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Riven (1997) cover art

Riven (1997)

Cyan Worlds, Inc. · 2010-08-04

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureCasual

Franchise: Myst · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 1998 (PlayStation), 1997 (Mac), 1997 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 09, 1998 (Sega Saturn), 2005 (Windows Mobile)

Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.

5
playing now
89%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (90 ratings)
3.85★
PlayStation Store rating (377 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 57k–115k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,432 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.79-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2016-02-05) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 66 of 85 observed days · $0.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-09-14 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 4 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 6 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
323Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 8 · peak 20Dec 2012 — avg 5 · peak 18May 2013 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 16Mar 2014 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2014 — avg 5 · peak 13Jan 2015 — avg 7 · peak 24Jun 2015 — avg 8 · peak 24Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 24Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2017 — avg 7 · peak 22Jul 2017 — avg 7 · peak 23Dec 2017 — avg 8 · peak 26May 2018 — avg 6 · peak 15Oct 2018 — avg 13 · peak 37Mar 2019 — avg 13 · peak 34Aug 2019 — avg 10 · peak 26Jan 2020 — avg 16 · peak 40Jun 2020 — avg 18 · peak 55Nov 2020 — avg 17 · peak 44Apr 2021 — avg 17 · peak 36Sep 2021 — avg 24 · peak 60Feb 2022 — avg 30 · peak 76Jul 2022 — avg 15 · peak 41Dec 2022 — avg 16 · peak 39May 2023 — avg 13 · peak 32Oct 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Mar 2024 — avg 12 · peak 33Aug 2024 — avg 10 · peak 22Jan 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Jun 2025 — avg 7 · peak 15Nov 2025 — avg 7 · peak 18Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2026 — avg 7 · peak 16
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$1.192015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-06-18 — best price $2.992015-12-22 — best price $1.492016-11-23 — best price $2.992017-04-03 — best price $5.992017-11-28 — best price $5.992018-07-05 — best price $5.992019-02-04 — best price $3.592019-08-26 — best price $5.992020-01-02 — best price $5.992020-04-06 — best price $5.992020-08-31 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-06-28 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $2.392022-01-27 — best price $2.392022-06-23 — best price $2.392022-10-27 — best price $4.192023-01-10 — best price $5.992023-05-01 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-04-25 — best price $2.392024-11-27 — best price $2.392025-03-19 — best price $5.992025-08-09 — best price $5.992025-11-05 — best price $5.992026-02-04 — best price $5.992026-04-15 — best price $2.992026-08-08 — best price $5.992026-09-03 — best price $2.392026-09-13 — best price $2.392026-09-23 — best price $5.992026-10-03 — best price $2.392026-10-13 — best price $1.792026-10-14 — best price $1.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3981732026-05-30 — 306 pageviews2026-06-03 — 199 pageviews2026-06-07 — 249 pageviews2026-06-11 — 173 pageviews2026-06-15 — 250 pageviews2026-06-19 — 230 pageviews2026-06-23 — 223 pageviews2026-06-27 — 216 pageviews2026-07-01 — 211 pageviews2026-07-05 — 295 pageviews2026-07-09 — 261 pageviews2026-07-13 — 239 pageviews2026-07-17 — 209 pageviews2026-07-21 — 264 pageviews2026-07-25 — 205 pageviews2026-07-29 — 309 pageviews2026-08-02 — 304 pageviews2026-08-06 — 261 pageviews2026-08-10 — 259 pageviews2026-08-14 — 185 pageviews2026-08-18 — 275 pageviews2026-08-22 — 251 pageviews2026-08-26 — 232 pageviews2026-08-30 — 231 pageviews2026-09-03 — 191 pageviews2026-09-07 — 283 pageviews2026-09-11 — 186 pageviews2026-09-15 — 222 pageviews2026-09-19 — 235 pageviews2026-09-23 — 228 pageviews2026-09-27 — 235 pageviews2026-10-01 — 199 pageviews2026-10-05 — 216 pageviews2026-10-09 — 208 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish

Player tags

FMV1990'sCasualPuzzleClassicAdventureBeautifulDifficultSteampunkStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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