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Riven (1997)

Cyan Worlds, Inc. · 2010-08-04

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureCasual

Franchise: Myst · Modes: Single player

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.

11
playing now
89%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
IGDB user rating (90 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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

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  • · Top 26% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 57k–114k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,427 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.39-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.39-60%

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 25 of 43 observed days · $1.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

1512026-08-06 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 5 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 6 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 6 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 5 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$1.192015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-06-13 — best price $2.992015-11-13 — best price $2.992016-06-15 — best price $2.392016-12-08 — best price $4.012017-04-03 — best price $5.992017-11-01 — best price $5.992018-06-04 — best price $2.392018-11-21 — best price $3.592019-04-12 — best price $3.592019-08-26 — best price $5.992019-12-11 — best price $2.992020-01-31 — best price $5.992020-06-15 — best price $5.992020-09-23 — best price $5.992021-01-05 — best price $5.992021-06-09 — best price $2.392021-10-27 — best price $2.392021-12-03 — best price $2.392022-02-03 — best price $5.992022-06-23 — best price $2.392022-09-23 — best price $2.992022-12-09 — best price $2.992023-03-20 — best price $2.392023-05-25 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $2.392024-07-11 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $5.992025-04-10 — best price $2.392025-08-09 — best price $5.992025-10-27 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $5.992026-03-16 — best price $5.992026-05-19 — best price $2.992026-08-08 — best price $5.992026-08-30 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3981732026-05-30 — 306 pageviews2026-06-02 — 251 pageviews2026-06-05 — 190 pageviews2026-06-08 — 256 pageviews2026-06-11 — 173 pageviews2026-06-14 — 221 pageviews2026-06-17 — 212 pageviews2026-06-20 — 244 pageviews2026-06-23 — 223 pageviews2026-06-26 — 256 pageviews2026-06-29 — 223 pageviews2026-07-02 — 235 pageviews2026-07-05 — 295 pageviews2026-07-08 — 265 pageviews2026-07-11 — 233 pageviews2026-07-14 — 278 pageviews2026-07-17 — 209 pageviews2026-07-20 — 313 pageviews2026-07-23 — 204 pageviews2026-07-26 — 292 pageviews2026-07-29 — 309 pageviews2026-08-01 — 237 pageviews2026-08-04 — 271 pageviews2026-08-07 — 222 pageviews2026-08-10 — 259 pageviews2026-08-13 — 236 pageviews2026-08-16 — 253 pageviews2026-08-19 — 235 pageviews2026-08-22 — 251 pageviews2026-08-25 — 242 pageviews2026-08-27 — 195 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.

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