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Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the mystery of the mountain.

Release DateJan 25, 2018
Price$ 19.99  Top 10%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)97.6% (overwhelmingly positive) Top 2% / 97.6%  Top 2%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)96% Top 1% / 96%  Top 1%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)77.8K  Top 1% / 86K  Top 1%
Curators542 reviews  Top 1%
Median Play Time26.8 hours  Top 5%
Play Time per Dollar1.3 hour  Top 15%
Followers95.1K  Top 2%
Owners± 2.6M  Top 2%
Copies Sold± 2.2M  Top 1%
Gross Revenue ($)± 16.9M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of Celeste steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This graph shows Celeste's Steam rating and reviews between January 2018 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a very narrow range going from 98.7% (January 2018) to 97.4% (April 2019).

With 86K reviews Top 1%, Celeste is an undeniable major AAA level success.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for Celeste and the proportion of players they represent.

This doughnut graph shows Celeste's reviewers languages. The most popular language is English (48%), followed by Simplified Chinese (22%). There is a healthy diversity in the review languages, with 29 different languages represented. The game is translated in 9 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying Celeste percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in Celeste, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 71 hours in the 80th percentile.

The median play time for the negative reviews is 3.8 times less than the median for positive reviews. A high negative review play time (median : 7 hours) could mean that Celeste crashes after a while or becomes too repetitive or difficult in the end. The Players' feedback section might give some insight about that.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Challenging gameplay
  • A beautiful story about overcoming mental struggles and finding oneself
  • Tight controls
  • Amazing, charming pixel art
  • Incredible soundtrack
  • Unique respawn system that makes challenging gameplay not frustrating
  • Fluid and responsive platform mechanics
  • Uplifting atmosphere
  • Well-written narrative that tackles deep and dark subjects
  • Empowering message
  • Hardcore platformer that can be frustrating
  • Very difficult gameplay
  • Not suitable for casual gamers
  • Over-hyped with high price tag
  • No loading times but a lot of deaths
  • Minimal story content
  • Requires precision platforming skills
  • May make some people want to give up
  • Not for everyone's taste
  • Some reviewers feel it is too difficult and annoying

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's score of 97.6%  Top 2% should be considered while evaluating them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of Celeste's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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