Released Aug 4, 2010 $1.79 · −70% Very Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Riven (1997)

By Cyan Worlds, Inc.

Adventure Puzzle Point & Click ExplorationClassicStory Rich Difficult First-Person AtmosphericCasualBeautiful1990's

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Reviews 1,324 Very Positive

Players yesterday 5 at the busiest moment

Owners 200K–500K estimated

Riven (1997) is a game tagged Adventure, Puzzle and Point & Click by Cyan Worlds, Inc., released Aug 4, 2010. It has 1,324 Steam reviews (Very Positive). It has an estimated 200K–500K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Myst V: End of Ages, Myst III: Exile and Myst: Masterpiece Edition.

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.

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Myst V: End of Ages 99% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
Myst III: Exile 96% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
Myst: Masterpiece Edition 93% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition 91% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
Zork: Grand Inquisitor 89% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
Myst IV: Revelation 89% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
Haunting At Cliffhouse 87% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
Nancy Drew®: The Haunting of Castle Malloy 86% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
The Labyrinth of Time 86% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click
Nancy Drew®: Alibi in Ashes 85% match · Adventure, Puzzle, Point & Click

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Everything Steam lists for Riven (1997) · record updated 12 hours ago

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Overview

App ID63610

Release dateAug 4, 2010Early Access Oct 29, 1997

Last change number39874261

Last record update12 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Publisher: Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Franchise: Myst
Metacritic: 83
Website: cyan.com/games/riven/#riven-1997

Language	Interface	Full audio
English	Yes	Yes
French	Yes	Yes
Italian	Yes	Yes
German	Yes	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes	Yes
Japanese	Yes	Yes
Polish	Yes	Yes
Russian	Yes	Yes

Windows macOS 64-bit

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerFamily SharingFull controller supportPlayStation controllersXbox controllersPlayStation controller Bluetooth

Prices

Price · US$1.79

On sale40 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$1.79Oct 26, 2026

Checked18 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
25309236	public	Sep 14, 2026
4942351	last_32bit_release	May 22, 2025
23904	previous-version	Sep 10, 2018

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
4868	Riven: The Sequel to MYST	1	$1.79
41986 Bundle	Riven: The Complete Collection	2	$33.10
37135 Bundle	Myst 30th Anniversary Collection	8	$66.16

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
63611	—	Windows	6.90 GB	4.79 GB	982884292026847697
63612	—	macOS	6.88 GB	4.50 GB	6843683695552684669

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	25309236	Sep 14, 2026	Open
last_32bit_release The last 32 bit build of the game.	4942351	May 22, 2025	Open
previous-version Previous Version	23904	Sep 10, 2018	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Riven

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
scummvm.exe	-c myst25.ini riven	Windows	English
riven.app		macOS	English
scummvm.exe	-i language-select.ini riven	Windows · 64-bit	English
Riven The Sequel to Myst.app	-i bundle:/language-select.ini riven	macOS	English
scummvm.exe	-i language-select.ini riven-fr	Windows · 64-bit	Français (French)
Riven The Sequel to Myst.app	-i bundle:/language-select.ini riven-fr	macOS	Français (French)

All 18 launch options

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
scummvm.exe	-i language-select.ini riven-de	Windows · 64-bit	Deutsch (German)
Riven The Sequel to Myst.app	-i bundle:/language-select.ini riven-de	macOS	Deutsch (German)
scummvm.exe	-i language-select.ini riven-it	Windows · 64-bit	Italiano (Italian)
Riven The Sequel to Myst.app	-i bundle:/language-select.ini riven-it	macOS	Italiano (Italian)
scummvm.exe	-i language-select.ini riven-jp	Windows · 64-bit	日本語 (Japanese)
Riven The Sequel to Myst.app	-i bundle:/language-select.ini riven-jp	macOS	日本語 (Japanese)
scummvm.exe	-i language-select.ini riven-es	Windows · 64-bit	Español (Spanish)
Riven The Sequel to Myst.app	-i bundle:/language-select.ini riven-es	macOS	Español (Spanish)
scummvm.exe	-i language-select.ini riven-pl	Windows · 64-bit	Polski (Polish)
Riven The Sequel to Myst.app	-i bundle:/language-select.ini riven-pl	macOS	Polski (Polish)
scummvm.exe	-i language-select.ini riven-ru	Windows · 64-bit	Pусский (Russian)
Riven The Sequel to Myst.app	-i bundle:/language-select.ini riven-ru	macOS	Pусский (Russian)