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Games like Myst III: Exile

If Myst III: Exile is your kind of game, the closest matches are Riven (1997), Myst: Masterpiece Edition and Myst IV: Revelation — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, contemplative and immersive. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Myst III: Exile: The story of Myst continues in this third entry of the series, originally released in 2001. Return to this strange and wondrous universe, where books become portals into worlds, and where the lessons of the past may yet hold meaning for today...

2018AdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck VerifiedMetacritic 83Windows · macOSby Presto Studios, Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Myst III: Exile — Steam game cover
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Brad dourifs performance steals the showObservation and attention to detail are rewardedPuzzles span massive devices across entire agesAtmosphericContemplativeImmersive

Players who liked Myst III: Exile also play

Steam players who put hours into Myst III: Exile also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Riven (1997)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Top pick for Myst III: Exile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.

    2010AdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Myst: Masterpiece Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Second-strongest match for Myst III: Exile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!

    2011AdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Myst IV: Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Third-strongest match for Myst III: Exile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    In Myst IV: Revelation, the next chapter in the greatest adventure saga of all time, you'll travel through environments pulsing with life to unearth a treacherous scheme involving two of Myst's most sinister villains.

    2018AdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Ranked #4 for Myst III: Exile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Myst V: End of Ages

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Ranked #5 for Myst III: Exile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    The Grand Finale of the greatest adventure! Decide the fate of a civilization in this triumphant final chapter to the Myst saga. Embark on an epic journey into the heart of a shattered empire as the only explorer who can still save it— or destroy it with the wrong choices.

    2012AdventureCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Riven

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Ranked #6 for Myst III: Exile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. STASIS: BONE TOTEM

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Ranked #7 for Myst III: Exile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    Get ready for a thrilling underwater adventure with classic point-and-click gameplay. Explore with three characters simultaneously. Featuring atmospheric isometric graphics, rendered video, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, BONE TOTEM takes you on a journey to hidden places deep below the waves...

    2023IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. IMMORTALITY

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Ranked #8 for Myst III: Exile fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Myst III: Exile

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Reviewers of Myst III: Exile cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Riven

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Reviewers of Myst III: Exile cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Myst IV: Revelation

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Reviewers of Myst III: Exile cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    In Myst IV: Revelation, the next chapter in the greatest adventure saga of all time, you'll travel through environments pulsing with life to unearth a treacherous scheme involving two of Myst's most sinister villains.

    2018AdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Myst III: Exile at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Myst III: Exile on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Myst III: Exile on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Myst III: Exile on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Myst III: Exile on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Myst III: Exile on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Myst III: Exile on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Noita

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Myst III: Exile on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~93% under Myst III: Exile on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Riven (1997)

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Released in 1997 as the original sequel to Myst, one of the best-selling puzzle adventure games of all time. Prepare to enter a world "torn asunder" by timeless, unresolved conflicts -- a world of incomparable beauty, intrigue, and betrayal.

    2010AdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Myst: Masterpiece Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares environmental puzzle solving and an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    The classic Myst experience with point and click controls, released as a remaster to the original in 2000. Enter a world where nothing is as it seems... and adventure knows no bounds!

    2011AdventureCasual5.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Myst

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Welcome to Myst: a starkly beautiful island, eerily tinged with mystery and shrouded in intrigue. Built from the ground up to play in 2D & VR, explore Myst in a whole new dimension! Journey to the Ages, unravel puzzles, and be a part of the surrealistic adventure that will become your own.

    2021IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Riven

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. STASIS: BONE TOTEM

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Myst III: Exile.

    Get ready for a thrilling underwater adventure with classic point-and-click gameplay. Explore with three characters simultaneously. Featuring atmospheric isometric graphics, rendered video, and a soundtrack by Mark Morgan, BONE TOTEM takes you on a journey to hidden places deep below the waves...

    2023IndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. IMMORTALITY

    WHY THIS

    Shares an atmospheric mood with Myst III: Exile.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure and Casual with Myst III: Exile.

    Marissa Marcel was a film star. She made three movies. But none of the movies were ever released. And Marissa Marcel disappeared. An interactive trilogy from Sam Barlow, creator of Her Story.

    2022IndieAdventureSimulation11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Myst III: Exile

Is Myst III: Exile verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — Myst III: Exile is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does Myst III: Exile cost?
Myst III: Exile is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Myst III: Exile?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Myst III: Exile are Riven (1997), Myst: Masterpiece Edition, Myst IV: Revelation.
Who developed Myst III: Exile?
Myst III: Exile was developed by Presto Studios, Cyan Worlds, Inc. and published by Cyan Worlds, Inc., Ubisoft.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Myst III: Exile.

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