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Cleo - a pirate's tale

„Cleo - a pirate’s tale“ is a Solo Developed Retro Pixel Art Pirate Adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games. THE STORY: „What is the most important part of a story?“ Cleo is a 14 year old cynical girl, living a repetitive life with her father in a bar. She knows everything about the epic adventures of pirate legend Captain Cabeca, but in her everyday life, she is just surrounded by boring fishermen and unsuccessful pirates, hanging around at the counter. But when Cleo finds a strange pirate-log

Release date
December 12, 2021
Platforms
Windows, macOS
Developer
Christoph Schultz
Publisher
Greycap Audiovisual Mediadesign UG
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„Cleo - a pirate’s tale“ is a Solo Developed Retro Pixel Art Pirate Adventure with a lot of nostalgic flair, humor and a linear story, inspired by the old Zelda games and the classic LucasArts adventure games. THE STORY: „What is the most important part of a story?“ Cleo is a 14 year old cynical girl, living a repetitive life with her father in a bar. She knows everything about the epic adventures of pirate legend Captain Cabeca, but in her everyday life, she is just surrounded by boring fishermen and unsuccessful pirates, hanging around at the counter.

But when Cleo finds a strange pirate-logbook and sees a ghost, who gives her a mysterious hint, her boring life is about to get turned upside down. She is thrown into a dangerous adventure and finds herself in a world of lies, deceit, greed and bad breath - the world of pirates - and most of them are looking for the same thing: THE TREASURE OF ETERNAL MEMORY. KRAKEN FODDER: "Kraken Fodder" is a mini game inside the game.

It is a card and dice game, which is taken pretty seriously among fishermen and pirates. One round takes about 5 minutes and the game is about destroying your opponents card deck with canon balls. HAHAHAR! Throughout the game, Cleo has to play this card game against a few NPCs. The game was successfully funded on Kickstarter in 2020.…

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★ 9.0/10GOG · 83 ratings
GOGLast checked November 3, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 4 / 5
This game was very enjoyable to play and you can tell that the developer was greatly inspired by classic adventure games of the past, such…
★ 5 / 5
In response to other reviewers... The dialogues are fun to listen to, clicking speeds them along. The puzzles are simple and make perfect sense if…
★ 5 / 5
Beautiful point-and-click pixelart adventure game, with great story, captivating voice acting and lovely music. I can't believe all of this was created by only one…
★ 5 / 5
This is a just a nice throwback retro pixel adventure game. I found everything to be good. decent story, graphics, music, puzzles... I even enjoyed…
★ 5 / 5
If you're a fan of classic Lucasrt Point-and-Click adventure games, this one will get you exactly where you need to go. It's got lovely music,…
★ 5 / 5
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this game. Well written, funny, good logic, excellent voice acting and nice pixel art (if you like that). Great…
★ 4 / 5
A love letter to ye LucasArts adventures of olde, even though the game mechanics do not follow the traditional point & click formula (movement is…
★ 5 / 5
This game is simply mesmerizing. From the art, through the story and to the music, is just perfect in every way. To anybody who loves…

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★ 5 / 5
Awsome adventure, reminded me of the old Lucas arts adventures we used to play. Amazing work
★ 3 / 5
I gave up on finishing this game because I was really frustrated by the controls. I wish I could challenge the tags so gog could…
★ 3 / 5
Kraken Fodder is actually a great game. The review calling it "100% cheating" is weird. There's definitely a luck element, but after learning the strategy…
★ 5 / 5
A very touching and lovingly crafted game. I highly recommend it.
★ 4 / 5
Cleo is a wonderful little game, even if I have a few complaints that keep it from a perfect rating. The graphics are very nice…
★ 4 / 5
A love letter to ye LucasArts adventures of olde, even though the game mechanics do not follow the traditional point & click formula (movement is…
★ 4 / 5
A lot of fun - puzzles are pretty straightforward and rewarding, no moon logic here. Art style is quite charming. Ends a bit abruptly and…
★ 5 / 5
I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this game. Well written, funny, good logic, excellent voice acting and nice pixel art (if you like that). Great…

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