Ys: Memories of Celceta

Developed by Nihon Falcom as part of their long-running Ys series, and originally released for PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system, this PlayStation 4 remaster will support 60 FPS with full HD…

80 25 July 2018 ESRB T

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy Open world

Ys: Memories of Celceta is an adventure developed by Nihon Falcom, released 25 July 2018 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 19 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Ys: Memories of Celceta is

Ys: Memories of Celceta is an adventure game developed by Nihon Falcom and released in 2018. It was published by Clouded Leopard Entertainment Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A bustling town deep in the frontier at the foot of an endless sea of trees... It is into this wild and untamed setting that a young man collapses, memories gone and only his name to guide him. Bereft of his past, Adol Christin wanders the town of Casnan searching for clues to his identity. Joined by a man who claims to know him, the young adventurer helps rescue doomed miners from a monster outbreak - an act which attracts the attention of the Romun Army Governor General in town. Impressed with their skills, the pair is enlisted to explore the Great Forest of Celceta and map its vast expanses - a task which many have attempted in the past, but from which none have ever returned alive. With…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ys series

Ys: Memories of Celceta is the 40th of 51 entries we hold in the Ys series. It arrived 2 years after Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana. The next entry was Ys IX: Monstrum Nox in 2019. Its critic score of 80 is 5 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Ys X: Proud Nordics at 86.

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How it was received

Ys: Memories of Celceta holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Ys: Memories of Celceta launched on 25 July 2018, within three weeks of Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2 and Sonic Mania Plus. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dead Cells, Octopath Traveler, Overcooked! 2, Sonic Mania Plus.