Editing What is MYST? (section)

===Why is MYST important?===

Outside of just being an entertaining game, ''Myst'' is an important part of video game history - one often forgotten about nowadays. While the gameplay itself is simple, the graphics were a major jump in quality at the time. 

''Myst'' also was one of the first PC games to gain widespread popularity. It was distributed on what was then a brand new technology (CD-ROM), and it was one of the 'killer apps' that lead people to buying CD-ROM drives for their computers. It was the top-selling PC game throughout the 90s until it was overtaken by the Sims in 2001. Even as of today (Feb 2024), it is the 23rd best-selling PC game of all time (better than titles like ''Doom'', ''Diablo II'', and ''Grand Theft Auto V'').

''Myst'' was also critically-acclaimed. Publications like Wired and the New York Times pointed to ''Myst'' as evidence that video games could actually be art. ''Myst'' was the first video game to have been inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.