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Obduction
A new sci-fi adventure from Cyan, the creators of Myst. Abducted far across the universe, you find yourself on a broken alien landscape with odd pieces of Earth. Explore, uncover, solve, and find a way to make it home.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“This is probably the best game Cyan's made thus far. Usually Cyan games have two problems: the puzzles don't make sense in context (here, listen to wind chimes to unlock a space ship door because...reasons) or they are just too obtuse to ever logically figure out on your own…”
— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played“Great puzzle game with a good background story. It is a great continuation of the previous Myst games.”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“PUZZLES ARE NOT EVEN POSSIBLE WHEN USING A WALKTHROUGH. HUNDREDS OF REPEATIVE MOTIONS, EVEN WITH WALK THROUGH JUST TO PASS A SINGLE PUZZLE. NOT FUN. vERY SMALL PART OF GAME CAN BE DONE WITHOUT WALKTHROUGH. NO CLEAR DIRECTIONS TO ANYTHING.”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:13 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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Obduction is on sale for a historic 80% off!
Obduction is on sale for 80% off on Steam for the first time ever, as a part of the Winter sale! Grab it NOW before the discount ends!
Obduction chat with Rand Miller & Eric A. Anderson
At 12:15PM Pacific, we will debut a brand new chat between developers Eric A. Anderson and Rand Miller, talking about developing Obduction while playing it!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Adventure · Puzzle · Exploration · Indie · First-Person · Mystery · Surreal · VR · Walking Simulator · Atmospheric · Story Rich · Open World (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Supported · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://cyan.com/obduction |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 SP1 64 bit or newer Processor: CPU Intel i5-2500 equivalent or better Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 660 GTX w/1GB / AMD 7700 series w/1GB equivalent or better Storage: 20 GB available space VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC Additional Notes: For VR: NVIDIA 970 or AMD 480 (equivalent or greater)