Myst: Masterpiece Edition

Amazing game, doable without looking at guides or soluces. Don't forget to take the white page with you at the end...

Runs well on Fedora Linux in 2026 out of the box. It is amazing that Cyan is still releasing updates as of 2025.

navigation is ass

OG

Myst holds up pretty well, all things considered. The puzzles aren't head-bangingly frustrating as I feared, and are actually quite satisfying to figure out. (there are a couple I did need to look up, and most of them had me going "oh, I should have thought of that!") The environments are generally pretty creative and memorable, and there's something charming about the early pre-rendered graphics. Overall, a great point-and-click to pick up.

A historical masterpiece of its time! Myst is currently 33 years old (as of 2026) yet beats most modern-day point n' click puzzles. The universe is so interesting and the puzzles are timeless and fair. Most 90's puzzles were way too unfair and difficult and left you with a sour taste when you finally beat them but in Myst you actually feel rewarded. You can tell they really pushed the limitations of their hardware and software back then because it's honestly mind boggling what they achieved. The graphics holds up surprisingly well and the movement is good even though it's essentially a slideshow. This Steam version technically isn't the 1993 original but the 1999 Masterpiece Edition which essentially is the exact same game, just with better audio and enhanced color space. So if you have a 1993 CD-ROM laying around I'd recommend playing that one just to experience how insane of an achievement this was back in the day. I know there's multiple remakes of this first instalment alone plus more titles and I'll probably play them all. There's also actual physical books which I also want to read in the near future. Honestly a must-play if you're into puzzle games!