Life & Shadow: Celestial Call - Prologue

Life & Shadow: Celestial Call - Prologue

Immeta Studios · July 10, 2026 · Adventure, Simulation, Puzzle, Life Sim, Walking Simulator

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About Life & Shadow: Celestial Call - Prologue

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Life & Shadow: Celestial Call - Prologue has you managing an isolated observatory by day while uncovering cosmic horrors and your missing professor's forbidden secrets by night. This psychological horror experience blends mundane maintenance tasks with creeping dread as you slowly realize something sinister watches you from the stars.

PREPARE BY DAY. UNCOVER SECRETS BY NIGHT

You have been assigned as an intern to an isolated observatory on Mount Clearveil; Professor Elias was supposed to welcome you, but the observatory is silent… and something is wrong.In this psychological cosmic horror experience, you manage the observatory during the day and follow the traces of Professor Elias’s forbidden connection with the stars at night.

MANAGE THE OBSERVATORY

Old devices, scattered notes, and unfinished experiments await you; as an intern, will you be able to handle the weight of this system?

HANDLE DAILY TASKS

You collect trash, grow and harvest crops, and try to keep the observatory clean and operational; yet the cursed symbols on the walls remind you that this place was never ordinary.

CONTROL THE POWER

At first, you cannot understand why keeping the lights on is so important… until you are left alone in the dark.

UNCOVER THE OBSERVATORY’S SECRETS

A path that opens at night leads you beneath the basement and into the buried secrets of the observatory; to uncover them, you must be brave.

YOU ARE NOT ALONE

You think you are the one observing… but perhaps you are the one being observed.
You are trapped.
Over time, you begin to lose your sense of reality.
Will you be able to escape this observatory, or will you answer the call of the stars?
Life & Shadow: Celestial Call is an experience where calm and fear, science and madness intertwine.

WHAT AWAITS YOU IN THIS PROLOGUE?
  • 1.5 Hours of Story Gameplay: A suspenseful and immersive introductory experience where you step into the atmosphere of the main game.
  • Save System: Your progress is saved every night when your character sleeps, allowing you to safely continue the story after every surviving day.
  • Dr. Elias's Secrets: Delve into the depths of the observatory and take your first steps into Dr. Elias's dark past and forbidden experiments.
  • A Complete Beginning: An exciting opening that lays the foundations of the story and builds anticipation for the full game.

Life & Shadow: Celestial Call - Prologue — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 24, 2026
The game's atmosphere is perfect. At first, after playing for a while, I was really scared when the door closed on the first evening. I played a bit more and found the game to be fantastic. I'm sure everyone should definitely play it.
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Recommended Aug 5, 2026
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Recommended Jul 29, 2026
The game’s biggest strength is definitely its level design and how seamlessly it guides the player. Instead of wasting your time with tedious side content, it keeps the story and progress moving at a very deliberate pace. Maintaining that sense of discovery while you figure out what to do next creates a fantastic balance.
Recommended Jul 25, 2026
The game is interesting and atmospheric, but it is also really scary — sometimes even too scary! Horror fans should definitely give it a try.
Recommended Jul 25, 2026
It might sound totally random while playing this game, but I occasionally got major The Last of Us vibes from the dialogue, and I absolutely loved that. The gameplay was pretty decent too, I liked it. If you want to give indie games a shot, I definitely recommend this one. I’ve only played for an hour so far, but I really enjoyed it and will keep going
Not recommended Jul 21, 2026
So the game seems to "function", but it annoyed the crap out of me. A day is like 5 minutes long and all i had time for was to collect 1 single shoo box of crap (thats worth 20 $..??!!) and suddenly its night. And if im in a house and the door is open -it stays LOCKED open (cant be closed!) until morning, but if im outside when night falls all open doors close automatically and cant be opened..???!??!?!! In my opinion the logic of events and actions is so non existing that it makes the game completely unplayable in my honest opinion... Its not scary -it becomes stupid and annoying. This game is not for me, but if u like it i wish u all the best..!

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