Celeste
Worth it · Action · 2018
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
WAIT.
Worth it today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 8 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 75% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$19.99Worth it
Typical seasonal cut
$4.9975% offBANGER
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.41/hr
- ReviewsS
- 97% of 149,805
- Critics
- 88 players 9 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 2% Action
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 8.3h
- To 100%
- 39.2h 4.7x the story
- Achievements
- 32
Price and sales
- Sales
- 67 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $1.99 June 2024
- Sale every
- 35d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1,794 now
- Recent reviews
- 95% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 6% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
71% start to 8% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 67 times in the 9 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. It becomes a BANGER at $12.43, a level the record has reached 55 times.
Its score sits in the top 2 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games that feel like it, SANABI ($14.99, scores 84) beats it on value, while it beats Kaze and the Wild Masks ($9.99, scores 74).
More about Celeste
Critics scored it 88. Players sit 9 points higher at 97 percent, which usually means a game that plays better than it reviews.
17 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2025 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 83 percent of the 5,770 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
Finishing takes 8.3 hours; clearing it takes 39, which is 4.7 times the campaign.
149,805 reviews stand behind that percentage.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, and at 8.3 hours it is short enough to finish on one.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 14 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
gracias a este juego tengo un fetiche con las frutillas... cada noche meto una en mi recto aceitado.
2 more reviews
After getting 100% on this game I can safely say this is one of if not the best game I have ever played. The game does so well to balance a heartstring pulling story with difficulty, making the whole game feel like this great journey through its progression. The gameplay is smooth and satisfying but difficult, with many rooms and sections feeling so satisfying to pull off while you progress through the story of...
The thing is, at first I saw the pixel arts and overlook the game. I end up buying it and left it hanging around my library for so long until I stumble upon a video telling the journey of a guy that 100% celeste deathless. It is after then that I pick up the game and it is one of my best decision ever. You will learn something from the game. No matter what you think. You might hate it at first, died over and over...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
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.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD 4000, 1.2 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Celeste scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/504230/celesteReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 5, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.