Ceiba
Worth it · Short indie · 2023
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $6.99.
- Length
- 2.5h 5h to 100%
- Value
- $2.80/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 276 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 9 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
Ein, a simple-hearted member of an expedition sent by mankind to distant planets, tries to get romantic with a pretty but cold co-worker girl. Unfortunately, he is not the only one trying to make contact as from the abandoned and desolate alien ruins, the girl receives a message in human language.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, OpenGL 3.0, 2.4 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 29 times in the 3 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 40 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 9 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 4 percent on value. It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, BOOK OF HOURS ($24.99, scores 77) beats it on value, while it beats Nobody Wants to Die ($24.99, scores 43).
More about Ceiba
This site sampled 254 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written November 2023 to August 2026.
Finishing takes 2.5 hours; clearing it takes 5, which is 2.0 times the campaign.
The drop-off
58% start to 41% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
This was a good VN with an interesting world and characters. Nice art style and very creative story, with some twists. It was on the short side but is fairly inexpensive so still worth it in my opinion. As others have noted, the English translations in the game are actually better than the ones shown in the preview video and screenshots, which must be from an earlier draft. There are no english voiceovers but the...
2 more reviews
This game is similar to Wirion's previous visual novel, Athanasy, but not as dark. The story has philosophical themes and some unexpected twists. The girls are lovely. It is kind of short for a VN, but also concise, and doesn't drag on and waste your time. There are some pretty neat Sci-Fi concepts explored in it too. I enjoyed it.
An amazing game with fantastic art design, an engaging storyline, and beautiful heroines. A big thank you to the developers <3
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Ceiba scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2398940/ceibaReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.