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Celestial Return

Metaphor Games · Shoreline Games · 2026-07-14

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 14, 2026 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Loot, bribe, gamble, survive. The dice will be your savior or your downfall in this story-driven RPG. Every roll matters when trying to uncover cosmic horrors and outwit megacorps. Pray your next roll won’t be your last.

88%
positive of 156 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

A dying city. A string of suicides. A detective with nothing left to lose. Netherveil City eats the weak. Its streets bleed neon, its corpses crawl back to life, and its secrets? They'll gnaw through your sanity. Step into the worn boots of Detective Howard. Armed with a rusted badge, a sentient rose that won't shut up, and a pocketful of stolen dice. Explore the city. Interrogate the dead. Expose the c*rpos. Investigate. Make choices. Loot the dice. Roll the dice. And survive. (Optional.)(Storyline via IGDB)

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  • · Top 59% of 11,486 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k7.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 156 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2026-07-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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575720262026Week of 2026-07-14: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 4 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

18
achievements tracked
30.8%
earned "THE RIGHT WALL"
6.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionMouse Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller Support2 DLC

1 supported languages: English

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