Riven

Uncover a story of intrigue, betrayal, and a civilization teetering on the brink of collapse as you solve intricate puzzles to unlock the secrets of Riven. Built from the ground-up and expanded from the award-winning original game released in 1997.

Riven is a puzzle, adventure and exploration game developed and published by Cyan Worlds Inc.
Released on June 25th 2024 is available on Windows and MacOS in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Spanish - Latin America.

It has received 2,097 reviews of which 1,974 were positive and 123 were negative resulting in a rating of 9.0 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 23.79€ on Steam and has a 30% discount.

The Steam community has classified Riven into these genres:

Puzzle Adventure Exploration First-Person Story Rich Singleplayer Atmospheric Mystery 3D Walking Simulator Emotional Casual Logic Realistic VR Investigation Surreal Philosophical Relaxing Multiple Endings

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 or 11
Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor (16 CPUs), ~3.7GHz; Intel i5 7000 series
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 5700XT; NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB; at least 6GB VRAM
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 30 GB available space
VR Support: Quest 2 over Airlink or Link cable, HTC Vive Pro, Valve Index
Additional Notes: Note that laptops with a 3050 or 3050 Ti GPU do not fit the requirements of the above. We recommend checking your preferred PC Benchmark site to confirm if your specs meet or exceed the above.

MacOS

OS: macOS Sonoma 14.5
Processor: Apple Silicon
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Apple Silicon
Storage: 30 GB available space
Additional Notes: M-series MacBook Air

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

July 2024

Played mostly in VR with the Valve Index, but it got to a point that I needed to write down information in order to solve the later puzzles, so I had to switch to flat screen. Which is really my main issue with the game. Why didn't they have a VR notebook that you could pull out from your satchel and then write in it with a VR pen? If they had that, this game would be an easy 10/10. The game IS all about writing after all. Besides that, the VR is excellent. The visuals are easily some of the best I have seen in VR and (besides a couple of crashes) it ran smooth in VR for me running on a 3080ti. The interactions with levers, buttons, and switches are satisfying. It's not the best VR game for interactions, but it is good. The game itself is excellent. I have played the original Riven a few times over the years and I really liked how they expanded on the world of Riven with this game. I honestly wish more games would expand on their games like Riven did when they do remakes instead of just upping the graphics. The puzzles were great. It will require some back tracking, but they have added some ways to minimize it. And honestly I didn't mind because the world is so beautiful. The world building is fantastic and I loved exploring and learning about Riven. There are some pretty broken looking character animations though. At one point Gehn was talking to me and he was just holding gritting his teeth while his lips flapped over them. It was hiliarious! Anyway, a few flaws, but overall a great game. Well worth it! Easily one of Cyan's best games.

July 2024

I played the original Riven on launch in 1997. Like Myst, the world built by the team at Cyan has always stayed with me. A fantastical and tangible place that no game has really managed to create since. Both Myst and Riven truly are masterpieces, a word that is now sadly over used. At the time my friends and I dreamed of being able to actually walk around the world of Riven in real-time. Just imagine if this incredible world could be explored like other 3D games? Well here we are, 27 years later, and it has absolutely been worth every year I've had to wait. This Riven remaster has absolutely shattered, and I mean SHATTERED, my expectations. It's utterly captivating and mesmerising. The puzzles are more accessible and I just love being in the world. I hope the team at Cyan get the opportunity to release Myst again using all the UE5 technology on display in Riven. I also hope that Exile gets this treatment as well. I feel so fortunate to be able to explore this world with the graphics I always imagined would be impossible. It's truly wonderful to be alive and to be a gamer right now. THANK YOU Cyan.

June 2024

Finally a remake >Please Enter disk 3 of the classic Riven >Please enter disc 5 game with new puzzles. >Please enter Disc 2 After countless remakes of Myst it's nice to see >Please enter disc 5 the glory of Riven in HD. >Please enter Disc 4 Totally recommended.

June 2024

Riven remains the single best adventure game ever made, and it's not close. 2024 is the year that real-time 3D graphics can finally live up to the promise of photorealistic pre-rendered scenes from 1997; the game is so gorgeous is hurts a bit. The puzzles and the way the game progresses have been made more accessible at the cost of a little bit of the brilliantly organic verisimilitude of the original game, but I can forgive the game for that. Riven deserved a full 3D remake, and this game absolutely does the original justice. I am blown away. It was like I was a kid again playing with my mom and my sister, except I'm older so I had more of an idea of what I was doing and was better equipped to fully appreciate and enjoy it. I really just can't speak highly enough of the remake, as someone for whom the original is one of THE three games that got me into game development.

June 2024

The most essential VR game since HL: Alyx I never expected to see a fully-3D Riven remake, not just because the game is massive compared to Myst, but because the original 1997 Riven is still possibly the best-looking pre-rendered adventure game of all time, outdoing even its own sequels for just how believable each of its scenes look. The first thing I did when I booted up this remake in VR was let my jaw hang in awe at just how perfectly the very first area matched the original Riven's opening image 1:1 while giving me the ability to fully explore it. I'm not exaggerating when I say Riven may be the most important VR game since HL: Alyx. You can play this flatly, but it feels like VR was made for Riven, and vice versa. Either way, the only thing you're missing out on by playing the remake over the original are the (IMO) stellar live-action performances by Rand Miller and the late John Keston. What you get instead is a chance to experience a dark, diabolical narrative set in an expertly-crafted world in a whole new light.

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-30% 33.99€ 23.79€

9.0

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Developer

Cyan Worlds Inc

Publisher

Cyan Worlds Inc

Release 25 Jun 2024

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