![]() In the new open letter on Cyan’s website, the dev team notes that unlike Myst, there had never been a play to remake Riven until a certain grassroots effort began. It went on to become the best-selling game of 1997, with fans and critics praising its realism, puzzles, and narrative depth. Riven was first released on five discs in 1997 and is set immediately after the events of Myst. Selling over six million copies, Myst was the best-selling PC game ever until The Sims hit the scene in 2002. In it, players travel to a magical world through a strange book where they must solve puzzles to travel to four other worlds to find out more about the title’s characters. ![]() ![]() The point-and-click game managed to become a surprise hit, and to this day, it is regarded as one of the best video games ever made, inspiring many games and genres to come after. Myst was first released in 1993 for the Macintosh. We wanted to make sure we could take on such a difficult, costly and complicated endeavor-and do it well.” “We didn’t want to approach it lightly or frivolously. “ Riven is one of the most highly regarded games in Cyan’s history,” the FAQ reads. When asked why this took so long, the team made it clear that this remake isn’t being taken lightly. While the original game was a point-and-click adventure game, this new imagining will be “fully traversable in 3D space,” with more information said to be coming at a later date. However, the team at Cyan has released a brief FAQ and open letter to discuss the game and the impact it’s had on players for the last two decades.Īccording to Cyan, the game will be a modern remake rather than a remaster. It’s not clear which platforms the games will be released on, and no release date has been specified. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Riven, the sequel to the beloved puzzle game Myst, Cyan Worlds has announced that the title will be getting a full remake.
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