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Riven (1997)

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4.6/5

( 155 Reviews )

4.6

155 Reviews

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5.995.99
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Riven (1997)
Description
“My worst fears have been realized. The damage is more extensive than previously imagined. I must act while there is still time. I must find someone… to send to Riven.”   Enter a deceptively beautiful world torn apart by age-old conflicts, where secrets lie hidden at every turn, and not...
Genre:
Adventure - FPP - Puzzle
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Exploration, show 12 more... Classic, Puzzle, First-Person, Casual, Great Soundtrack, Point&Click, Mystery, Logic, Surreal, Good Old Game, Steampunk, FMV
User reviews

4.6/5

( 155 Reviews )

4.6

155 Reviews

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Product details
1997, Cyan Worlds, ...
System requirements
Windows 10+, 64-bit, 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 7.5 GB, DirectX® 9.0 compatible...
Time to beat
9.5 hMain
12 h Main + Sides
13 h Completionist
10.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description

“My worst fears have been realized. The damage is more extensive than previously imagined. I must act while there is still time. I must find someone… to send to Riven.”

 

Enter a deceptively beautiful world torn apart by age-old conflicts, where secrets lie hidden at every turn, and nothing is as it seems. Search through dense jungles, awe-inspiring caverns and monolithic structures. Use your wits and powers of observation to solve devious puzzles and find secretive characters. Only then will you learn the truth about this troubled land and its inhabitants. You must let Riven become your world— before an entire world is lost.

 

Experience the beauty of Riven, released in 1997, featuring the original point-and-click gameplay style, with almost five thousand images and over three hours of full motion video.

Copyright © 1997 - 2025 Cyan Worlds, Inc. All rights reserved.

Goodies
manual (18 pages)
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
Recommended system requirements:

This game is powered by ScummVM.

Recommended system requirements:

This game is powered by ScummVM.

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DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
9.5 hMain
12 h Main + Sides
13 h Completionist
10.5 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Adventure - FPP - Puzzle
Tags:
Adventure, Indie, Story Rich, Atmospheric, Exploration, show 12 more... Classic, Puzzle, First-Person, Casual, Great Soundtrack, Point&Click, Mystery, Logic, Surreal, Good Old Game, Steampunk, FMV
Works on:
Windows (10, 11), Mac OS X (12+)
Release date:
{{'1997-11-30T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Company:
Cyan Worlds / Cyan Worlds
Size:
5.6 GB
Links:
Forum discussion
Game features
Cloud saves
Controller support
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
Deutsch
audio
text
español
audio
text
français
audio
text
italiano
audio
text
polski
audio
text
русский
audio
text
日本語
audio
text
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What improvements we made to this game:
Update (13 November 2024)
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
  • Verified Cloud Saves support
Internal Update (19 April 2022)
  • [WIN] Removed Launcher_Riven.exe from the build due to various false positive AV triggers
SVM update3 (30 July 2018)
  • Fix for missing page in Gehn's journal in the localized versions
  • Fix for crash when using the D'ni numbering system game in Jungle island in the localized versions
  • Fix for missing credits after the ending video in the Polish version
  • Enabled bilinear filtering by default. This results in pixels being less visible at the cost of the loss of some detail. Users seem to prefer to have it enabled. Advanced users can use the Ctrl-Alt-F shortcut to enable / disable it at will
  • Fix for an escape key spamming issue
  • Fix for where Polish is showing a white screen before the credits play
  • Fix for where Spanish is hitting a crash on the first bad ending
Internal Update (2 July 2018)
  • [WIN] Fixed issue with game not starting correctly until language selector has been used at least once
  • [WIN] Language can now be chosen during install (offline setup) or via Galaxy. Language setup was not removed, allowing offline users to change game language without reinstalling
  • [WIN] Changing language will now apply to ScummVM GUI as well
  • [WIN] Filtering has been disabled in default configuration
Internal Update (6 June 2018)
  • [WIN] Tweaked default ScummVM configuration
Update (18 December 2017)
  • Moved Riven to ScummVM support
IMPORTNANT NOTE:
  • In order to load you previous DVD saves, they need to be located in game main folder and renamed as following: riven-000.rvn, riven-001.rvn, etc.
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User reviews

Posted on: June 13, 2011

yellowpebble

Verified owner

Games: 389 Reviews: 22

Couldn't get into it

Gave up after about half an hour. I think this game has aged very badly indeed. At the time of release its main draw was its graphics, which now look terrible. Panning up and down is particularly ugly. I managed to progress to the second island without finding anything that really interested me.

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Posted on: February 16, 2012

cpvon

Verified owner

Games: 8 Reviews: 1

Not Compatible with Vista

I wanted so badly to play this game again. Unfortunately I couldn't even install the thing. There is some support under the Support tab - read through that before you buy this game. Otherwise you will be as frustrated as I am.

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Posted on: April 17, 2013

pamelamuffett

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Games: 11 Reviews: 1

not "mac friendly"

"mac friendly" is not mac friendly

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Posted on: December 25, 2010

trevorlantry

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Games: 5 Reviews: 1

Install fail

It takes forever for the installer to show up and it says that there is a file missing and it is trying to rename a file for some reason.

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Posted on: September 8, 2010

marcoss

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Games: 2 Reviews: 1

Suspiscius.Pythia

Everytime I tried to load this game I get a virus warning about suspicious pythia and the the menus.dll file can't be found.

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