The new iOS port will support iPhones and iPads with A12 Bionic chipsets and newer, so you can experience the mind-numbing frustration of turning dials and locating switches wherever you take your phone. Compatible iPhones include XS, XS Max, XR, and newer; the eighth-generation iPad, third-generation iPad Air, and fifth-generation and newer iPad Mini will also be supported.
Myst mobile ports have been around for quite some time. The Masterpiece edition with point-and-click graphics of the original has been around since 2000, then replaced by RealMyst, which included 3D graphics. This latest version of Myst was built for higher resolution screens and built using the Unreal Engine, which means everything looks a bit more photorealistic.
The download of the new version will be free and you will be able to play in the first location of the game, Myst Island, for as long as you want without paying anything. To explore any of the other locations, you’ll need to pay – the full version will cost $14.99.
If you were the type indoor child who spent countless hours solving inscrutable puzzles and clicking through game locations on their parents’ PC (hi, that’s me), then that’s 15 bucks pretty easy to justify. Cyan hasn’t provided an exact release date yet, so we’ll have to suck it for now.
