{"id":1161964,"date":"2026-02-10T15:56:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uSnSnoT5iN4JbCKDaScR6G"},"modified":"2026-02-10T15:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T15:56:05","slug":"the-37-year-old-studio-behind-myst-and-riven-laid-off-roughly-half-of-its-staff-our-sincere-hope-is-to-continue-to-be-around","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-37-year-old-studio-behind-myst-and-riven-laid-off-roughly-half-of-its-staff-our-sincere-hope-is-to-continue-to-be-around\/","title":{"rendered":"The 37-year-old studio behind Myst and Riven laid off &#8216;roughly half&#8217; of its staff: &#8216;Our sincere hope is to continue to be around&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Less than a year after releasing its acclaimed <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/the-riven-remake-with-new-content-and-vr-support-in-unreal-engine-5-promises-an-homage-to-its-roots-and-a-leap-into-the-future\/\" target=\"_blank\">Riven<\/a> remake, Cyan Worlds announced last week that twelve of its employees were laid off in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:iadgviytp3kfxzxluqzlucwe\/post\/3llhcilutzi2s?ref_src=embed\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> on Bluesky.<\/p>\n<p>That represents around half of the studio according to the statement, which adds: &#8220;We are having to weigh the future health of our studio against the month-to-month realities of game development in 2025.&#8221; It says that leadership was &#8220;ultra-transparent&#8221; with employees about the state of the games industry and the &#8220;choppy waters&#8221; that led to these layoffs, and Cyan Worlds stated that &#8220;the news of a layoff was not a surprise to the team.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement was followed up by a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cyan.com\/post\/3llhcingbwb27\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> which lists the portion of affected staff who consented to having their info posted, with Cyan Worlds calling on &#8220;any fellow developers looking for world-class talent to reach out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lead visual designer at Cyan Worlds Claire Hummel responded to the news in a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shoomlah\/status\/1905679608894423147\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a> on X, saying &#8220;God this industry sucks right now. I&#8217;m not affected by this layoff, but a lot of absolutely amazing people were\u2014I&#8217;ve worked with this team for a year and a half now, and I&#8217;d write any one of them a glowing recommendation at the drop of a hat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I hate it. I hate it so much. \ud83d\udc94 https:\/\/t.co\/lwECjeeTok<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1905668705729564888\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Layoffs have plagued the games industry on an especially gut-wrenching scale in the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-impact-of-16000-games-industry-layoffs-in-one-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\">last several years<\/a>, and it sounds like Cyan Worlds has been hit particularly hard. The recent statement mentions its immediate priority is to &#8220;restabilize the studio,&#8221; and even though it&#8217;s one of the longest standing indies in the business, right now its &#8220;sincere hope is to continue to be around.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s hard to know how recent games Firmament and the Riven remake sold, though the former was crowdfunded on <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1252280491\/firmament\" target=\"_blank\">Kickstarter<\/a> and the latter received rave reviews, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/riven-remake-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">impressing<\/a> us at PC Gamer to the tune of a 90% review from contributor Kerry Brunskill. The remake of its most well-known game, Myst, just received a free <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/adventure\/youve-been-asking-and-weve-been-listening-myst-remake-adds-a-whole-new-world-to-the-classic-adventure-one-originally-introduced-in-another-overhaul-from-25-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\">new world<\/a> only a week ago, getting the sort of long-term support unheard of in the space of &#8217;90s adventure games.<\/p>\n<p>While this is part of a long pattern of layoffs all over the industry, it&#8217;s galling to see a historic indie like Cyan Worlds hit so hard. It&#8217;s not known what the studio&#8217;s next project is, but hopefully it&#8217;ll be able to see it through.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"214f778a-f4cc-41b5-b950-4596852ef867\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/the-37-year-old-studio-behind-myst-and-riven-laid-off-roughly-half-of-its-staff-our-sincere-hope-is-to-continue-to-be-around.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"214f778a-f4cc-41b5-b950-4596852ef867\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/gaming-industry\/the-37-year-old-studio-behind-myst-and-riven-laid-off-roughly-half-of-its-staff-our-sincere-hope-is-to-continue-to-be-around\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Less than a year after releasing its acclaimed Riven remake, Cyan Worlds announced last week that twelve of its employees were laid off in a statement on Bluesky. That represents around half of the studio according to the statement, which adds: &#8220;We are having to weigh the future health of our studio against the month-to-month realities of game development in 2025.&#8221; It says that leadership was &#8220;ultra-transparent&#8221; with employees about the state of the games industry and the &#8220;choppy waters&#8221; that led to these layoffs, and Cyan Worlds stated that &#8220;the news of a layoff was not a surprise to the team.&#8221; The statement was followed up by a post which lists the portion of affected staff who consented to having their info posted, with&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-37-year-old-studio-behind-myst-and-riven-laid-off-roughly-half-of-its-staff-our-sincere-hope-is-to-continue-to-be-around\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1161965,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[5491],"class_list":["post-1161964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-gaming-industry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The 37-year-old studio behind Myst and Riven laid off &#039;roughly half&#039; 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