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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.


⤏ Go to series page
Myst	1993
Riven	1997
realMyst	2000
Myst III: Exile	2001
Uru: Ages Beyond Myst	2003
Myst IV: Revelation	2004
Myst V: End of Ages	2005
Myst Online: Uru Live	2007
realMyst: Masterpiece Edition	2014
Myst (2021)	2021
Riven (2024)	2024

Key points

Press F4 to open the Pause Menu

Game works well on modern systems

General information

Official forums

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		SafeDisc v3 DRM^{[Note 1]}.
GOG.com		Uru: Complete Chronicles
Steam		Uru: Complete Chronicles Does not require the Steam client to run.

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).

Uru: Complete Chronicles comes with the base game and all its expansions

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Uru: To D'ni	Available for free.
Uru: The Path of the Shell

Essential Improvements

Beta Patch 1.1.4 for URU: Complete Chronicles^[3]

Allows widescreen without stretching.

the latest beta patch can be found in either this Cyan forum or pcgamingwiki.

As of December 29 2020, this is still newer than the Steam and GOG versions.

Game data

In-game general settings.

In-game advanced settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63650/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<path-to-game>\sav^{[Note 3]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/63650/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Launcher video settings.

Graphics feature	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution		For widescreen support without stretching, see Essential Improvements for the beta patch.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD		Even with Beta patch, 4k is not supported.
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)	See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
60 FPS and 120+ FPS

Input

In-game key map settings.

In-game control layout/settings.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Controller types

Audio

Launcher audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Settings only available in-game.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
EAX support

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
French
Polish				Local retail version only.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	8
Software renderer		Under "3D Hardware". `[REF]` denotes reference (no rendering, software mode), while `[HAL]` denotes hardware acceleration.
Shader Model support	1.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Havok
Audio	Speex
Interface	FreeType
Cutscenes	Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	98SE	2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium III 800 MHz AMD Athlon 800 MHz	Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	2.5 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce 256 ATI Radeon 7000 Intel Extreme 32 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible	Nvidia GeForce 3 ATI Radeon 8500

Notes

↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (63650) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
↑ https://forums.cyan.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=1587

[3] SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10^[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.^[2]

[Proton_path_note-5] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (63650) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (63650) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[gamedir-6] When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

[1] Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16

[2] Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16

[4] ttps://forums.cyan.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=1587

[Note 1]

[3]

[Note 2]

[Note 3]

[1]

[2]

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 {{ii}} Press {{Key|F4}} to open the Pause Menu
 {{++}} Game works well on modern systems
-{{--}} Only 4:3 resolutions are supported
 '''General information'''
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 {{DLC/row| Uru: To D'ni | Available for free. | Windows }}
 {{DLC/row| Uru: The Path of the Shell |  | Windows }}
+}}
+===Essential Improvements===
+{{fixbox|description=Beta Patch 1.1.4 for URU: Complete Chronicles|ref=<ref>https://forums.cyan.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=1587</ref>|fix=
+{{++}} Allows widescreen without stretching.
+* the latest beta patch can be found in either this [https://forums.cyan.com/viewtopic.php?f=83&t=1587 Cyan forum] or [https://community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/2079-uru-complete-chronicles-beta-patch/ pcgamingwiki.]
+{{ii}} As of December 29 2020, this is still newer than the Steam and GOG versions.
 }}
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 |ultrawidescreen wsgf award = unsupported
 |4k ultra hd wsgf award     = unsupported
-|widescreen resolution      = false
+|widescreen resolution      = true
-|widescreen resolution notes= Game only supports 4:3 or 5:4 resolutions up to 1280x1024.
+|widescreen resolution notes= For widescreen support without stretching, see [[#Essential_Improvements| Essential Improvements]] for the beta patch.
 |multimonitor               = false
 |multimonitor notes         =
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 |ultrawidescreen notes      =
 |4k ultra hd                = false
-|4k ultra hd notes          =
+|4k ultra hd notes          = Even with Beta patch, 4k is not supported.
 |fov                        = false
 |fov notes                  =

Developers

	Cyan Worlds
Engines
	Plasma Engine 2.0
Release dates
Windows	November 11, 2003
Reception
Metacritic	79