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Celeste cover art

Celeste

Maddy Makes Games Inc. · 2018-01-25

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jan 25, 2018 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2020 (Google Stadia), Jan 25, 2018 (Linux), Jan 25, 2018 (Mac), Jan 25, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 25, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

Celeste is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 2,000,000 to 5,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (97% of 147,252 reviews).

1,583
playing now
97%
positive of 149k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
191
twitch viewers (latest)
12.7
viewers/channel (concentration)
91/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (1457 ratings)
5
Nexus mods (1.9k downloads)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (10,987 ratings)
92/100
opencritic · mighty · 99% recommend · from 74 critics
22h
to beat · rushed 11h · completionist 54h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

1,583 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Celeste is a 2018 platform video game developed and published by indie studio Maddy Makes Games. The player controls the player character Madeline, a young woman with anxiety and depression, who endeavors to climb Celeste Mountain, a fictional version of Mount Celeste. During her climb, she encounters several characters, including a personification of her self-doubt nicknamed "Badeline", who attempts to stop her from reaching the mountain's summit.

Trailer

Celeste trailer thumbnail

Celeste - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,583 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12,450 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,556/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,529 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 3.7M–8.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 148,712 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$4.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2024-06-27) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 57 of 84 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6.6k6.6k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1,009 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 781 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1,057 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1,062 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1,562 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1,442 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1,122 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 937 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1,935 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1,039 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 819 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,121 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1,300 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 717 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 539 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,348 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,294 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,008 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,582 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,086 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 813 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 725 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,147 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,929 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,035 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 774 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 853 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,871 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,237 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,937 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1,367 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 964 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 858 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 788 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,298 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1,958 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,627 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,095 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 775 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1,496 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,473 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2,215 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,245 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,199 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,796 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,083 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,070 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2,425 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,874 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,116 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 919 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1,665 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,244 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,051 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,198 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,676 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,081 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,000 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,666 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6,557 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 266 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,700 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,717 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,341 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,578 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,771 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,210 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,621 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1,360 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,376 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2,436 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2,016 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,413 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,069 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1,471 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1,997 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2,069 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,064 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,700 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,353 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,361 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,717 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,973 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,421 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1,431 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 473 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.8k1.1k2026-09-14 19:00 — 2,024 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 1,349 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 1,484 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 2,039 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 1,693 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 1,288 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 1,828 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 1,444 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1,536 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2,381 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1,533 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 1,057 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 2,160 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 1,515 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 1,728 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 2,831 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 1,801 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 1,362 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 1,995 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 2,218 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 2,037 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 1,594 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 2,183 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 1,583 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.2k0Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Jan 2018 — avg 128 · peak 1,181Apr 2018 — avg 233 · peak 377Jul 2018 — avg 366 · peak 683Oct 2018 — avg 126 · peak 229Jan 2019 — avg 752 · peak 1,938Apr 2019 — avg 276 · peak 633Jul 2019 — avg 426 · peak 793Oct 2019 — avg 431 · peak 889Jan 2020 — avg 580 · peak 1,056Apr 2020 — avg 567 · peak 1,002Jul 2020 — avg 678 · peak 1,009Oct 2020 — avg 389 · peak 1,019Jan 2021 — avg 1,067 · peak 1,747Apr 2021 — avg 582 · peak 862Jul 2021 — avg 993 · peak 1,726Oct 2021 — avg 614 · peak 2,030Jan 2022 — avg 1,169 · peak 1,811Apr 2022 — avg 722 · peak 1,064Jul 2022 — avg 1,272 · peak 1,949Oct 2022 — avg 700 · peak 1,109Jan 2023 — avg 1,467 · peak 2,321Apr 2023 — avg 1,559 · peak 3,366Jul 2023 — avg 1,580 · peak 2,274Oct 2023 — avg 908 · peak 1,463Jan 2024 — avg 1,571 · peak 2,433Apr 2024 — avg 1,266 · peak 2,026Jul 2024 — avg 4,248 · peak 7,717Oct 2024 — avg 1,427 · peak 2,452Jan 2025 — avg 1,692 · peak 2,697Apr 2025 — avg 1,510 · peak 2,321Jul 2025 — avg 2,008 · peak 3,206Oct 2025 — avg 1,704 · peak 3,092Jan 2026 — avg 1,831 · peak 2,794Apr 2026 — avg 1,496 · peak 2,589Jul 2026 — avg 2,003 · peak 2,835Aug 2026 — avg 1,808 · peak 2,942
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
3563562026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 356 new positive2026-09-21: 8 new negative2026-09-22: 42 new positive2026-09-22: 4 new negative2026-09-23: 26 new positive2026-09-24: 22 new positive2026-09-26: 41 new positive2026-09-27: 36 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 43 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 30 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 38 new positive2026-10-01: 42 new positive2026-10-01: 1 new negative2026-10-02: 48 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 53 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 51 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 70 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 48 new positive2026-10-06: 7 new negative2026-10-08: 44 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 55 new positive2026-10-10: 45 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 59 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 44 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 52 new positive2026-10-13: 1 new negative2026-10-14: 53 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$0.002018-01-262026-10-142018-01-26 — best price $19.992018-10-22 — best price $19.992019-02-05 — best price $14.992019-08-23 — best price $19.992019-11-26 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $6.792020-04-28 — best price $15.992020-08-06 — best price $19.992020-12-11 — best price $6.792021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-11-01 — best price $19.992022-01-07 — best price $4.992022-05-25 — best price $19.992022-08-17 — best price $4.992022-11-18 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-03-27 — best price $19.992023-06-15 — best price $19.992023-08-03 — best price $19.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-02-09 — best price $4.992024-05-03 — best price $7.992024-08-19 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-08-15 — best price $4.992025-10-28 — best price $4.992026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-03-18 — best price $19.992026-05-01 — best price $19.992026-07-14 — best price $4.992026-08-19 — best price $4.992026-09-03 — best price $4.992026-10-02 — best price $4.992026-10-13 — best price $4.992026-10-14 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9165202026-05-31 — 713 pageviews2026-06-04 — 667 pageviews2026-06-08 — 718 pageviews2026-06-12 — 675 pageviews2026-06-16 — 597 pageviews2026-06-20 — 673 pageviews2026-06-24 — 660 pageviews2026-06-28 — 600 pageviews2026-07-02 — 563 pageviews2026-07-06 — 593 pageviews2026-07-10 — 593 pageviews2026-07-14 — 628 pageviews2026-07-18 — 595 pageviews2026-07-22 — 823 pageviews2026-07-26 — 718 pageviews2026-07-30 — 640 pageviews2026-08-03 — 623 pageviews2026-08-07 — 616 pageviews2026-08-11 — 590 pageviews2026-08-15 — 601 pageviews2026-08-19 — 535 pageviews2026-08-23 — 595 pageviews2026-08-27 — 552 pageviews2026-08-31 — 678 pageviews2026-09-04 — 639 pageviews2026-09-08 — 719 pageviews2026-09-12 — 569 pageviews2026-09-16 — 689 pageviews2026-09-20 — 665 pageviews2026-09-24 — 604 pageviews2026-09-28 — 594 pageviews2026-10-02 — 650 pageviews2026-10-06 — 609 pageviews2026-10-10 — 618 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

753372026-09-30 18:34 — 362 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 240 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 173 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 233 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 277 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 222 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 131 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 385 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 368 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 214 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 135 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 433 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 80 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 206 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 203 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 256 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 633 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 317 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 186 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 416 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 451 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 146 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 123 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 176 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 93 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 339 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 130 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 111 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 386 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 112 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 310 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 191 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
70.7%
earned "Forsaken"
19.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-06-21 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)51,58815%32
PS4 (PlayStation)40,54925%31
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)29,2949%30
Switch (Nintendo)3,5810%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteIndieLGBTQ+AdventureDifficultPlatformerStory RichSingleplayer2D Platformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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