Celeste is an adventure developed by Extremely OK Games, released 25 January 2018 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Google Stadia. It currently starts at $4.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 21.3 hrs to finish.
What Celeste is
Celeste is an adventure game developed by Extremely OK Games and released in 2018. It was published by Maddy Makes Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Google Stadia, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Aseprite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set on a fictional version of Mount Celeste, it follows a young woman named Madeline who attempts to climb the mountain, and must face her inner demons in her quest to reach the summit.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 32 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Celeste holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 96% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2018 averaged 69, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 89, across 1,483 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 21.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 54.4 hrs, roughly 2.6 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $4.99, that works out to about $0.23 per hour of the main story, or $0.09 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3 M380, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD 4000. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $4.99 at Steam, 75% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Celeste launched on 25 January 2018, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Shadow of the Colossus and Shadow of the Colossus (2018). It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. 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: Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Monster Hunter: World, Shadow of the Colossus, Shadow of the Colossus (2018).
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Celeste yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Dlc
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