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URU: Complete Chronicles
Developer Cyan Worlds, Inc.
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is an adventure video game developed by Cyan Worlds and published by Ubisoft. Released in 2003, the title is the fourth game in the Myst canon. Departing from previous games of the franchise, Uru takes place in the modern era and allows players to customize their onscreen avatars. Players use their avatars to explore the abandoned city of an ancient race known as the D'ni, uncover story clues… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
239 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Oct 7, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
74
Fresh
112 positive · 39 negative
95% range 67–80%
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| Steam reviews | 112 | 39 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
88 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
149 of 194 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 239 · most liked firstAwesome game. I played this back in its release year. I'm not sure if that was a good choice though, because of my age at the time, I looked at a bunch of walkthroughs, and therefore spoiled a bunch. :P Regardless, even after being 10 (11 for non-expansion) years old. This is still by far one of my top 5 favourite games of all time! The reason I don't have many play hours is because... well, I've played it a hundred times over before it even came to Steam. :P This game has many many abstract…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →URU: Complete Chronicles, how to begin? Well: Did you play/like Myst or any of its sequels? Did you feel like a genius when you finally solved a puzzle? Did you beat it without using a guide? Don't worry if you didn't play all or even most of them, as URU only has small shout outs to these games. However, you should be at least familiar with how these games work. To answer the questions: No, you don't need to have played or liked the other games but if you haven't at least played…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →URU. You are you. This should have been given a proper chance as an online game. No violence, just puzzles and community. Alas, it wasn't to be, and we were given this instead. Beautifully made and wonderfully told, it's a worthy addition to the Myst series. But it could've been so much more if Cyan Worlds had been given the chance.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Because it came up on Game Mess this mornings: During the making of Uru, Cyan did something called Triple Thursdays, where they ate triple foods (It has since been corrected that they usually did triple-shot mocha rather than triple-scoop ice cream)
unlabelledView post →If you liked the Myst Games this is just is good as them
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This version of the game has all online content stripped from it, and so it feels huge and empty and the KI doesn't work properly. The story mode is intact, but D'ni won't make any sense without other people to explore with. You'll also need to download some patches off the internet to make it playable on newer PCs (ie. HD resolutions and EAX support). Just download the free-to-play version off the official MOULa website.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you like walking around using the arrow/WASD keys? Do you like to ocassionally run and jump? Do you like to press buttons that make awesome things happen? Do you like puzzles so precisely crafted, so ingeniously designed, so mind bogglingly brilliant that... That... OH GOD THIS GAME IS SO GOOD. ITS FREE. Go to MO:UL website. Download it. FREE. NOW. PLAY IT. DO IT. There is a level containing a TIME MACHINE. It's called The path of the Shell. PLAY IT. Go and have your MIND BLOWN.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →hahaha YES I finally beat the marker missions in Uru Live for the first time. The most tedious busywork in the game, but now it's done (completing the last mission in 12 seconds was a bug)
unlabelledView post →This an Uyu Monk with his Mokdori. Uyu monks dedicate their life to the taming of Uru, the monsters in our monster taming game. They live in temple cities beyond the reach of most in the Land of Ur. Mokdori is the base form of Dolmok. It has two blowholes on it's helmet like crest. #gamedev #art #게임
unlabelledView post →Uru Summary A walking simulator with Myst linking books, some very confusing puzzles and an impenetrable plot. Buy it if you care more about staring at the visuals than plot or puzzles, or if you want to experience the entirety of Myst (good and bad). Either way, be prepared to put up with a lot of glitches. (If you start clipping through things, reboot the game and it should be fixed.) Swerve it if the plot and puzzles are crucial to your enjoyment. (Note that Steam can't accurately track…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the old Uru from 2004 worked fine on computers of that time, Uru:CC has at least 12 persistent game breaking bugs that you can only overcome by sheer luck (i.e. opened doors not usable, ladders not working, animations breaking, clipping through floors and platforms). You don't want to play this. Instead go to the developer's website and download "Myst Online: Uru Live again" (MO:ULa) for free (no additional cost). It's hosted by Cyan Worlds (the developers of Uru) and maintained by fans.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Massive number of empty seats at #ksa v #uru. FIFA should be fucking embarrassed to have a quarter of the stadium empty for any world cup game.
unlabelledView post →A new area was rolled out today for Uru Live, the Myst spinoff MMO that turned 20 last week. This is the most people I've ever seen in-game. Even 20 years later, the game can barely handle this
unlabelledView post →BTW: since November 2023, the Fall of D'ni Memorial Island (Bahn'tefoonet) has been released to @cyan.com Myst Online: Uru Live (again). You can access it from the Chiso Preniv age. It's my first fan age project for the game and it was a collaboration with @kohtlyr.bsky.social. #MOULa #Uru #Myst
unlabelledView post →Gahreesenの『The Wall』ゲーム（Myst Online ˸ Uru Live） The Wall game from Gahreesen in Myst Online ˸ Uru Live World: Gahreesen Wall Author: Opcode_ vrchat.com/home/world/w... #VRChat #VRChatPhotography #VRChat_world紹介
unlabelledView post →If you've followed the Myst franchise, I would highly recommend this game. (It's still fun to play if you haven't, but will make much more sense if you know the backstory.) The puzzles are on par with the earlier games, but have somewhat more emphasis on parkour, as you'd expect from a free-world game. The worlds are generally rich and challenging, with strong non-linear gameplay. Fantastic soundtrack and high replay value, too! There are few downsides or glitches. Few enough that I can list…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Uru is offically in-game, and naturally: I had to give her a title.
unlabelledView post →TLDR A potentially interesting spin-off of the Myst series, plagued by poor controls, ill-designed puzzles, and having its development cut short. [8/20⭐, 34h🏅, 5/5💡] Context Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is a spin-off of the [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/macwh/recommended/63660/]Myst series, being the first in the series to introduce free-roaming (except for the [url=https://steamcommunity.com/id/macwh/recommended/244430/]realMyst remake) and thus being heavier on action-based puzzles. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow, this is absolute garbage. I'm sure the devoted fanbase loves it, but after finishing Myst 1-4 this is ... this is horrible. The controls are the biggest negative. Controlling your character is just a chore. I dont understand why you cant strafe left and right while just walking/running. The camera kept being problematic with constant rubberbanding whenever I try to look to the left or right quickly in first person. I read the reviews, I decided I should stick with it till I at…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Uru: Complete Chronicles is a better and more coherent standalone game than Uru Live. But at this point, if you want to experience what Uru is/was, it's tough to argue against the online version
unlabelledView post →This game is awful. This is nothing like Myst. I've only completed the base game so far (there is some bug prevent Steam from accurately tracking my time played) but my experience is so painfully negative, that I'm hesitant to play the expansion worlds. I think this is the first Steam purchase I've truly regretted. Myst is a heavily story-driven franchise. Yes, fundamentally it's a puzzle game, but there's backstory to be learned through reading journals in every previous game. Critically,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I gave up on this game almost immediately. I struggled with the controls so much, it felt like hours despite being mere minutes. What I did see of the game was beautiful and if it's like the other games Cyan puts out, it probably has a great story, but with the difficulties manipulating camera angles and walking (and running), it was a non-starter for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best game ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a hard time recommending this but it has moments when it will blow your mind like no other game can. This is the ultimate cult game, repellant to all but the most diehard fans of Myst. It's a picture of dysfunctional brilliance that awes the player with it's original ideas but flubs the most basic game design principles. This is a game that you will want to play without a walkthrough but it will likely end up being impossible. Having to resort to the walkthrough really will dampen the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finishing up panel stuff and you gotta hear the theme song Gainax commissioned (from the Rez composers!) in 1998 when Yamaga's like "we have more money than god, we're doing Uru in Blue the PS1 game now! I'm writing 7 novels before we make this anime!" and then the tax evasion thing happens lol
unlabelledView post →Hear HLLLYH's (fka the Mae Shi) fun new single "Uru Buru" (and their stab at some video game music)
unlabelledView post →Games of exploration and adventure should encourage players to do this! I'm not sure if this is still a thing but for a LONG time the Uru community ran in-game photography contests
unlabelledView post →Myst was the first game I remember having on PC I literally just finished re-playing them all and just discovered Cyan are keeping Uru Online servers up.
unlabelledView post →Followed by Myst 4 Revelation, URU, and then Myst 5. Yes, the fifth Myst game is the sixth in the series. Damn I need a new copy of the Myst books though. It's been a long time since I read them.
unlabelledView post →Anime IP's I'd like to see: Record of Lodoss War El-Hazard Other Game IPs: Rusty Lake Untitled Goose Game Viewfinder (I would cry again, damn it) Myst/URU
unlabelledView post →Some older #Myst things hehe, I've caught the Uru bug again... was gonna start playing around with the engine last year before things went downhill; this year I'd love to play right through Uru (and maybe End of Ages & Obduction) and perhaps give making a map through Korman a proper go!
unlabelledView post →Very atmospheric game in the vein of Myst/Riven (by the same people), but it's full real-time 3D.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sadly, I cannot recommend this game. I enjoyed all the Myst games, plus Obduction, so I thought I would like this one. It starts out OK with a little bit of story and some puzzles to solve before you can move on to the hub area from which you launch all of your explorations. There is a little bit more story to read about at the hub, but once you proceed into any of the environments you don't get any more story, at least that I could find. I ran into constant crashing problems in the mushroom…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the Myst games, and I loved URU when it came out, but I can't recommend this. It doesn't support widescreen resolutions, and my save spontaneously disappeared after 3 hours of progress.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Size game stuff that has stuck with me: In an RPG game Uru made, there's an event where you have to run back and forth between a girl's nipples. Since you are moving the screen doing this, you can't really tell that you're slowly shrinking (the map is expanding) while the event is happening 1/2
unlabelledView post →Unoxi continues to develop. I'm sure a lot of puzzle fans have heard of or player Uru: Myst Online (Which I believe is now free to download and play). But one of the most inspiring areas in that game, for me, is the age Gahreesen (Spoilers to follow):
unlabelledView post →Any MYST game where you visit D’ni, and especially Uru, takes place in New Mexico.
unlabelledView post →The world of Teledahn in the game Uru (part of the Myst series) is a big mushroom forest/swamp. The Myst series takes a lot of inspiration from Jules Verne so I wouldn't be surprised if there was a connection there.
unlabelledView post →playing 2025's hottest game Myst Online: Uru Live and getting into important conversations
unlabelledView post →Quoteskeet with a game that's nostalgic for you Myst was one of the first games I ever played, and the whole series hold a special place in my memories, but Uru really inspired my imagination like none of the others did. It raised so many questions, and I wish it had been a more successful game
unlabelledView post →I can only recommend this on the basis that if you are a Myst fan, then this is an interesting (if not infuriating) addition to the set. I did not enjoy the departure from a fundamental rule that "linking books remain when used"... and how Uru introduced this hip-book that came with you. It broke all the rules, of all the prior stories, and basically the whole of so many great situations in the canon... that I honestly don't know why they decided on it. Anyway, as a game, it was fun enough…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game to followthrough on the nostalgia of playing the demo of this game. There's a real sense of exploration that quickly fades after the introductory novelty passes by. The scenery is beautiful, even for 2018, but the puzzle design is incredibly tedious. It only gets more tedious in Path of the Shell, and I had to break down and use a guide several times. The puzzles are incredibly difficult because of the amount of time it expects you to spend warping in and out of each region,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Brillient game puzzels can be hard but keep at it you will learn alot about how thay think and how to solve the puzzels a place called the libary has alot of the awsers on the walls
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For its time perhaps this was an interesting game, tho I don't even remember it being advertised... I certainly love the first two myst titles and was quite willing to depart from the myst formula a bit to try 3rd person modern blending etc. but: a) the controls are insane and jumping around just doesn't work, so you get insanely frustrated b) the whole thing seems like a big WoW fetch-quest with no xp reward... you're finding these 7 cloth banners in every area and I don't feel like playing…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →URU is a great puzzle / brain teaser game with rich environments. It really doesn’t matter if you are a long time Myst fan like I am or a first timer URU will challenge and amaze you beyond belief.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alright, going to try to push myself to retry streaming on Twitch starting at noon EST (1 hour and 25 minutes from the time of this post). This test run will see me trying out URU, the one game in the Myst franchise I hadn't played back in the day.
unlabelledView post →So! It's been a bit, mainly cuz of stuff related to the pinned post, but this ain't about that! On Thursday, Nov. 13th, at 8:00 PM EST, I'll be live with @kharne83.bsky.social for an older game, but one I love to absolute bits, Uru: Ages Beyond Myst! See y'all then!
unlabelledView post →Hot take: Riven is of course my favorite Myst Game, but Myst isn’t my second. Uru is. There is just something really special about this one.
unlabelledView post →The lore iceberg is unfathomable.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game ONLY IF you are fine with being really slow (even running is slow), battling glitches and game design that is far below present day standards. For getting stuck I STRONGLY recommend using hints (Universal Hint System is a great resource), because 1) some puzzles are really far-fetched 2) often your actions trigger changes that are far and not visible/audible to you at all 3) glitches happen 4) sometimes the solutions are so elaborate that you need to do every step…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The collectible creatures in our monster taming game are called "Ur". Two Uru for plural. But I'm always wondering if I should call them "Urumon" to make it straight away clear what they are. Then again, I lived through the whole Digimon vs Pokemon time as a kid.
unlabelledView post →i can't read cursive please help oh my god aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely the most challenging game from Cyan of all time for me and spent the most time pushing though for complete as with Myst
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wow! What a well made and large game! So complex and so true to the Myst form. Buy the Cyan Complete Pack to get this game and ALL of the other greats, even their good old kids games! Such rich textures, colours and you can run through the ages now at full speed!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →*tries to watch the URU-CPV game* *keeps getting distracted by how pretty Rodrigo Betancur is*
unlabelledView post →Geez replaying Uru has made me really miss this genre of game where you just wander around, soak up the vibes and lore, solve an occasional puzzle, ponder the occasional mystery
unlabelledView post →Got up to some gaming with hubby and Kid2 tonight. We started off with a very close game of Railroad Ink. We were then defeated by Uru-Enchanted Iron Man commander with his War of the Frost Giants scheme in Legendary Marvel #boardgames
unlabelledView post →Having fond memories of this game during its earlier years, I decided recently to rekindle that past time. Much of what I remember oozes with nostalgic vibes, though some specific aspects of its age have certainly not boded well for it. An example would be a lack of high resolution support particularly in widescreen formats, bare in mind this game was made when CRT monitors were a thing, what's more there is one notifiable glitch in the ( Gahressen Age) where you have to cross a bridge to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Despite being quite different from the Myst games, Uru still is a respectable and fun adventure game that has some of the style of Myst while having a few changes that makes it unique. The first major difference one finds in Uru from the Myst games is the ability to create a character, as well as the ability to play in a third-person mode. Further differences and changes, including a customizable “home base,” fun secrets, and collectibles does make Uru repayable. Like most puzzles from Myst,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this because *nostalgia* which is usually a terrible reason to buy games as my memories of them are always so much better than the now aging corpses of what was once cutting edge and is now sadly dated. Some of the time of course you can see past it, or they have aged well, sadly in URU this isn't the case. The thing is if you're buying this for nostalgia reasons you pretty much don't need a review. If you're coming at this for any other reasons though I wouldn't recommend it. It hasn't…
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