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Game
Game2009
Ceville
Developer Realmforge Studios
Ceville is a humorous graphic adventure video game developed by the German game studio Realmforge Studios and published by Kalypso Media. Despite the game's use of 3D environments and models, the gameplay is very true to the graphical point-and-click adventure tradition of gameplay, immortalized by game series like Monkey Island from LucasArts and the King's Quest series from Sierra Online. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
124 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
93 positive · 29 negative
95% range 68–83%
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| Steam reviews | 93 | 29 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
169 of 213 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 124 · most liked firstOne of my first Steam buys, and money well-spent-- of course, I got it on sale. ;-) I don't think it's going to replace some of the great point-and-click classics, but it's a nice little game in its own right and is worth a look. It features nice 3D graphics (especially for its time), very good voice acting (eveything is voiced), quite humorous, and a good story. There are three playable characters: Ceville (the sniveling deposed ruler), Ambrosious the (hilariously) pompous knight, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was very hard for me to put a positive review. No, don't think that the game isn't nice. The game is really awesome. There's an excellent storyline, funny dialogues (and monologues), difficult riddles, original characters, and awesome cutscenes. So, you're starting thinking why I said that it was hard for me to put a positive review? Because of the countless crashes! The game crashed so many times, that I seriously thought of unistalling it. The constant crashes were making it unplayable.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most underrated, unkown absolute PEARLS of point-and-click adventure games. The game design and universe is creative, colorful and the universe is set in a magical medieval time. The music and characters are appealing and varied, and even though you're (mostly) playing as a malevolent king, you will cry not from sadness, but from laughter. I played this several years ago, and I've been looking for it ever since. I finally found it when Ceville was on sale previously this year.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I saw this game because I searched shrek on steam, I regret buying this. 69/7 Would Eat a rat burger again.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a buggy mess with ridiculously shallow humour and downright idiotic puzzles. I experienced about 15 crashes in 3 hours of gameplay, which would not even be fine, if the loading times were not as obnoxiously long. That, again, wouldn't be as frustrating without the game softlocking from being stuck in an animation. To top it off, the interaction feels extremely sluggish - animations are very slow, you have to click multiple times to execute something, 'cause somewhere someone was…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fairly run of the mill point and click adventure game. Graphics are good enough, although the framerate can be quite poor. Characters are good enough but very cliche. Writing is good enough. Puzzles are good enough. Loading times are irritatingly slow. All in all everything about this game is good enough, but there's nothing to make it stand out. A competent but unremarkable adventure.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →⊕Voice-acting is cute, and the cast is likeable. Characters are all stylized like caricatures, and they did it better than Psychonauts did! Story is done largely from the eyes of the bad guy, a role that is interesting to watch be explored. Interface is familiar and easy to pick up quickly. ⊖Glitchy and has a tendency to crash. Puzzles are far too easy. Dialogue is one-note and can often be pointless or a little too corny. ✎Ceville is unspectacular for a point n' click adventure but it's…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You will spend 50% of the time watching loading screens and the game will crash every 20 min, but it's worth it, the story is stupid and funny enough to keep you engaged, characters are nice and original, the voice acting it's great, the graphics are decent for it's age and the best thing it's the price
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →General Thoughts/Overview: This game is well worth playing, but I warn you before we even begin that it has serious, SERIOUS issues you should go in prepared for, or it’ll drive you halfway to madness. Ceville is a modernish 3D point and click adventure. Clearly inspired by the old days in terms of humour, it puts you in the boots of the titular deposed tyrant as you puzzle your way to revenge. In terms of the art, its style is similar to the telltale Sam N Max adventures or their ‘bone’…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the point & click games I remember the most fondly from my younger days. In fact it's one of my favorite point & click games from the 2000's, along with Jolly Rover, Ankh, Vooju Island, Machinarium and the classic Runaway 2. I still need to replay this so I won't get into specifics, but I'll just mention that unlike most P&C's I can't remember being frustrated by the gameplay or annoying sequences, so it's a big plus. It also had me laughing a lot at its main character, halfway between…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have no idea how this ended up in my library, but I assume it was a freebie. This is a fun little fantasy point and click; where you switch between 3 characters. It followed the Monkey Island "No dead ends / no death" formula as most games today, and seemed inspired by Book of Unwritten Tales. The main twist is that the primary character is an evil tyrant trying to get back his kingdom instead of a Hero. The game was a lot longer than I expected, which was a joy to see a game with some…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really tried to like this adventure game. Humour is okay, the story is okay, the gameplay is okay, so is voice acting, graphics etc... and yet for some reason it's just very boring after a short while. Maybe adventure games fans will enjoy it more than I did, but I would not recommend Ceville to anyone because it simply can't hold one's interest.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Gameplay is like Grim Fandango, but Ceville is "a bit" more selfish. It's kinda fun, but the story ends prematurely.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://jannekeparrish.com/reviews/ceville] Full review [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44626948-Loons/] My curator page Ceville is a point and click adventure set in the far-off fantasy land of Faeryanis. You play as one of three characters - Ceville, the tyrannical king; Lilly, a cute little girl; or Ambrosius, the bumbling and narcissistic paladin. The three characters work together to solve problems and stop the evil advisor Basilius from taking over the kingdom. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crashes constantly.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ceville is a fun point-and-click adventure if you're a fan of the genre. It clocks in around 10 hours and there's some solid humor to it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best adventure games I have ever played. And yes, I have almost played every of the classic adventure games. Most outstanding are the riddles. Very intelligent and various. Really perfect!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fun enough game, awesome if you can get it on special. It's not an exceptionally long game, which I guess can be both a pro and a con depending on how you find the game. For the most part I found it enjoyable. A lot of the humour was pretty cheesy, but they're well done and there's bound to be a few in there to make you laugh. To progress in the game, you have to play a few nasty pranks of some of the other characters which is always amusing. I was able to figure out most of the game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Surprisingly, I liked thig game. The characters were fun to play, the voice acting wasn't too over the top, funny scenerios, the puzzles were perfect in the sense that someone like myself can solve them without a strategy guide, and overall the story kept me interested. Even though I feel the game is aimed more at a younger audience, I still enjoyed it. Also the game design visuals and colors were pleasing. For a point and click adventure game, I give it 6.5/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ceville has a true honor in my library, as it is one of very few adventure games I've actually taken the time to complete. Ceville has great graphics considering what it is, supports my resolution, has a great sense of humor, and the length of the story felt just right. I did occasionally have to google for help, but that is part of adventure games anyways if you ask me. This game is fun if you are into adventure games, and at its current price tag will deffinately be worth adding to your…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In Ceville, you play a former tyrant trying to get his throne back. This point-and-click adventure flips the usual hero story completely. Instead of playing some noble good guy, you control a snarky, scheming villain who's absolutely ruthless. The humor really carries this game. I found myself laughing at Ceville's conversations with characters like the stuck-up paladin Ambrosius and the clever orphan Lilly. The game constantly pokes fun at typical fantasy tropes. It follows the standard…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Well, at most of the part, this is an Adventure game done right. Up to a point that it gives the feel of the old Monkey Island itself, well, not that great but something close. BUT! There's quite a lot of game breaking bugs that require the players to solve themselves before they can continue playing. That's the main reason for the thumbs down here. If you are tech savvy and knows your way around game bugs, this is highly recommended. If you don't want to bother with fixing the game to play…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Under rated game. This worth my money even on full price.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR If cheesy point & click adventures are your schtick, this might be worth picking up; be sure to read the warnings though, as this game does suffer from some technical difficulties. Technical issues Now, before I can actually start the review properly, let me begin by stating that I had to edit some game files to even get the game to run. Personally, I don't mind, since I'm used to doing tricks to get old games to run in DOSBox, but for the average Steam user, it might be a bit of a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's very rare that I don't like a point & click adventure game but I just really couldn't get into this game. The graphics are kind of meh. They are not as good of 3D textures, rigging, and animating as I would expect from a game in 2009. At the time I'm writing this (2019) I realize the graphics may not be up to modern standards 10 years later but I never liked this style of clunky, cartoonish 3D animation and I know that they could probably have done better in 2009. I did my own amateur…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crashed too many times to be recommended.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a great game to bond with your child over. I sit and play it with my 4yr old daughter and she absolutely loves it, and it has enough charm and challenge to keep the adult entertained too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun, but very buggy. Whenever I was stuck, I would wonder if something was bugged, or if I was just being stupid. Always turned out I was just being stupid. T.T If you're willing to overlook the bugs though, the protagonist's charm easily turns this game into a precious little gem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Definitely towards the top of the best Point & Click games I've ever played - would that I had such a list. Pretty much entirely because of the dialogue and voice acting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nice point and click adventure game for fans of those types of games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Even though it looks like unfinished indie game, with some animation bugs and overall lack of polish, And maybe its just cause I have not played adventure game in while, But I enjoyed Ceville's, Lillies and Amborius adventure very much, It has some good Lucas Arts style puzzles and humor, and some overall charm to characters, And Playing evil characters is always so much more fun ^_^
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Similiar to one of the Telltale adventure games, except it has an array of extremely corny jokes about other games and movies. Also, the ending is what ever.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →pros ✅ gorgeous looking, cartoony and colorful background graphics and character models ✅ spacebar to highlight all hotspots so there are no pixel huntings ✅ there are three playable characters. you can easily switch and exchange items between them ✅ mostly nice variety and clever, satisfying puzzles. there are also inventory-based puzzles to solve, so you can also make multiple combinations in your inventory and create new items ✅ story is cartoony but sweet and funny. You take on the role of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is a bit glitchy, and prone to occassional random freezing/crashing. The puzzles generally run a bit more on the easy side than most games in the genre, and the dialogue, while occassionally humorous, tends to more often feel repetitive and useless. And, the graphics may or may not appeal to you depending on your point of view. That said, while these are highly notable cons, there is something endearing about the characters in the game and the overall puzzle that is being solved. That…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Extremely hilarious, and Ceville is probably my favourite tetchy despot. There is a bug involving the elf, which meant that I had to reload a save from a million years ago, which was annoying. I enjoyed the game nonetheless :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very simple game to play. The puzzles were not hard, but you did need to look at the walkthrew from time to time. My advice would be to know that holding the spacebar is the best way to know what is on the map. I give this game a 3 out of 5.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game, colorful and fun, with amazing voicing, and very unhinged humor sometimes(I absolutely loved it). Lots of random pop-culture and fairytale references you don't expect. It's pretty logical but a couple of times made me stuck in the story because some items are really small or blend with the surroundings(so some pixelhunting happened). LOTS of funny dialogs and descriptions. Totally worth a try if you're into point and click games
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PRetty good game :D
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ceville is a decent adventure, not too difficult, although I used a walkthrough on some occasions, but a seasoned adventure game player with more stamina might not need it. The graphics are great, the story is ok, the characters are great. I already had the game on dvd-rom and on GOG (but never played them), but bought it at a steamsale for 0,39 cents, and it's well worth the money.. It took me about 12 hours to go through the game, again, I think a seasoned adventure player will take about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very nice game. Gets tad slow at times but it feels very rewarding when you solve a particular puzzle without walkthrough. I just loved the remark Ceville makes after the election. That alone earns the game 8 out of 10 . I would have rated it even higher (even 10) if it was paced better and controls were a little better. Double click to run does not work as desired. BTW, don't see my playtime. I am offline gamer. I play most games offline.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ceville... IS it worth a buy? Honestly? I think it's not worth it. Nope not even for 6$. Don't get me wrong the humor was nice and overall it was okay game, but it was BORING as hell. I was dying of bordem, I can say I didn't really enjoy those 3h of playing this game. So yea, in my opinion it's not really worth a buy. 5/10 average.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't really reccommend this game becuase I don't think it's very fun as a video game. I'm not really into point-and-click games in general. BUT CEVILLE IS AWESOME!!! The storyline is creative and every bit of it is humorous. The art style perfectly complements the mood and the game made me really fall in love with the characters. I found myself smiling throughout most of the story. It is well presented and well executed. If you do play, make sure you know that the spacebar has a function…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A bit too puzzly makes it boring I'm afraid. Still nice to play.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Didn't age well. Got bored and finished it with a guide :( Good VO but bad flow and 3D is a hindrance.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →some of the jokes are pretty good... not the transphobic, sexist, ableist ones that is... no.. the other ones, those were good. Seriously... the amount of the "man in a dress" trope was uncomfortable enough the first time they did it in the game, the second time was just about enough to make me want to uninstall.. only reason I stuck around is because of how little was left.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the funniest adventure games I have ever played. While the puzzles are not too hard, it nevertheless has a decent storyline and pretty good graphics. I would highly recomend it to those that enjoy adventure games with humor and a little bit of a darkside of being nasty.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Some wicked humour in this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A light-hearted if evil point-and-clicky adventure. It can be entertaining and rewarding and is filled with references, some of which are entertainingly oblique while some are bashed over the player's head. The game is fun and doesn't demand too much so long as the player does not demand too much.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game did not age well, so many bugs making it hard to enjoy. Had a lot of crashes.. I can't recommend Ceville but I can recommend The Book of Unwritten Tales/ I still didn't finish the game but I hope I'm almost there I finished still a no
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Major graphical glitches on my W11 make it unplayable. Well, it works no for no reason, but ... only in a window?
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A fantastic game with an engrossing story and cute humor. I had trouble sometimes with seeing items on my own until I learned I could just hold the space bar for help. Timed sequences were a bit frustrating as I had no idea what to do. Nothing a good ol' game guide couldn't fix. I'll definitely replay it a bunch in the near future. It's now one of my favorite games that I wish I had played sooner. I really wish for and would love a sequel as it seemed was hinted. Also, I encountered a bug…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i hate it! the characters, the story, everything!! but it did work so 2/10
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very underrated game. It only has 73 reviews! (well 74 now) This is a love letter to all the old school Sierra and LucasArts games. Maybe this is why kids these days didn't get it? +Georgeous, cartoony graphics that fit the bill, +Great nostalgic ambient music +Great voice acting +Funny +Autosave every 5 mins -/+ Puzzles are standard fare....nothing too original here. I like that you can change characters though. -I had 3 crashes in Windows 7 at least. It was bad enough that it made want to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cumbersome to play
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a buggy mess
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A humourful traditional (but for the fact it is in 3D) adventure game with a satisfyingly dark antihero protagonist. Unfortunately after this the devs have been tasked with making godawful trash games by Kalypso Media.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great object using puzzle game. Ceville is just the type of charcter that makes for a lovely amount of wicked banter. The settings are nice and the humor excellent.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I picked it up for $2.49, and I can simply say that with my taste in video games I would have rather gotten a soda and a bag of chips. Essentially it is a point and click to interact style adventure, but to me boredom is more fitting than adventure. Unless you like very subtle video games I wouldn't recommend it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awful pop culture reference litter this deplorable point and click adventure game, DO NOT BUY.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun Graphic Adventure. The graphics is good although it has some years on the shoulder.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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