Myst (2021)


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Myst	1993
Riven	1997
realMyst	2000
Myst III: Exile	2001
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst	2003
Myst IV: Revelation	2004
Myst V: End of Ages	2005
Myst Online: Uru Live	2007
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition	2014
Myst (2021)	2021
Riven (2024)	2024

Myst (2021) is a singleplayer first-person adventure and puzzle game in the Myst series.

General information

Developer Discord server

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Epic Games Store
GOG.com
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere.
Meta Store
Steam		Can be launched directly from executable without Steam.
Viveport		Included with Viveport Infinity.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Myst\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\CyanWorldsInc.Myst_9msjs5e8t6mxt\LocalCache\Local\Myst\Saved\Config\WinGDK\
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Epic/Myst/Saved/Congif/Mac/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1255560/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Myst\Saved\SaveGames\
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)	$HOME/Library/Application Support/Epic/Riven/Saved/SaveGames/
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1255560/pfx/^{[Note 3]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Video settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Hor+ scaling added in update.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		75-120°. Default is 90°.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Changes with Textures quality option. Off (Low), 2x (Medium), 4x (High) and 8x (Epic).^[3]
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling		TSR, DLSS 4, FSR 2.2, XeSS 1.3 Updated from DLSS 2.3 and FSR 1.0 in Patch 2.0^[4]. TSR, DLSS 4 and XeSS 1.3 support added in The Rime Patch^[5].
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		On/Off toggle, no brightness controls. Forces exclusive fullscreen mode when enabled.
Ray tracing (RT)		Reflections^[6].
Color blind mode		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 5 page for more details.

Field of view (FOV)

Edit a config file to force the game to maintain its vertical FOV at any aspect ratio^{[citation needed]}

Go to the configuration file(s) location.
Open Engine.ini in a text editor.
Add the following lines:

[/Script/Engine.LocalPlayer]
AspectRatioAxisConstraint=AspectRatio_MaintainYFOV

Input

Input settings

Keyboard and mouse controls

Gamepad controls

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger support

DirectInput-compatible controllers

PlayStation controllers		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.

Nintendo controllers

Tracked motion controllers
Button/gesture prompts

Other controller(s)

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Input prompt override
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Touch controls
Wand controls
Knuckle controls

Audio

Audio settings

Display settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Master, Sound Effects, Footstep, Ambience, Dialog, Music
Surround sound		6.1^[7]
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Czech				Fan - 1
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Brazilian Portuguese
Latin American Spanish

VR support

Headsets	State	Notes
SteamVR
Oculus VR (LibOVR)
Windows Mixed Reality		This game might be playable with the Revive Compatibility Layer, or Windows Mixed Reality for SteamVR.

Devices
Tracked motion controllers		See Input for details.
Traditional controller		See Input for details.
Keyboard/Mouse

Play area
Seated
Standing
Room-scale

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11, 12	Game uses D3D11 when running in VR. D3D12 is required since Patch 2.0.

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX, SpeedTree

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i3-6100 AMD Ryzen 3 1200 AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i5-4590 AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti AMD Radeon RX 570 DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon Vega 56 DirectX 12 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	11.5.2
Processor (CPU)	Quad-core Intel Apple M1
System memory (RAM)	8 GB	16 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	20 GB
Video card (GPU)	Apple AMD Intel

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0^[1]
↑ Unreal Engine 5 engine build: 5.3.2.0^[2]
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1255560/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (1255560) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-10-22
↑ Verified by User:Mastan on 2024-11-07
↑ Verified by User:Dgrdsv on 2025-03-12
Checked with Universal Unreal Engine 5 Unlocker and r.MaxAnisotropy console command.
↑ Patch 2.0 is LIVE! - last accessed on 2025-03-21
↑ The Rime update is now LIVE! - last accessed on 2025-03-21
"(Windows only) DLSS updated to version 4.0. Added support for Intel XeSS and TSR (Windows only) supersampling."
↑ Myst with RTX | GeForce Community Showcase - last accessed on 2022-10-03
↑ Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-09-05
Tested with Orban Loudness Meter. No audio output was detected on the center channel.

[2] Unreal Engine 4 engine build: 4.27.2.0^[1]

[4] Unreal Engine 5 engine build: 5.3.2.0^[2]

[Proton_path_note-5] 3.0 ^3.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1255560/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (1255560) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[4] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[5] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1255560/.

[6] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[7] The app ID (1255560) may differ in some cases.

[8] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[9] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[engineversion-1] Verified by User:Mastan on 2022-10-22

[engineversion2-3] Verified by User:Mastan on 2024-11-07

[6] Verified by User:Dgrdsv on 2025-03-12
Checked with Universal Unreal Engine 5 Unlocker and r.MaxAnisotropy console command.

[7] Patch 2.0 is LIVE! - last accessed on 2025-03-21

[8] The Rime update is now LIVE! - last accessed on 2025-03-21
"(Windows only) DLSS updated to version 4.0. Added support for Intel XeSS and TSR (Windows only) supersampling."

[9] Myst with RTX | GeForce Community Showcase - last accessed on 2022-10-03

[10] Verified by User:Baronsmoki on 2021-09-05
Tested with Orban Loudness Meter. No audio output was detected on the center channel.

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Developers

	Cyan Worlds
Engines
Former	Unreal Engine 4^{[Note 1]}
	Unreal Engine 5^{[Note 2]}
Release dates
Windows	August 26, 2021
macOS (OS X)	August 26, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	78
OpenCritic	74
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	First-person
Controls	Direct control, Gestures
Genres	Adventure, Puzzle
Series	Myst