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Riven

Cyan Worlds, Inc. · 2024-06-25

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureCasualIndie

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

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.

Riven is an Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2024, priced at $34.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 2882 reviews).

9
playing now
92%
positive of 2.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (210 downloads)
4.63★
PlayStation Store rating (227 ratings)
11h
to beat · completionist 6h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$34.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 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.

Trailer

Riven trailer thumbnail

Riven | Official Launch Trailer | 4k

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 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 8% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 58k–130k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,882 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 66 of 87 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

4742026-09-15 15:00 — 16 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 13 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 32 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 15 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 25 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 22 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 34 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 9 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 23 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 47 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 38 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
95419Jun 2024Aug 2026Jun 2024 — avg 954 · peak 1,659Jul 2024 — avg 279 · peak 967Aug 2024 — avg 82 · peak 229Sep 2024 — avg 45 · peak 135Oct 2024 — avg 32 · peak 76Nov 2024 — avg 29 · peak 110Dec 2024 — avg 58 · peak 170Jan 2025 — avg 52 · peak 157Feb 2025 — avg 31 · peak 77Mar 2025 — avg 41 · peak 104Apr 2025 — avg 45 · peak 167May 2025 — avg 28 · peak 85Jun 2025 — avg 34 · peak 95Jul 2025 — avg 29 · peak 75Aug 2025 — avg 21 · peak 56Sep 2025 — avg 21 · peak 86Oct 2025 — avg 22 · peak 56Nov 2025 — avg 32 · peak 72Dec 2025 — avg 28 · peak 90Jan 2026 — avg 33 · peak 96Feb 2026 — avg 22 · peak 56Mar 2026 — avg 23 · peak 68Apr 2026 — avg 19 · peak 51May 2026 — avg 21 · peak 71Jun 2026 — avg 25 · peak 63Jul 2026 — avg 32 · peak 80Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 79
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$34.99$20.992024-06-252026-10-152024-06-25 — best price $31.492024-09-27 — best price $34.992024-11-27 — best price $27.992025-01-02 — best price $34.992025-02-28 — best price $24.492025-03-19 — best price $34.992025-04-18 — best price $34.992025-05-29 — best price $20.992025-07-10 — best price $34.992025-08-09 — best price $34.992025-09-23 — best price $34.992025-10-27 — best price $34.992025-11-25 — best price $34.992026-01-05 — best price $34.992026-02-28 — best price $34.992026-03-26 — best price $34.992026-05-13 — best price $20.992026-06-06 — best price $34.992026-07-17 — best price $20.992026-08-11 — best price $34.992026-08-27 — best price $20.992026-08-31 — best price $20.992026-09-04 — best price $20.992026-09-08 — best price $20.992026-09-12 — best price $20.992026-09-16 — best price $20.992026-09-20 — best price $20.992026-09-24 — best price $20.992026-09-28 — best price $20.992026-10-02 — best price $20.992026-10-06 — best price $20.992026-10-10 — best price $20.992026-10-14 — best price $20.992026-10-15 — best price $20.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3131702026-05-31 — 278 pageviews2026-06-04 — 229 pageviews2026-06-08 — 256 pageviews2026-06-12 — 234 pageviews2026-06-16 — 237 pageviews2026-06-20 — 244 pageviews2026-06-24 — 240 pageviews2026-06-28 — 230 pageviews2026-07-02 — 235 pageviews2026-07-06 — 282 pageviews2026-07-10 — 268 pageviews2026-07-14 — 278 pageviews2026-07-18 — 284 pageviews2026-07-22 — 226 pageviews2026-07-26 — 292 pageviews2026-07-30 — 261 pageviews2026-08-03 — 239 pageviews2026-08-07 — 222 pageviews2026-08-11 — 235 pageviews2026-08-15 — 214 pageviews2026-08-19 — 235 pageviews2026-08-23 — 301 pageviews2026-08-27 — 195 pageviews2026-08-31 — 226 pageviews2026-09-04 — 208 pageviews2026-09-08 — 277 pageviews2026-09-12 — 237 pageviews2026-09-16 — 201 pageviews2026-09-20 — 273 pageviews2026-09-24 — 231 pageviews2026-09-28 — 210 pageviews2026-10-02 — 170 pageviews2026-10-06 — 175 pageviews2026-10-10 — 224 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-06-25 (Steam store data)

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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