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  • Summary: Help Madeline survive her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain in this super-tight, hand-crafted platformer from the creators of TowerFall.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 18
  2. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. Mar 29, 2022
    100
    A charming precision platformer with a pleasant story about mental health. Gorgeous graphics, beautiful music, and fantastic platforming had me coming back for more despite my thousand deaths.
  2. Jan 25, 2018
    100
    An essential gaming experience. Everything this team set out to do they accomplished. If you have any love for indie games, you’re about to fall head over heels. These people have created something very close to perfection.
  3. Jan 30, 2018
    95
    Celeste is one of the best platform games of the last years. It's a beautiful adventure with an amazing level design and perfect control system. Matt Make Games has created an incredible video game, challenging, and with a surprising storyline.
  4. Jan 31, 2018
    90
    Celeste is special, because not only does it serve up a delight in precise platforming and environmental puzzle-solving, it also tells an emotional story of a girl trying to overcome her depression. While there are times where it feels like the mountain drains you of your will, it’s important to never stop pushing.
  5. Games Master UK
    Feb 22, 2018
    85
    An expertly designed, tough-as-nails platformer that rarely stumbles on its march to the summit. [March 2018, p.79]
  6. Edge Magazine
    Feb 1, 2018
    80
    The controls are exquisitely calibrated, giving you room to adjust your trajectory in mid-air. [March 2018, p.118]
  7. Feb 20, 2018
    74
    “They cannot be serious!” became my mantra with Celeste. I like a steep challenge, but this is way too much. While the retro platformer shows off some interesting ideas the fun largely depends on your capacity for suffering as well as patience. This is one of the hardest games out there. They cannot be serious.

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Score distribution:
  1. Negative: 20 out of 222
  1. Jan 28, 2018
    10
    This game is outstanding. One of the best games I've played to date. First off, the visuals and music are so polished and beautiful. I justThis game is outstanding. One of the best games I've played to date. First off, the visuals and music are so polished and beautiful. I just want every screen of this game as my background (the backgrounds are incredibly detailed and help make the game feel very polished) and I could listen to this music for hours. I mean, each level has it's own death transition! That should give you a taste of how much love the developers put into this game. The dialogue is incredibly charming and tells a story about complicated feelings so elegantly and with so much honesty (I mean, you can feel it through the dialogue). The gameplay is incredibly fluid and its difficulty curve is perfect (However, I am a platformer afficiando, so take that with a grain of salt). I mean, seriously. Just jumping around and dashing in an empty space feels amazing, and there are so many collectibles to find using these amazing controls! You can choose to play on assist mode, or complete the game 100% and have an outstanding time no matter what. This game simply gets everything right: from skippable cutscenes to counters that help see what you missed in a level. The B-sides are just as fun as the main story and there's secrets hiding in every corner. No secret makes you want to use a walkthrough; they are well-hidden, but also well telegraphed with fun little mini-challenges in them. There are so many cool, inventive mechanics to come across while traversing through in this game... and the level design... Oh, the level design! It's absolutely perfect. This game is incredible and a great start if you want to start playing hardcore platformers. Expand
  2. Sep 8, 2021
    10
    Probably the best pixel art game I have ever played. Music, art, story and gameplay come together to create a truly memorable experience thatProbably the best pixel art game I have ever played. Music, art, story and gameplay come together to create a truly memorable experience that will have you pulling your hair out one minute and leaning into your monitor the next. Hundreds of hours of content if you go for deathless runs of every level, but it took me 50 hours to beat the main story to the true ending.

    If you are not the type of person who likes a challenge, you will not like this game. But if you appreciate the difficulty and the amount of heart put into this game you will appreciate it immensely
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  3. Jul 2, 2023
    10
    a beautiful platformer that you enjoy every moment of it beautiful story and narrative .just in one word perfect
  4. Jan 15, 2021
    9
    Celeste é incrivel, por mais que as vezes vc quase quebre seu controle. Trilha sonora sensacional e jogabilidade totalmente responsiva, peloCeleste é incrivel, por mais que as vezes vc quase quebre seu controle. Trilha sonora sensacional e jogabilidade totalmente responsiva, pelo menos quando morro no celeste sei que foi culpa minha e não do jogo. Expand
  5. Jun 28, 2023
    9
    (Reseña sacada de mi cuenta de Steam: APolChrome)

    ¿Celeste está sobrevalorado? Sí. ¿Es un juegazo? También. Seamos sinceros, Celeste es
    (Reseña sacada de mi cuenta de Steam: APolChrome)

    ¿Celeste está sobrevalorado? Sí. ¿Es un juegazo? También.

    Seamos sinceros, Celeste es un juegazo en toda regla. Entiende su género y pule sus simples y tan buenas mecánicas en una experiencia más o menos corta y desafiante.

    Jugablemente, es sublime. Los controles son híper fluidos (incluso para un plataformas) y sus mecánicas giran en torno al dash, que lo aprovechan de maneras muy curiosas. El diseño de niveles es increíble, se adecúa a los dashes y a los saltos milimétricos para avanzar o conseguir fresas (el mayor coleccionable del juego), ofreciendo una dificultad que si bien es muy alta, no llega a frustrar y de hecho motiva a seguir jugando. Además, los niveles tienen muchas rutas secretas o no son 100% lineales, por lo que no se siente como un plataformas genérico.

    Visualmente, es bastante bonito y el soundtrack es de locos. Me gustaría encontrar alguna de sus canciones en Youtube y ponerla en mi playlist.

    Pero sin duda lo que más me ha sorprendido gratamente es su historia y sus personajes. Empatizas muchísimo con todos y presenta una historia profunda para un juego de su género. A mí parecer, la protagonista acaba entendiendo que tiene que convivir con su parte mala y que puede hacerla más fuerte. Tiene momentos bastante cómicos, que te sacarán una sonrisa a la vez que momentos impactantes que nos dejarán pensando sobre los personajes.

    Celeste no me ha parecido esa obra maestra de la que todo el mundo habla, pero me ha parecido un muy buen juego que se entiende a sí mismo. Recomendadísimo.
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  6. Apr 9, 2023
    8
    Fantastic exploration of dynamic platforming and mental health. If you want a game that'll test your skill as well as give you an insight intoFantastic exploration of dynamic platforming and mental health. If you want a game that'll test your skill as well as give you an insight into the struggles of mental health then this game is for you. Also the visuals and soundtrack are beautiful. Expand
  7. Dec 6, 2020
    0
    very hard and it doen't tell you where to go. soundtrack is good but i don't recomend to buy it

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