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Return to Mysterious Island

Join intrepid sailor and recent island castaway Mina as she explores the hidden secrets within the Jules Verne classic inspired Mysterious Island. Gather key articles left from the island's previous…

87 19 November 2004 from $1.19

Return to Mysterious Island is an adventure developed by Kheops Studio, released 19 November 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.19 at Humble Store.

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What Return to Mysterious Island is

Return to Mysterious Island is an adventure game developed by Kheops Studio and released in 2004. It was published by Anuman. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Return to Mysterious Island 2: Mina's Fate is a 2009 adventure video game developed by Kheops Studio and published by MC2 France under their Microïds label. It is a sequel to the 2004 video game Return to Mysterious Island, and is again based upon the 1875 book by Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are mystery and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Return to Mysterious Island holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 17 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.

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What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.19 at Humble Store, 85% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Return to Mysterious Island launched on 19 November 2004, within three weeks of Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords and World of Warcraft. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords, World of Warcraft.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Quick answers

Return to Mysterious Island — frequently asked questions

When did Return to Mysterious Island come out?
Return to Mysterious Island was released on 19 November 2004 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
How much does Return to Mysterious Island cost?
The cheapest current price for Return to Mysterious Island is $1.19 at Humble Store, which is 85% off its usual price. Prices on this page are checked daily.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Return to Mysterious Island?
At minimum, Return to Mysterious Island needs 1.8 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended) graphics, 2 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Return to Mysterious Island?
The PC version needs about 2 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("2 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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