Myst

Myst is an adventure game developed by Cyan Worlds and released in 1993. It was published by Acclaim Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Atari Jaguar CD, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, LaserActive, Atari 2600, Amiga, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows), Philips CD-i, Windows Mobile and Windows Phone. It runs on Mohawk.

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy, mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Myst is the first of 14 entries we hold in the Myst series. The next entry was Riven: The Sequel to Myst in 1997. Its critic score of 55 is 16 points below the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Riven at 86.

See all 14 Myst games in release order →

Myst holds a critic score of 55 out of 100. That places it above 11% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1993 averaged 64, so it scored 9 points below the year average. Players rate it 65, 10 points higher than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

A full completion run takes around 8 hrs.

Myst launched on 24 September 1993, within three weeks of Sonic CD, Master of Orion, Ridge Racer and Gunstar Heroes. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Sonic CD, Master of Orion, Ridge Racer, Gunstar Heroes.

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