Hey all, Shoreline Games here.
It’s been a while but we've finally made it. With release just a few months away and Steam Next Fest right around the corner, we’re finally ready to really show off the game. We encourage everyone to play the Steam Next Fest build, live now and to leave the team as much feedback as possible on our discord https://discord.gg/NPPs8SNgvw.
Want to see more? Check out IGN FanFest here for more information: https://www.ign.com/videos/celestial-return-official-announcement-trailer-ign-fan-fest-2026
For those who backed Celestial Return on Kickstarter, we'll be having updates about how we'll send out keys soon, so stay tuned!
Need a quick refresher on what Celestial Return is? Well, here’s a quick rundown.
Doomed Gameplay Loop: Earn and spend your dice while leveling up your own personality, to gain the edge needed to survive conversational combat. It’s sometimes violent, but always desperate.
Simple Currency: Dice aren't just tools. They’re oxygen. Earn 'em, spend 'em, lose 'em. Hoard them too long, and opportunities vanish. Roll recklessly, and resources burn.
Welcome to the Crossroads: Discover a vast sci-fi story, rich with twists, turns, mind-bending crossroads, and a branching narrative fully shaped by your decisions.
Sounds & Visuals to Bleed For: Immerse yourself in a completely hand-drawn world where manga’s precision meets the raw nerve of American comics.
Choices Matter: Your choices are the weapons, and your mind the battlefield. Decide the outcome with each small step. Just remember: Intelligence picks locks in silence. Virtue pleads for mercy. Foolishness laughs at the abyss.
A disillusioned detective and a sarcastic sentient rose investigate impossible suicides in a drifting cyberpunk city, uncovering a plot to weaponize reality-warping conceptual beings, and a hidden truth threatening existence itself: something ancient and far more terrifying is waking.
~Shoreline Games & Metaphor Games