20.992026-08-04 — best price $27.992026-08-14 — best price $20.992026-08-28 — best price $20.992026-08-30 — best price $20.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3981732026-05-31 — 278 pageviews2026-06-03 — 199 pageviews2026-06-06 — 239 pageviews2026-06-09 — 234 pageviews2026-06-12 — 234 pageviews2026-06-15 — 250 pageviews2026-06-18 — 201 pageviews2026-06-21 — 239 pageviews2026-06-24 — 240 pageviews2026-06-27 — 216 pageviews2026-06-30 — 215 pageviews2026-07-03 — 251 pageviews2026-07-06 — 282 pageviews2026-07-09 — 261 pageviews2026-07-12 — 295 pageviews2026-07-15 — 257 pageviews2026-07-18 — 284 pageviews2026-07-21 — 264 pageviews2026-07-24 — 229 pageviews2026-07-27 — 346 pageviews2026-07-30 — 261 pageviews2026-08-02 — 304 pageviews2026-08-05 — 239 pageviews2026-08-08 — 267 pageviews2026-08-11 — 235 pageviews2026-08-14 — 185 pageviews2026-08-17 — 235 pageviews2026-08-20 — 202 pageviews2026-08-23 — 301 pageviews2026-08-26 — 232 pageviews2026-08-28 — 196 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
94.1%
earned "The first step is not always simple"
37.1%
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 Input2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,00815%34
PS5 (PlayStation)12231%35
Xbox Series (Xbox)4723%34

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

3DVRLogicCasualPuzzleMysteryAdventureEmotionalRealisticStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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