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1997PCPlayStationSteam Deck verified89 % positive6.15 €

Riven sends you alone through a decaying, lovingly crafted island world where you must decipher interlocking mechanical puzzles with almost no guidance. Its dense atmosphere and coherent world design make it a classic of the adventure genre.

  • Lots to discover
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty
  • Lavish presentation

The closest matches for Riven: The Sequel to Myst are Myst, Myst: Masterpiece Edition and Myst III: Exile. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Riven: The Sequel to Myst special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

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Myst

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1993PCPlayStation

  • Lots to discover
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
  • Challenging difficulty

A landmark adventure where you wander a mysterious island alone and solve intricate logic puzzles woven into the environment to uncover the fate of two trapped brothers. With no combat or hand-holding, it is a quiet, observation-driven journey of discovery.

Myst: Masterpiece Edition

Challenging difficulty

You explore the mysterious island of Myst alone and travel through magical books to other worlds, unraveling their puzzles and the story behind them. A quiet, atmospheric puzzle adventure with no combat, where observation and thinking are everything.

Myst III: Exile

Puzzles and brain teasers

A calm puzzle adventure where you travel through beautifully rendered, surreal Ages solving mechanical riddles to confront the vengeful Saavedro. Brad Dourif's strong performance gives the story real emotional weight.

Myst V: End of Ages

Puzzles and brain teasers

The finale of the Myst series sends you through strange, freely explorable worlds in first person, solving environmental puzzles and piecing together the history of the D'ni from journals and clues. Your final choice decides the fate of that ancient civilization.

Obduction

Lots to discover

A puzzle adventure from the makers of Myst: you are whisked to an alien world and solve intricate environmental puzzles across surreal, interlinked landscapes to uncover the mystery behind it.

Myst

Lots to discover

You are dropped on a mysterious island and must solve intricate puzzles through observation, experimentation and note-taking to explore several surreal worlds. This remake adds gorgeous atmospheric visuals, VR support and optional randomized puzzles.

The Talos Principle II

Puzzles and brain teasers

A philosophical first-person puzzle game set in a post-human world, where you solve clever logic puzzles in striking environments while pondering consciousness and humanity. The story and conversations with fellow robots matter as much as the puzzles.

Myst IV: Revelation

Puzzles and brain teasers

A quiet puzzle adventure where you explore beautifully crafted alien worlds (Ages) and solve intricate mechanical puzzles. The story of Atrus and his estranged sons ties up loose ends from the Myst series.

The Witness

Lots to discover

A vibrant, deserted island packed with line-maze puzzles whose rules you must figure out entirely without instructions. The real reward is the epiphany of grasping each hidden principle, even in the landscape itself.

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