# Celeste

19 Hacker News commenters recommended Celeste and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Players recommend it for tight platforming, a good soundtrack, and a story they defend; one critic called its B-sides unfun.

## Why people recommend it

- Players recommend it and buy it again (4 comments): "It is a game so good I bought (and beat) it twice, once on Switch and once on Steam." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47215570)) "Highly recommend to any who haven't played it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47218127)) "immersed like I do for Celeste or Bolatro" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48759357))
- Praised soundtrack (2 comments): "lovely little platformer with a good soundtrack" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47947931)) "Anyone who says Celeste's music is better than Super Mario Bros' is a liar" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46822487))
- Good native port (2 comments): "The best behaved ones are the native ones (Factorio, Stardew, Celeste)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49405507)) "i love the celeste port on that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47224910))
- Called best in its genre (2 comments): "a game like Celeste is objectively better in each and every aspect" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46821175)) "Celeste got this perfect, IMO" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46279083))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Prince of Persia](https://hackerapproved.com/p/prince-of-persia.md): 37 recommend
- [Super Mario 64](https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-64.md): 37 recommend
- [Flashback (1992 video game)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flashback.md): 8 recommend
- [Cave Story](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cave-story.md): 7 recommend
- [Super Mario Odyssey](https://hackerapproved.com/p/super-mario-odyssey.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Celeste", https://hackerapproved.com/p/celeste/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).