Myst III: Exile
Worth it · Narrative · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $5.99, the lowest Steam price we have tracked since Sep 2018.
- Length
- 7.7h 10.6h to 100%
- Value
- $0.78/hr
- Reviews
- 93% of 569 positive
Full price
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Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
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About the game
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...
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, 8 MB 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9, 4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS.
The value story
It has never been cheaper than $5.99. That was December 2020. 40 discounts in the 8 years on record, a median of 60 percent off across all of them, roughly 10 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, What Never Was (free, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Riven (1997) ($5.99, scores 78).
More about Myst III: Exile
Critics scored it 83. Players sit 10 points higher at 93 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
None of the 328 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to August 2026.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 7.7 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Players
- Players online
- 17 when we last checked, on Oct 3, 20:54 UTC
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Initially fun, and the true puzzles are engaging, if often easy. But anticipate frustration when you're trying to find a hidden path in a chaotic, visually muddy, and often inscrutable landscape. Plan on having to stop and look in a full 360 + vertical on each and every step of each and every featureless hallway-- all of which take 10-15 agonizing clicks to get through every time you go back and forth through them...
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
This is much harder than I would like. I'm playing this with another guy and we both agree that its much more difficult than we would like for it to be. Even working together, its pretty tough sledding.
While Myst III: Exile has some evocative environments, traversal can be a problem with unclear paths - especially for areas with more busy visuals, or when there are ladders that allow the player to descend. Beyond that, the puzzles contained in these environments generally aren't interesting enough to be worth the hassle.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).
Cite this score
Myst III: Exile scores 82/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/925930/myst-iii-exileReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.