Return to Mysterious Island

First-person point-and-click adventure about surviving and solving island mysteries

Kheops Studio · Published by Microids · Released Mar 6, 2014

Reviews: Very Positive; 84% of 479
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 1; right now
Steam Deck: Playable
Last update: Unknown; no patch notes found

What is Return to Mysterious Island?

A first-person point-and-click adventure set on a Jules Verne-inspired island. As Mina, a stranded sailor, you explore, gather and combine items left by earlier inhabitants, and solve puzzles while seeking rescue and fending off a specter.

For you if...

+you enjoy first-person exploration and point-and-click puzzles
+you like combining found objects to solve island mysteries
+you appreciate illustrated scenes and a mysterious setting

Not for you if...

−you dislike difficult puzzles that require experimenting with items
−you prefer action over exploration and inventory puzzles

What players say

84% of 479 reviews are positive

Players praise the mysterious atmosphere, illustrated scenes, and old-school point-and-click play. Others find the puzzles confusing or tedious; recent players also report launch and save problems and animations running too fast.

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Return to Mysterious Island system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8
Processor: 1.8 GHz
Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended)
Memory: 512 MB RAM
Storage: 2 GB available space
DirectX: Version 7.1
Notes: 64-bit processors are not supported