Myst is one of the best puzzle games ever made, but fans of the game will also enjoy these other games that are similar.
Myst is a famous graphic story game that came out on Mac OS in 1993. The next year, it came out on Windows. The game was a huge hit and became the best-selling PC game of all time. It held this title until The Sims came out and finally sold more copies than it did. Most of Myst’s success came from its memorable main island, which looked great for its time, and its well-designed puzzles that fit well into the settings.
Over the years, there have been a lot of remasters and re-releases of Myst. Each one brings a new wave of players. If you liked Myst and want more challenging puzzles, you might want to check out these other great puzzle games.
The Talos Principle
The Talos Principle was first released on PC in December 2014. Since then, it has been ported to almost every current system, which shows how well it sold. Also, in October 2017, a virtual reality version of the game came out for the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, giving puzzle fans a new way to play.
In The Talos Principle, players take control of a conscious robot and have to solve more than 120 tasks in a variety of settings. The game did well with reviewers, as shown by its Metascore of 88 on PS4.
Quern – Undying Thoughts
Aside from games made by Cyan Worlds, Quern: Undying Thoughts is the only other game on this list that is most like Myst. The game looks, sounds, and has a music that are all very similar to Myst and Riven. The style of the puzzles is also very similar to both of those games.
Quern – Never Die Thoughts can get boring at times because you spend most of your time trying to figure out where the puzzles are instead of how to solve them. However, it is still a great puzzle game that fans of Myst will enjoy.
Riven
Riven is a great choice for people who liked Myst because it is a sequel to that game. This game came out in 1997, four years after Myst. It put players on a new set of islands that they could explore and solve problems on.
In hindsight, many people think Riven is just as good as Myst, if not better. However, this was not the case at the time. Riven got a lot of bad reviews in 1997 because it was a point-and-click game like Myst, which some people thought was old-fashioned.
Obduction
Obduction came out in August 2016, and it was made by Cyan Worlds, which also made Riven and Myst. The player starts the game by being taken to a place they don’t know. To get back home, they have to solve a number of tricky problems. Obduction didn’t quite hit the heights of Riven and Myst, but it was still pretty well liked, as shown by its Metacritic scores of 76 from critics and 7.6 from users.
The Witness
Before the game came out, there was a lot of buzz about it. This was mostly because its creator and director, Jonathan Blow, is best known for making the groundbreaking indie game Braid.
The Witness, which came out in 2016, was a good movie. The game puts players on a beautiful island that is full of hard tasks to solve and hidden things to find. As players move through the game, they’ll start to see that there’s more to the puzzle than meets the eye. This is when The Witness shows its true greatness.
RiME
Another game on this list, RiME, puts players on a strange island. The adventure puzzle game has five big levels and a spirit that guides you through each one. 8 Ball Pool is different from the other games on this list because it is played from a third-person view. However, like Myst, it focuses on solving puzzles in the environment.
RiME got a Metascore of 82 on Xbox One, which shows that reviewers liked it.
Call of the Sea
Out of the Blue made Call of the Sea. It came out for the first time in December 2020 and can now be played on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Amazon Luna, and more. The adventure game is set in the 1930s, and players take on the role of Norah Everhart, who is looking for her lost husband on a mysterious island.
Players have to solve a number of problems in the game. The puzzles aren’t as good as those in Myst, but they’re still mostly fun and rewarding to solve. The game’s story does a great job of making it more fun, and it ends on a note that makes you think.