Celeste
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 11 platformers by recommenders
Players recommend it for tight platforming, a good soundtrack, and a story they defend; one critic called its B-sides unfun.
Players recommend it for tight platforming, a good soundtrack, and a story they defend; one critic called its B-sides unfun.
22 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 19
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 86%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 19 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 6.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Players recommend it and buy it again
“It is a game so good I bought (and beat) it twice, once on Switch and once on Steam.”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)” “Highly recommend to any who haven't played it.”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)” “immersed like I do for Celeste or Bolatro”
Comment from 2 Jul 2026 in “What to Learn to Be a Graphics Programmer” - Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)”
Praised soundtrack
“lovely little platformer with a good soundtrack”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “When the Internet Was a Place” “Anyone who says Celeste's music is better than Super Mario Bros' is a liar”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible” Good native port
“The best behaved ones are the native ones (Factorio, Stardew, Celeste)”
Comment from 23 Aug 2026 in “hdiutil is deprecated in macOS 27 Golden Gate” “i love the celeste port on that”
Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “Making Video Games in 2025 (without an engine)” Called best in its genre
“a game like Celeste is objectively better in each and every aspect”
Comment from 30 Jan 2026 in “PlayStation 2 Recompilation Project Is Absolutely Incredible” “Celeste got this perfect, IMO”
Comment from 15 Dec 2025 in “Carrier Landing in Top Gun for the NES”
Other platformers people recommend
The four most recommended other platformers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince of Persia | 37 | 4 | 90% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Super Mario 64 | 37 | 7 | 84% | 7 | — | Approved |
| CelesteThis page | 19 | 3 | 86% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Flashback (1992 video game) | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
| Cave Story | 7 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 22 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“too easy A-sides, unfun B-sides”
“Stardew Valley, Celeste, Bastion and other Supergiant titles, Terraria come to mind”
“The best behaved ones are the native ones (Factorio, Stardew, Celeste)”
“some of the most well-balanced difficult games I have ever played were the ones with very granular difficulty settings”
“immersed like I do for Celeste or Bolatro”
“lovely little platformer with a good soundtrack”
“A person who says that Celeste did not need all of its levels to tell its story did not pay any attention to the story”
“I've also heard good things about Celeste and Silksong.”
“i love the celeste port on that”
“Highly recommend to any who haven't played it.”
“It is a game so good I bought (and beat) it twice, once on Switch and once on Steam.”
“tight controls and timing”
“Anyone who says Celeste's music is better than Super Mario Bros' is a liar”
“a game like Celeste is objectively better in each and every aspect”
“Celeste got this perfect, IMO”
“It's just a unified HTTP client for 14+ providers so you can actually swap models by changing a config string.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.