Obduction (2016)

Cyan Worlds

Main
12
hours
Main + Extra
15
hours
Platinum
15
hours

From Cyan, the indie studio that brought you Myst and Riven comes a whole new adventure that will become your world. The new worlds of Obduction reveal their secrets only as you explore, coax, and consider them. And as you bask in the otherworldly beauty and explore through the enigmatic landscapes, remember that the choices you make will have substantial consequences. This is your story now.

About the story

"As you walk beside the lake on a cloudy night, a distant thunderclap demands your attention. A curious, organic artifact falls from the starry sky and inexplicably, without asking permission, transports you across the universe. You’ve been abducted from your cozy existence and added into an alien landscape with a stereotypical Kansas farmhouse, a white picket fence, and a rather bizarre little ghost town - well… almost ghost town. Adding to the oddity, you discover a strangely kluged kiosk that reassuringly welcomes you to Hunrath."

Platforms

iOS Mac Oculus Rift PC PS4 PSVR Steam VR Windows Mixed Reality XONE

Genres

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Puzzle

Themes

Fantasy Mystery Science fiction

Languages: English and 11 more

Interface Audio Subtitles
Portuguese (Portugal)
Portuguese (Brazil)
English
French
Italian
German
Spanish (Spain)
Russian
Chinese (Simplified)
Polish
Dutch
Turkish

Media

Critic Reviews

Area Xbox

By Sebastián Domínguez
78

Obduction is a silent game in which it is not explained. The basis for understanding what happens will be exploration. And the choices you make will have substantial consequences. Whether or not it is satisfactory will depend a lot on the type of player. Because it is truly a demanding game for you to understand its mechanics and logic. It is a long, difficult and slow game. A game that challenges the player in every aspect of their gameplay. I can recommend this game as long as you understand what you are going to face. It is a good game within its genre, but for that reason it is a heavy, complex and quite frustrating game.

23 Apr, 2020 Read full review

VGChartz

By Lee Mehr
70

Cyan’s latest is another confident puzzle adventure you can't help but appreciate—even if there's some Myst potential.

19 Apr, 2020 Read full review

WayTooManyGames

By Heidi Hawes
70

All in all, I really did enjoy my time with Obduction, even if there were a few issues that hampered the experience. It’s beautiful, fascinating, and creative. Although, the second half definitely slows down a lot due to huge backtracking sections and long loading times.

10 Apr, 2020 Read full review

Kinglink Reviews

By Kinglink Reviews
70

Has all the beauty and grandeur of Myst, with all the same flaws. An excellent experience though it’s only able to really be played through once, and can be frustrating, it still is a classic puzzler.

14 Sep, 2018 Read full review

PSX Brasil

By Matheus Ricardo Uihara Zingarelli
77

Obduction is a great first person puzzle game, developed by the makers of Myst, thus being a spiritual successor to this game. The player will find clever and challenging puzzles within a mysterious world that gradually reveals a dense and intriguing story, all of this followed by a great art direction, creating stunning and complex environments. Unfortunately, performance issues and lack of optimization bring constant stuttering and a long loading time, being a source of anger and frustration after some time. The delay in fixing these problems and bringing an expected update to the PSVR overshadows the many qualities of the game.

17 Dec, 2017 Read full review

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