Ceres
Tactical space RPG with squadron combat and ship hacking
Jötunn Games · Published by Iceberg Interactive · Released Oct 16, 2015
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 51% of 136
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 9 years ago
- May 10, 2017
Metacritic: 74/100 (critic reviews)
What is Ceres?
This single-player, third-person strategy RPG takes place in a solar system where Earth has been destroyed. You issue point-and-click orders in pausable real-time battles, trade items, and salvage wrecks through a mission-driven story that begins when a new ship owner encounters an AI.
For you if...
- +you prefer careful positioning over fast reflexes
- +you enjoy developing captains and crews over time
Not for you if...
- −you want fast-paced action with minimal management
- −you mainly want cooperative or competitive multiplayer
What players say
51% of 136 reviews are positive
Players praise the tactical depth and ship customization. They criticize awkward controls, overly complicated systems, and persistent bugs; newer complaints include tutorial problems, crashes, and corrupted saves.
Screenshots and trailer
Ceres system requirements
Minimum: GT460, 2 GB RAM, 2 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Ceres?
Tell us your graphics card once and every game page will answer this for you.
Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7, Windows 8
- Processor
- Intel Pentium G3220 @ 3.00GHz or equivalent AMD processor and above
- Graphics
- 1 GB nVidia Geforce GT460 or equivalent, 500 MB ATI HD4850 or equivalent
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
- Notes
- Minimum Resolution: 1024 x 768. Maximum screen size is around 25 inches. UI does not scale.
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7, Windows 8
- Processor
- Intel i5 3.2 GHz or equivalent AMD processor and above
- Graphics
- 1 GB nVidia Geforce GTX660 or equivalent, 1 GB ATI HD7850 or equivalent
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 2 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0
- Notes
- Minimum Resolution: 1024 x 768. Maximum screen size is around 25 inches. UI does not scale.
Does Ceres have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Ceres run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 66
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: German, Russian.
Does Ceres use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
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Recent updates
- May 10, 2017 · Patchy version 1.4.2
- May 10, 2017 · Patchy version 1.4.2
- Mar 6, 2017 · Patch version 1.4.1
- Mar 6, 2017 · Patch version 1.4.1
- Jan 28, 2017 · Another patch? Yubb. version 1.4.0.
