page_title: Cyan Worlds
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Cyan Worlds / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Cyan Worlds' main entrance in Spokane, Washington. Taken in the summer of 2004, by Ellen Rockett.
context_page_description: Cyan, Inc., also known as Cyan Worlds, Inc., is an American video game developer. Founded as Cyan Productions by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller in 1987, the company is best known as the creator of the Myst series. The company is located in Mead, Washington, just outside Spokane.
  Myst was the best-selling video game of all time when it was released in 1993, and for several years afterwards, and it spawned several sequels including Riven and the massively multiplayer online adventure Myst Online: Uru Live. Before Myst, the company created family games including The Manhole. In 2016, they released the Kickstarter-funded game Obduction.
caption: Cyan Worlds front entrance
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