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Celestial Return
Celestial Return is a narrative driven Sci-Fi Noir RPG where you roll as 3 lost souls scheming the Heist of the Millennia. Roll the dice, mix and match your skills, make tough choices, and steal the "Titan Core" to rule a cyborg army!
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- Released
- July 14, 2026
- Developer
- Metaphor Games
- Genres
- Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Indie · Visual Novel
- Publisher
- Metaphor Games
- Platforms
- PC
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Celestial Return Reviews
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Celestial Return takes the best elements of the Disco-likes, then adds a couple of clever mechanics to carve out an identity of its own.
Celestial Return | Review | From Türkiye comes a small adventure that resembles Disco Elysium, but with limited resources.
Celestial Return is an enjoyable narrative RPG, where the simple encounter systems work well enough and the cosmic horror feel to its main adversaries displays enough of a point of difference to make its cyberpunk city worth visiting over so many other similar locations. But the familiarity of the main character’s conceit, issues with clunky inventory and verbosity, as well as buggy cohesion, add some acid to the sweet, hard rain slicking the dark streets. It’s for you to decide whether there’re enough viable parts here for you to assemble into a relatively enjoyable whole, or whether th…
Cyberpunk and cosmic horror aren't two themes often presented together. In Metaphor Games' narrative RPG Celestial Return players undergo a poignant and personal journey all while wrapped around the whims of disposable dice.
I think many people will appreciate Celestial Return far more than I did, especially if they're starved for story-driven cyberpunk role-playing games. For my part, however, it mostly feels like a game that has understood what made its role models good, but not quite why they worked. The result is a competent debut with plenty of ambition, but also a reminder of how difficult it is to step out of the shadow of the games you're trying to emulate and create something of your own.
Celestial Return is a worthy successor for Disco Elysium, and it'll be of particular interest if you like Cyberpunk 2077 as well. I went into the game only knowing that it had a similar style, and I came out of it having enjoyed the entire experience. While it's not perfect, and I would like more locations to explore in the city or more anatomy for moving around Netherveil, the overall experience of Celestial Return was an interesting ride through a dystopian location. I actually plan on playing through it a few more times to see if I can get other random encounters and if I can pass rolls I f...