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Game2014
Return to Mysterious Island
Developer Kheops Studio
Return to Mysterious Island is a 2004 graphic adventure game developed by Kheops Studio and published by The Adventure Company. Based on Jules Verne's 1875 novel The Mysterious Island, the game casts the player as Mina, a shipwrecked woman forced to survive on an uncharted island. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
196 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 21, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
LovedLoved
142 positive · 48 negative
95% range 68–80%
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| Steam reviews | 142 | 48 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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6 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
400 of 479 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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Reactions
60 of 196 · most liked firstPay no attention to my Steam Playtime. It won't run in Steam. (More on that in a second). This game is an absolute masterpiece for point and clicks in my opinion. A Solid 9.5/10. But there is a major flaw. For a lot of people, this game won't run. I have figured out a workaround for this: Few things you have to do here depending on your OS; but all are collectively here. 1. Right click the game in your Steam Library and select "Properties". Select the "Local Files" tab and click "Verify…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Myst meets Jules Verne's Mysterious Island, a match made in heaven. Does "Return to Mysterious Island" live up to these two great pieces of work? Short answer is: Yes! It's 2014 now and it's been over 10 years since this game was released on PC, and then re-released on MacOS four years later. Created by Kheops Studio an indie company and published by The Adventure Company back in 2004 and now finally in 2014 available to buy on Steam. Kheops Studio is a game company that primary makes puzzle…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ah yes, the game in which Michael Jackson and his pet monkey go on an adventure in a mysterious exotic island, a classic. I remember playing this game as a kid, no receding hairline and no fungi in my feet, those were the days. One of the best adventure games ever made. Played it multiple times, and it never fails to get me all immersed. The base of the game are puzzles you have to solve to progress the story, from finding food to making equipment to escape the island. I absolutely loved the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought this game a couple of years ago and it never worked. Made an enquiry and never heard back from anyone. Just looked again to see if any update patches had been made available within the last couple of years and nothing. Looking at the comments on the discussion board for this game, there are lots of people who have been unable to play this game due to bugs. Why sell games here if they are not up to scratch and unplayable?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Return to Mysterious Island is one of the better point-and-click adventures I've played in recent memory. The first person aspect really shines with its 3D scenes and ability to look around in every direction. The sheer number of inventory items and MacGyver-like gameplay made it a treat to figure out all the different puzzles. The story is engaging and intriguing, plus the graphics are reasonably attractive. This is a soundly enjoyable game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot of fun. No pixel hunting. No stupid combinations of items. and MULTIPLE ways to complete various tasks based on real science and thoughtfulness. Super fun.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Return to Mysterious Island is a point-and-click adventure in which you CAN die. *** Girl gets stranded on an island. Girl uses local stuff and lots of creativity to get by until she's rescued. Girl makes monkey friend. That is pretty much all that happens in RtMI 1 but the game is something like a rite of passage you have to go through before you get to the really good stuff (RtMI 2 obviously). This isn't to say it's a bad game but it isn't a great one either. Story-wise it's pretty thin, the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is terrible I just started playing it today i started then it said "use the right mouse button to access interface" and so I pressed it.... crashes the game every time and pressing the escape button just makes it show the version nothing else shows up and theres nothing you can do to get out of it. 0/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →8.4/10 - If you love Jules Verne this game won’t disappoint. -----> Can't run game through steam; Time played is completely off. =( This is an 360 degree point and click that takes place of Jules Verne's Mysterious Island. It took some effort to be able to get everything running but once I did it was quite enjoyable! The puzzles take quite a bit of thinking, there are often 20+ items that you have to carefully craft together to achieve your objective. Just take your time, and figure out the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game Crashes on startup and no dev support. There's posts in the forums all with the same issue, Game Does Not Start. I tried all the fixes suggested and NOTHING works. STAY AWAY from this game unless you want to throw your money away. I bought this without checking forums because the reviews were Mostly Positive, that was a mistake. Check for yourselves about all the No Start problems. This Game Is DOA!!! Win 7 Pro
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a very good pc. This game keeps crashing to desktop and does not work. Every work around tried and it still does it. If you have a newer PC do not waste your time/money on this game. I have played this a long time ago I used to own it on disk when it first came out and it is good if you have a windows xp PC but until they put out a new compatibility patch for newer versions of windows I do NOT recommend this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am a 55 year old biker and trucker father, and probably one of the oldest people playing this game. I am a single father to my Son, who is 15 now. My son got this game for from his uncle, so we installed it on his computer and he started playing. By the end of the week he had 12 hours on this game. This was horrible for me, as it was already hard for me to find ways to spend time with my son, as he is always out with his friends or just watching YouTube. So i decided to make a Steam account…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A sweet and engaging little game, with just enough challenge to keep your brain working and some cool places to explore. If the plot is a little far-fetched, well, that's a computer game, right? Graphics are excellent, and the music is lovely; acting and writing both work very well. Puzzles are of the constructing-a-battery-out-of-lemon-juice variety. There are very few timed puzzles, and those aren't difficult, even for fumble-fingered players like me. No violence or anything else…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Nostalgic Adventure This game is a nostalgic trip back to my childhood.♥ ✯intro If you enjoy puzzle-solving to gather food or create equipment to escape an island, this is the game for you. The inventory system is exceptionally well-designed, once you play it you'll get what I mean. + the flexibility in crafting. ✯any negatives? Occasionally, there's an earthquake effect that can cause headaches or dizziness (at least for me), which can be a bit off-putting. Additionally, the introduction…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kheops Studio classic rightfully famous for its inventory system. Still holds up its ability to placate a bit of adventure nostalgia, still got that island charm. If Monsier Verne was alive today, perhaps, he’d like to get to know Mina – a solo seafarer with a penchant for exploration and a positive, Disney princess-like comment for just about anything she comes across. I’ll spare you the words I’d personally use if I were to be shipwrecked alone on an island with strange tremors, odd visions,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*Playing this on my Steam Deck* I remember this game since I was a kid! SO much fun and really have to use your mind to figure things out. Great visuals :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Return to Mysterious Island is a 3D first person view-point and click, heavily inspired by Myst and other similiar games previously made by the Adventure Company, Cyan and Microids. You manually walk around different levels/scenes as there's no free movement. The story is simple, you're a castaway on an island and you need to get home. Eventually you find references to Captain Nemo and his submarine The Nautilus, as this game is very Jules Vernes-inspired. While the puzzles can be interesting…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It took me some time to make it work on windows 7. First - there is terrible lag. You see everything doubled when you try to move and it has maybe 2fps. To fix it - you have open your graphics card controls and disable v-sync for RtMI.exe Now, when you got rid of nausea - time to turn on some basic functions... like save and load xD You have to go to game main catalog on steam and create folder named "Users". That brings back save and load, gallery and allows you to save settings. And if you…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The good Devilishly challenging Rewards thinking outside the box Decent graphics and effects Sense of achievement as you move onward Tells a reasonable story Good use of Verne's source material The bad Some pixel hunting involved A few puzzles and inventory combinations are illogical Easy to get stuck
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game doesn't work on Windows 10 nor on 64 bit systems...and I don't know if my system is 64 bit.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY IF RUNNING A 64-BIT SYSTEM, Game will NOT work, no matter what I have tried,it all failed
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NOTE: I figured out how to get this game to play after its latest update. For some reason I can play this game if I install it, then uninstall it & reinstall it after quitting. Now about the game itself: This game is quite short. I enjoyed most of it, though some of the puzzles are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, mostly due to the age of the graphics can make some of the puzzle items hard to find. I feel like this game is too short to recommend, Braid or Myst would be better choices. Sadly this game received an…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We are LIVE! Playing the super niche game Return to Mysterious Island! Come say hi~! www.twitch.tv/opalreflecti... #twitch #puzzlegame #puzzle #vtuber
unlabelledView post →This game crashes 90% of the time when I try to launch it. Last time it made my entire computer unusable until I figured out how to kill it. The game was almost able to keep me from using my computer's task manager. STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. I've played it before and I'm playing it again. Really addictive with great puzzles to enjoy.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Get to know me: Game Edition! - First Game: Return to Mysterious Island; - Last Game: Overfield; - Favourite Game: Ghostrunner / Myst / Riven / Dishonored / Soma / Bioshock; - Worst Game: some gacha I've played, idk; - Game I've Played Most: Sims or genshin - Most Surprising: Ghostrunner ⬇️⬇️⬇️
unlabelledView post →I REALLY loved this game years ago. Unfortunately, it no longer works on modern systems. I have tried everything suggested in the discussions to fix this issue, but it doesn't work. EDIT: Even installed a virtual XP machine that worked for Journey to the Moon, but this game ran way too fast. Unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great Game but don't work on windows 10!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →-Recommended Title- Return to Mysterious Island is a good, fun game. Yeah it's slightly dated now, but I found the gameplay interesting and challenging. The graphics are ok, as is the sound. I haven't played back through, so, I cant comment on the replayability value. Once the storyline is done, it's done, in my books. I picked up RTMI in a steam sale - $4.99. It's worth the money at that price. No performance issues were encountered - running on an Windows 8.1 Laptop. 6.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Classic game. Nostalgia.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I remember first playing this game as one of the very first experiences on an old pc that my parents owned. The puzzles were difficult then and still are now for me at least. I love the sketched artwork scenes and the sense of mystery that sets in the further you progress into the game. My only negative feedback was that it refused to work on my newer PC and the only way I could play it was on my Steam Deck. 10/10 would recommend to any point-click puzzle genre player.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A lot of the negative reviews mention how this game didn't work. I didn't have this issue, it worked fine. It's just not game for me. I find the mechanics and puzzles tedious.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game doesn't work, after trying hours to get the game running nothing worked. Ended up soft freezing my computer with the white screen to the point of having to do a full shutdown. A shame considering its a fun puzzle game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is my childhood game, i want to play it so bad but the game is sped up so fast that when you get to the monkeys theres no way to hit them all in time. please fix, i used to play this game as a kid and am so sad its unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A wonderful return to nostalgia for those who like traditional point-and-click adventure games. I personally prefer not being able to freely walk between environments, and being railroaded to pre-rendered environments stops me from getting too distracted.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is why i don't like steam you sells games like this that don't work at all on most systems and don't care. all i see is people saying the game won't lunch it crash on start up yet steam is still selling it i have sat here for 3hr trying to get it to work and nothing im getting a refund and i hope they fix this problem because this game was really fun when i played it 7 years ago
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Return to Mysterious Island is a very fun, albeit short, 3D point-and-click adventure title with a nice classic atmosphere and multiple ways to solve the puzzles. As a 15-year-old game, it still holds up, even visually (it might require some tinkering to work on newer systems, though). The focus on inventory and logic puzzles is very welcome - every solution makes sense, and the gameplay is not padded out by annoying mini-games, which were popular for the genre back in the day. The music is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a really good adventure point & click game. Its graphics and textures are really well made for a game of that time. Gameplay wise, there's nothing to say about it, it is just a simple good point & click game,. It will let your creativity out by wondering what's possible and what's not, lot of thinking. Unlike many point & click game, this one has great puzzles that makes sense in the game, some of them will take lot of thinking compare to some. I played this game back when it was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game runs completely fine on Win7 64, I don't know what all the negative reviews are about saying that it doesn't run This is a great throwback to the point & click puzzle games like Myst & Riven. You play Mina, a shipwrecked traveller, forced to survive on a mysterious island with nothing but your wits and what you can find/create. I really liked the multiple item combinations you can use to solve the puzzles as it keeps things interesting. Gameplay: 8/10 Graphics: 8/10 Puzzle…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is not the best choice of castaway game, in fact, it might be the worst. 1- you cant move 2- the controls are messed 3-the story sucks 4-terrible voice acting and 5- the puzzles are too easy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Return to Mysterious Island" by Kheops studios. Basically, a regular point and click game but with non-linear structure. You could have different ways of doing certain things there. I wouldn't call this game super special, but I definitely remember liking it a lot.
unlabelledView post →it's tedious! i feel like i missed a fair share of game content and puzzles, but i don't want to replay. my mouse was sooo slow at times... and options for solving puzzles were confusing. no sorting of the inventory drived me mad. i don't even know how i finished, felt too fast. I like puzzle games. They can look terrible, but if they have a compelling narration - i'm in love. No comprehensive story here, besides being based on Jules Verne (who I've never read) the graphics is great for its…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game!! I adore old PC point and click adventure games so this one really hit the spot! Unfortunately tho.. I had to continue playing this outside of steam and open the game with just the .exe file because opening it from Steam the 2nd time I tried to play again after a break, it completely crashed every time! Maybe dont get it on Steam to be safe!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →https://youtu.be/gmSXxyqqc9s Stranding the hungriest person ever on an island is an odd way to start a game that often relies on moon logic to solve puzzles.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I LOVE THIS GAME ITS SO GOOD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was Return to Mysterious Island (2004) by Kheops Studio. Very nice point and click adventure game roughly based on Jules Verne's novel, but we are in a modern time. I remember that it was my first ever game, and that it was a very good day!
unlabelledView post →For me it was "Return to Mysterious Island" by Microids when I was a kid. The game was on CD (like all games back in that time) but I loved it so much. I think I fell in love with adventure, quest games starting from that moment. I still very much enjoy a good adventure game when I can find one.
unlabelledView post →A bit revealing of my age, but I remember playing this as a kid. I had the physical CD-ROM of it, and didn't progress very far, but I still remember it fondly. I didn't realize how much of an impact/imprint this game made in my memory until I started it up again via Steam a few years ago, and began reciting the voice lines. This game is very much, in my opinion, a classic point-and-click mystery/adventure game. It has an interesting storyline, nice music, and really nicely designed art,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An Extraordinary quest based on "The Mysterious Island" by J. Verne. Find yourself in the fantastic fable of The Lincoln's Island... and ,eventually, don't forget to check your back from time to time. The Island seems to be an empty land but it's only from the first observation...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →II purchased the bundle of Return to mystery island and part 2 the part 2 downloaded and can be played, but the original game is messed up and wont play. I need to have it removed and reloaded please.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unique and interesting concept for a game, playthrough still enjoyable in 2024, great fun for fans of the Myst series. Can get confusing in the late game due to the many different ways to complete singular tasks (leaving you with a lot of unused items in your inventory by the end), but this adds to its replayability. Great game for kids, my brother and I used to play this over and over.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Return to Mysterious Island (2004) is a point-and-click adventure game based on Jules Verne's 1875 novel The Mysterious Island. This game does not work well on Windows 10 with AMD GPU's (in my case). Gameplay is fine, but the UI (user interface) is impossible to play with, therefore you cannot progress. If I could actually see what I'm clicking, and see my inventory, that would be a different story. 1/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stars received: 1.5/10 _ Note: v.6 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions [0.2] Controls & Training & Help [0.1] Menu & Settings [0.1] Sound & Music [0.3] Graphics [0.2] Game Design Game Story [0.3] Game Content [0.3] Completion time (level/game)? is it Enjoyable & Fun? Could it hold a spot in Favorites? (& if the Game can be repeatedly played again) BONUS point: Multi-Player related BONUS point: Review for VR - if Registration is required with providing PII [No = Categorical] - is it…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I bought this game the first time in 2006 and got about 15 min into it, then gave up. I bought it on steam a few years later and again, got 15 min into it, then quit. I finally finished it now, 16 years later, with the help of a walkthrough. I think one of the problems with this game is that it's not intuitive and there's no way to know what to do next, so you end up just randomly guessing things which isn't a lot of fun. It's also short (but again, maybe that's because I used a walkthrough).…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game! Beautiful graphics, interesting story. It felt like going on holiday when playing it during lockdown. Fantastic!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I used to play this game when I was younger, so I do favour this game due to nostalgia reasons but that aside I absolutely adore this game its such a fun, relaxed click and point adventure game and I've tried to find many like this since and in my opinion none of them get as good as this! The story is incredibly fascinating to me and it has room for you to do your own thing and just explore obviously with a set island adventure story line about great adventures and captain nemo...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's rock solid!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Is this game good? Yes, I liked it. There are alternatives to each puzzle so you don't need to figure the one single magic recipe. VA is good, graphics are nice etc. But, IT DOESN'T WORK. And not just for me, just check the Steam forums. I had to get the game "by other means" and even then had to configure it a ton. At that point why am i even paying. Great game, horrible port. Don't buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very fun interactive game. It could be completed in different ways, which is really exciting, especially if you play it more than once.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →at one point is literally impossible to advance without a walkthrough and is really short.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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