Deal | Steam sale slashes price on wildly popular precision platformer with 96% positive reviews and beautiful visuals
Celeste is a 2D precision platformer game that is meant to take its players on a journey with a main character fighting to face her own demons. Celeste launched in January 2018, and it has since developed a vast and dedicated community of fans, modders, speed-runners, and it will likely go down in history as one of the most important games of the decade thanks to how well-liked it is.
A recent 75%-off Steam sale has discounted Celeste to as little as $4.99. While it's not quite at its all-time record price yet, it's still a good time to get into it if you haven't played it yet.
Celeste gameplay highlights and reviews
Celeste is a 2D precision platformer, and by all accounts, it can be quite challenging when it wants to be. While the controls are designed to be easy to grasp, and there is a dedicated assist mode that helps smooth things over for newcomers to the genre, Celeste offers a lot of difficulty and depth for those who want it.
Celeste puts players into the shoes of Madeline, a young woman embarking on a journey up a mountain — both metaphorically and literally. As you ascend Celeste Mountain, you will help Madeline overcome her inner demons and learn self-forgiveness. The actual gameplay mechanics follow the typical platformer formula, where you have to jump, dash, and climb to reach the summit.
Since its release, Celeste has garnered over 112,000 reviews on Steam alone, with 96% of those being positive, giving the game an "Overwhelmingly Positive" rating on Valve's gaming marketplace. The majority of the Steam reviews praise Celeste for its stellar writing, stand-out soundtrack, charming hand-crafted pixel graphics, and well-designed gameplay and progression mechanics. Although Celeste is challenging, it starts off easy and expects the player to grow alongside its protagonist by teaching them how to use their abilities in increasingly difficult environmental puzzles and obstacles.
Celeste is also one of the rare few games that both supports Proton and has a native Linux version, making it the perfect companion to the Steam Deck or Lenovo Legion Go S (curr. $649.99 on Amazon).
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