Celestial Return - Wishlist on Steam!

We’re joining Steam Next Fest! Celestial Return demo drops Feb 23. Dice, noir, and bad decisions included. See you there 👀 #SteamNextFest #indiegame #gamedev

Hey all, here are two new characters we recently added: a shuffler from Gutter Arcade you can gamble with, and Static Uncle, your local shady seller of stuff. #characterillustration #indiegame #cybernoir #cyberpunk #worldbuilding

@inevgames Yesss congrats on the Steam page!! This looks awesome 🔥🥳

Hey #TeaseYaGame How about checking out our narrative rogue-lite RPG? Kardiya: The Winds of Fate! Each run brings a different story🎲 different builds ⚔ different companions🧠 and different romances💖 We announced our Steam page today. The pre-alpha playtest is coming soon.

Let’s gooo! Huge congrats on the Steam page! This looks awesome 🔥

Fresh out of the oven 🔥 Episode 4 of our webtoon is live on our website. If you’ve been following the story, this one pushes things a bit further into the dark. Go read it while it’s still hot 🖤 celestialreturn.com/webtoon #webtoon #indiegames

@SlanderedOne Hey, thanks so much for taking the time to write this and for checking out the demo! And sorry about the crash. :( stability is a big focus for us right now. Really appreciate the kind words and honest feedback. Hope the next time you jump in, it’s smoother (and still batshit).

Celestial Return from developer @MetaphorGames is a story driven cRPG and it's absolutely BATSHIT insane. You play as a former cop trying to uncover cosmic horrors while also outwitting megacorps. Everything about the demo experience feels dark, gritty, and foreboding. While on missions you get a limited amount of dice so you have to carefully choose when to use your skills. Using perception to look into a drawer during one sequence could mean you don't have enough dice to accomplish a task in a combat scenario. I LOVED my experience with this game but I have two reservations. First, judging by the pacing, this game is going to be a REALLY slow burn. That's not necessarily a bad thing but we'll see how it holds up over the full run time. The second and more serious issue is that I experienced a crash during the demo. Currently the game has no release window so hopefully time is being taken to ensure players have a clean and stable experience upon release. I'll definitely check this out. store.steampowered.com/app/2819490/Ce…

Over the past couple of days I've streamed a lot of demos from Steam Next Fest. I'll list them in this thread along with a brief overview of my thoughts. If something catches your eye, you have until March 2nd to play the demo. We'll start with three games I think are cool but I don't plan to play the full versions. Be sure to wishlist anything you like on Steam!

Next Fest listelerinde bize de yer verdikleri için @oyungezer ekibine çok teşekkür ederiz. Çok mutlu olduk. 🥳

@oyungezer Oyungezer dergileriyle büyümüş biri olarak oyunumuza yer vermeniz bizi çok mutlu etti. Teşekkür ederiz. 😊

Gelibolu Cephesi'ni konu alan Caribou Trail, metroidvania türündeki rengarenk Akatori, Papers Please'ın uzaylılısı Donutal, "kesinlikle oynanmalı" nişanı verdiğimiz Celestial Return ilk listemizdeki oyunlardan sadece birkaçı.

Steam Next Fest başladı! Hiç vakit kaybetmeyelim ve mutlaka denemenizi önerdiğimiz 10 demoyla başlayalım listelerimize 🌟 oyungezer.com.tr/haber/steam-ne…

@The41stPrecinct WOW. This might be the biggest like count we’ve ever seen on anything about our game. Thanks so much for sharing .we really can’t thank you enough 🖤

Ok this one passed me by somehow but looks great!!

@PolarNinjaPhoto This means a lot, thank you 🥰

@MetaphorGames Loved the art style, writing, setting and music in the demo! Awesome to find a visual novel RPG that mixes the cyberpunk setting with Lovecraftian horror and noir detection. Best of luck finishing the game!

Demo’s still live for Steam Next Fest! We’ve been reading the new reviews and they’re super motivating. They also keep the algorithm from doing its evil little thing. We appreciate every single one.🖤🖤🖤 store.steampowered.com/app/2819490/Ce… #steamnextfest #indiegames #cyberpunkrpg

@PolarNinjaPhoto Thank you so much for the kind words and for giving our demo a try. really appreciate the support 🖤

Celestial Return by @MetaphorGames is a cyberpunk horror visual novel RPG. I loved the demo, the Lovecraftian horror, the cyberpunk art style, the noir writing and the heavy synth music! This will be a game to buy as soon as it's out.

@thebecksiest Thank you so much for checking out our game and for the kind words🥰

Celestial Return (@MetaphorGames )🔸Cyberpunk detective noir vibes w dice-determined narrative checks. Mechanics a bit like Citizen Sleeper. It's stylish & gritty & feels like a graphic novel that needed more than pen & paper offered. I was invested fast! tinyurl.com/3vuu3jv2

🎮✨😎 NEXT FEST FEBRUARY 2026 😎✨🎮 Happy Next Fest, gamers! Once again, sharing and highlighting the demos I play on stream this week. Thread below! If you have any standouts or suggestions, lemme know ✨

@chrisbodegard Let's gooo🔥🔥🔥 MASSIVE congrats

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT: Esoteric Ebb is releasing on: MARCH 3rd 2026 But you can get a head start RIGHT NOW - go play the NEXT FEST DEMO, then bring your save file to launch!

Also, a new webtoon episode drops Friday the 27th, and our updated demo is live on Steam Next Fest, come check it out!

This still feels a bit unreal, but @ComicBook just featured Celestial Return 🖤 Very grateful. Very excited. Very motivated. You can read the full thing here: comicbook.com/gaming/feature…

Celestial Return (PC) Preview You can play a Demo for @MetaphorGames' #CelestialReturn on Steam this week as part of the #SteamNextFest. Check out @AlexxAplin's #Preview here: web.phenixxgaming.com/2026/02/23/cel…

Hands-On Preview: Celestial Return is a Weird, Dice Rolling, Hard-Sci-Fi Extravaganza dualshockers.com/hands-on-previ… @metaphorgames @shorelinegames #celestialreturn

@KriegerSouls @DualShockers Thank you so much for giving it a chance and for the incredibly kind words. 🙏🖤

I tried out Celestial Return from @MetaphorGames, and it absolutely RIPS so far. Full preview thoughts at @DualShockers below ⤵️ dualshockers.com/hands-on-previ…