- 10 Years of Obduction - 24 August 2026
Today, August 24th, 2026, is the 10-year anniversary of Obduction!Obduction was Cyan's first crowdfunded project. The project achieved its funding goal in November 2013. Development on the game commenced soon after, with its release following approximately two and a half years later.To help celebrate this anniversary, some members of the original Obduction team (Eric A. Anderson, Karl Johnson, and Hannah Gamiel) came together recently to do a retrospective on it, which you can find a recording of here. We will restream this recording through Steam through September 4th.If you haven’t already played Obduction, now is a great time to pick it up -- it’s currently on sale for 60% off, here on Steam.More anniversary & special sale info can be found here: https://cyan.com/2026/08/24/cyan-celebrates-10-years-of-obduction/Thank you to everyone who has supported our studio for the last 10 years…
- Obduction is in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase! - 3 August 2023
Obduction is in the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase for 70% off! Buy Obduction for yourself (or for a friend!) and watch some developer livestreams while the sale is going on.
- Myst's re-releases, sequels, and successors are going cheap in the next Humble Bundle - 24 July 2023
Three decades have gone by since the original Myst graced the world, providing endless online debates about whether it's smart or just pretentious. Magical or plain bad. Some indie developers chose the latter with a Myst FPS remix that spoofed the senior adventure game. The RPS readership seemed split on the subject when we asked "Have You Played Myst?" years ago. But Humble Games leans toward the former as it’s choosing to celebrate the classic's whopping 30th birthday with a returning charity bundle, available now until August 3rd. The Humble Myst & More Bundle packages the titular point-and-clicker, alongside several other sequels, spiritual successors, and odd offshoots from developer Cyan Worlds. You can pay anything over £7.80/$10 for the 11-game bundle, or you can pay at least £15.60/$20 to also grab the Myst remake from 2021. Cyan Worlds loves a good re-release, and this latest…
- Cyan's newest game Firmament is NOW AVAILABLE! - 18 May 2023
The day has arrived... The time is now! Firmament, the new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven - Cyan Worlds. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms…and beyond! To celebrate our launch, Firmament is available with a special discount for the first week only, in one of two editions: Firmament - The Keepers' Bundle (Includes: the game, The Official Soundtrack, The Strategy Guide, and The Art of Firmament) Firmament - Just The Game Thanks for your support, friends! We can't want for you to play Firmament... And now you can!
- Firmament’s Store Page is LIVE - Wishlist NOW! - 17 April 2023
New store page, new trailer... new EVERYTHING for Cyan’s upcoming puzzle-adventure game Firmament... Firmament will be released on May 18th! Firmament is a new puzzle-adventure game by the legendary game studio behind the best-selling games Myst and Riven. Featuring deep storytelling and world-building, discover the story of this seemingly abandoned world as you explore and unlock the mysteries of 3 unique Realms… and beyond! Wishlist Firmament NOW! https://store.steampowered.com/app/754890/Firmament/
- Obduction is on sale for a historic 80% off! - 22 December 2022
Obduction is on sale for 80% off on Steam for the first time ever, as a part of the Winter sale! Grab it NOW before the discount ends!
- Obduction chat with Rand Miller & Eric A. Anderson - 18 July 2022
At 12:15PM Pacific, we will debut a brand new chat between developers Eric A. Anderson and Rand Miller, talking about developing Obduction while playing it!
- Obduction 70% off for Steam VR Fest! - 18 July 2022
Obduction is on sale for 70% off and will additionally be featuring live streams of developer commentary throughout the week. We will be debuting a brand new developer commentary from Rand Miller and Eric A. Anderson as well.
- Obduction Chat: With Josh and Ryan - 19 May 2022
Sit down with Ryan Warzecha; producer on Obduction, and Josh Van Veldhuizen; QA Manager at Cyan, on what it was like developing and testing Obduction as Josh plays.
- Obduction is on sale! - 19 May 2022
Do you love puzzle games? Do you dabble every once in a while? Are you a puzzle novice curious to know if the genre is for you? Cerebral Puzzle Showcase was created to help you find your next favorite puzzle game! Obduction is for sale at 70% off as a part of the Cerebral Puzzle Showcase.
- Minor patch update for specific machines - 1 September 2021
Fixed crash on startup on some machines, like 11th gen intel machines. Very specific, we know! It has to do with an SSL library thing that Intel doesn't have pre-installed that causes issues with startup on Obduction.
- Epic reveals next week's free games - 8 July 2021
It's Thursday, and you know what that means - another round of free PC games from the Epic Games Store. This week, you can grab Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead and Ironcast, and as ever, Epic has revealed next week's freebie, too. We're getting another twofer, with adventure game Obduction and the economic strategy game Offworld Trading company. You'll be able to grab Obduction and Offworld Trading Company from the usual Epic Games Store promotion page on Thursday, June 15 at 8am PDT / 11am EDT / 4pm BST. It'll be there for one full week, at which point it'll be replaced by another freebie. As always, you'll 'purchase' the game at a price of zero dollars, and it'll remain in your library just like any game you might pay money for. Obduction is a successor to Myst, from that classic adventure's original developers at Cyan. Offworld Trading Company has its own classic pedigree, as de…
- 1.8.4.1 Minor update - 7 November 2019
Hey all, We've pushed out a small update today to address the issues that were being caused by HDR. After quite a bit of discussion, looking at our options, and finding out what we could do with the small amount of time and resources we have, we've come to the conclusion that we'll have to disable support for HDR for the time being. We'll post an update with news if or when we're able to revisit this issue. Thanks everyone.
- What graphics card do I need for HDR and what PC games support it? - 30 October 2019
HDR on PC hasn’t improved much in 2019. Despite there being more HDR gaming monitors than ever before, the very s for HDR continue to be quite expensive compared to non-HDR monitors, and the situation around Windows 10 support for it is still a bit of a mess. However, provided you’re willing to fight through all that, then the next step on your path to high dynamic range glory is to get an HDR compatible graphics card. Below, you’ll find a complete list of all the Nvidia and AMD graphics cards that have built-in support for HDR, as well as everything you need to know about getting one that also supports Nvidia and AMD’s own HDR standards, G-Sync Ultimate and FreeSync 2 . I’ve also put together a list of all the PC games that support HDR as well, so you know exactly which PC games you can start playing in high dynamic range. (more…)
- Obduction 1.8.3 Minor update - 4 October 2019
Hey again! We're pushing out a minor patch with a couple of last minute fixes: Fixed being forced to teleport navigation in VR while in game. Fixed menu becoming unresponsive when switching between VR/2D. Enjoy!
- Obduction update 1.8.3 - 2 October 2019
Hey everyone! Here's our newest update for Obduction on Mac and PC, just a couple small fixes from us for you: -Fixed fog and Cloud appearance -Fixes for object manipulation -Added controller bindings for VIVE Cosmos As always, if you run into any new issues, contact our support at [email protected]. Thanks again to all our fans!
- Daily Deal - Obduction, 65% Off - 11 August 2019
Today's Deal: Save 65% on Obduction !* Look for the deals each day on the front page of Steam. Or follow us on twitter or Facebook for instant notifications wherever you are! *Offer ends Tuesday at 10AM Pacific Time
- Obduction 1.8.1 patch notes: - 9 August 2019
Thank you everyone for your feedback on Obduction’s latest update! Reported issues addressed in this patch are as follows: Improvements made: Fixed issue that caused you to strafe and turn in VR Free Move mode. Fixed the large stone stair sphere in Hunrath. It now rotates as expected. Controller note: In Teleportation mode, both left and right controllers can be used for turning. In Free Move mode, only the right controller will turn. Known issues: If you run into an issue where you cannot move, you need to delete your Input.ini file and run the game again. This file is located at... Windows: %LocalAppData%\Obduction\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor Mac: ~/Library/Preferences/Obduction/MacNoEditor (Use Command+G to type in the path.) When using smooth motion input with Windows Mixed Reality motion controls, a movement ‘drift’ can occur. We’ve found this is a common problem. If this happens,…
- Obduction 1.8.0 Update released! - 1 August 2019
Hey Everyone! Here it is, our long-awaited update with so many fixes, tweaks, and improvements, I don’t know where to start! Our crew has been working long and hard on this update, so we hope you all enjoy it. Feel free to peruse our release notes here, we do have a couple of issues of note still. And as always, if you find any new issues we didn’t catch, feel free to contact our support and we’ll get it noted. Thanks again to all of our fans! Version 1.8.0 Release Notes: New to Obduction: UE4 upgrade to 4.21.2 New saved game path location for Mac users - this change is being handled by the UE4 engine and not Apple's macOS (*see additional notes below). Save games and config files are now stored in: library/applicationsupport/epic/obduction Performance improvements VR Improvements: Ability to backstep while using VR teleport Index and Index Controller support added Windows Mixed Reality…
- Myst dev's surreal sci-fi adventure Obduction is currently free on GOG - 31 May 2019
If you're in the market for a good, solid freebie - and I assume you are, given that you've already read the headline - then you've come to the right place. Myst developer Cyan Worlds' enjoyable sci-fi mystery adventure Obduction is currently free on GOG until tomorrow, 1st June. Obduction released back in 2016, and is very much a spiritual successor to Cyan Worlds' seminal Myst and Riven series, featuring the same kind of low-key, open-ended meandering and oblique puzzle solving, in a surreal, strikingly designed alien world. And the good news is that it does a lot of stuff right, with a strong story premise (which I won't spoil), a pitch-perfect atmosphere - absolutely nailing the sense of wonder and isolation - and conundrums that are, for the most part, logical and immensely satisfying once you finally tease out a solution from the subtle environmental clues. Do be warned, however,…
