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December 10, 2020

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Cyan Worlds, Inc.

Website

https://cyan.com/games/myst/

Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue.

Journey to Myst Island and other stunning, long dormant locations - called “Ages”- and begin to unravel the mystery you have been thrust into. As you learn what happened on the island, you will find that you are playing a key role in an epic story whose ending has not yet been written. Explore deeper connections in these stunning and surreal Ages, uncover a story of ruthless family betrayal, and make choices that will affect both you, and the world of Myst itself.

Cyan, the indie studio that created the beloved classic, has reimagined Myst.

Built from the ground up to play in VR, Myst is teeming with new art, new sound, re-imagined interactions, and even optional puzzle randomization. Finally... the highly anticipated Myst VR experience has arrived!

UPDATE: April 4th, 2023: Please note that due to newer Meta software updates preventing the support of new features for Quest 1 moving forward, and our desire to make sure Myst supports the latest and greatest software & hardware, we must cease Quest 1 support in Myst on October 1st, 2023. More information here: https://www.meta.com/help/quest/articles/headsets-and-accessories/using-your-headset/changes-for-meta-quest-one/

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Meta Quest

Meta Quest 2

Meta Quest Pro

Meta Quest 3

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4.15

1,243 ratings

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I don't care about inventory or notes

... it's freaking Myst in VR!!! I bought a CD-ROM back in 1993 just to play the original, and from 93 to 02, I probably clocked a few THOUSAND hours just exploring, sometimes I'd go into Myst to relax and unwind and stare at things for hours. Ever since I was a youngling, I had dreamed of being able to actually GO into the Myst book and explore the various ages for myself. Now, I can. I don't care about taking notes, or having an inventory system. I've never had an inventory system in any version before now, so I don't need it here. It's already a huge advantage to be able to carry around things in a way that wasn't possible in the original game (such as taking a library book *out* of the library to an actual puzzle like the rocket ship piano), and oh nooo I have to destroy my immersion for a second to switch to a notes app on my quest 2, or lift up my headset for a moment to write something down... That means the developers are awful! Oh, wait, literally every other version of Myst that I've played, I've had to *look away* from the game and break immersion to take notes. Huh. How about that? Hands down, this is the game I have been waiting for since 1993. I have dreamed of walking the rope bridges of the Channelwood Age since I was a kid. Now I freaking CAN! I almost wept when I started exploring the world of Myst in VR. It blew my mind. This is the single thing I've been dying to do ever since the whole VR craze in the 90s that took over 30 years to finally pan out. So to the developers - thank you. Sincerely. You made all of my childhood dreams of Myst a reality. I can only hope that as the hardware improves, Myst VR will get a 'photorealistic' update and look even more incredible (maybe it already does in the PCVR version, haven't launched it on Quest Link yet)

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Workaround for Notebook

Just want to say first that standing in front of that first book after the intro and being able to actually open and touch it was a huge thrill. Obviously, I played Myst when it was first released and, like just about everyone else, I wanted to be there. My notebook work around is to push the Oculus button like you would to quit and use the "take photo" option. It takes you right back into the game. There's a little light that blinks on and off to give you time to make sure you're looking at the right thing and then it takes a photo. You have to push the Oculus button again and look at notifications to see the photo. Kind of breaks the immersion, but it beats writing large with a Sharpie on paper in passthrough mode. I still can't believe VR Myst has happened in my lifetime! So cool.

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Update made the game significantly worse

Since the most recent update (20th of March, 2025), the game is now bordering on unplayable. Let's start off with performance.. First off, they appear to be using dynamic resolution, dynamic foveated rendering, and Application Space Warp. All the tricks. They do this to achieve an incredibly modest bump in overall detail. Trust me, it's nothing huge. And these tricks.. well, they come at a cost, especially if you're not careful with them. Dynamic resolution, dynamic foveated rendering.. these are tools to give developers a little extra wiggle room, but performance should still try and remain as consistent as possible. With dynamic resolution, large swings in headroom can cause the image to experience sudden, harsh drops in resolution, only for clarity to return moments later just to drop off again. With dynamic foveation, performance inconsistencies can cause you to cycle between little to no foveated rendering to the max amount. These issues are very much present on the updated Myst, but it gets worse. This is additionally bundled by the artifacting that Application Space Warp causes, which many can be sensitive to. Oh, but it gets even worse. All of these tricks, all of these issues, all to have the game be an absolute stuttery mess anyways. Seriously, the initial island just chugs when you're walking across a stretch of it. Very disappointing. Secondly, the hands now feel awful. They're not positioned properly in relation to your controller, with them being what appears to be a few inches in front of where they should be. Not great. But that's minor. Past that, and for whatever reason, actually interacting with things feels incredibly inconsistent. Your hands do not properly interact with the world. It's incredibly clear that the point of interaction with your finger pointed is not actually the tip of your finger. This is quite obvious when doing the initial cave generators segment, pushing all the buttons. I could not reliably interact said buttons. I had to be very deliberate and position my hands awkwardly to not accidentally hit buttons I did not intend. It's even worse with the piano. Frankly, this is absurd. You have massively degraded the experience of the game for little benefit. I know I'm well past my refund period, but I will be reaching out to support to try and get one anyways.

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Latest Update

UPDATE TO MY REVIEW (4/19): I reached out to the developers about my issue. They responded very quickly. I was impressed. Once I told him what he needed to know about the version and what platform I was playing on, I didn't hear anything back. Then I get the email that the developer had responded to my review. They had done another update to the game. I just want to say THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I followed the steps and was very excited to see my previous progress can be transferred to the latest version. I'm changing my rating from 2 stars to 5 because they responded quickly and really seemed to care about their game and the players experience. I look forward to moving forward in the game and also playing Riven. Thanks again! I hadn't played the game in a while and I had made it to the Selenitic Age. When I started playing again a couple of days ago, the game did an update. Well, I lost all my saved plays including the last time I played. Now I have to start all over. I am so upset. We will see what else has changed.

54 found this helpful

Gotta try Myst

I played the original Myst waaay back when it was on the computer and I loved it. I think that there are some people who don’t really understand what it is about and so expect a regular puzzle game or an adventure like an online rpg game. I remember being immersed in the game the night that Princess Diana died and it helped me to be in a different headspace. I hope that any bugs that are in this game will help to fix Riven when it comes out. I’m 65 and I think it’s never too late to play new games or remakes of old games.

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TeknowViking

I don't care about inventory or notes

ZenGreenway

Workaround for Notebook

TheEPICpie

Update made the game significantly worse

MomsTurn

Latest Update

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Gotta try Myst

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