Celeste
Hooks you almost right away
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (17%); after 15h it's 1 in 75 (1%).
- Fully opens up by hour 7.
- The opening is criticised less than in 79% of games we track.
- 49% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Archaeology” (Complete Chapter 2) and “Checking Out” (Complete Chapter 3): from 87% to 71% of starters.
- 71% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 149,766 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 297 reviews: 14.5h for positive, 6.1h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (70.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Forsaken Complete Chapter 1 100%
- Archaeology Complete Chapter 2 87% −13
- Checking Out Complete Chapter 3 Most players quit here 71% −16
- Breathe Complete Chapter 4 61% −10
- In the Mirror Complete Chapter 5 55% −6
- Reflection Complete Chapter 6 52% −3
- Celeste Climb Celeste Mountain 49% −3
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (32)
story milestone ending side
- Forsaken Complete Chapter 1 100%
- Gateway Collect a Cassette 88%
- Archaeology Complete Chapter 2 87%
- Checking Out Complete Chapter 3 71%
- Strawberry Badge Collect 30 Strawberries 68%
- Breathe Complete Chapter 4 61%
- In the Mirror Complete Chapter 5 55%
- Reflection Complete Chapter 6 52%
- Celeste Climb Celeste Mountain 49%
- Pointless Machines Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 1 40%
- Strawberry Medal Collect 80 Strawberries 39%
- Resurrections Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 2 38%
- Eye of the Storm Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 4 34%
- Scattered and Lost Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 3 33%
- Black Moonrise Complete Chapter 2 B-Side 33%
- Sever the Skyline Complete Chapter 1 B-Side 32%
- Heavy and Frail Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 6 27%
- Heart of the Mountain Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 8 27%
- Good Karma Complete Chapter 3 B-Side 26%
- Quiet and Falling Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 5 26%
- Real Gamer Complete Celeste for PICO-8 25%
- Golden Feather Complete Chapter 4 B-Side 23%
- Pink Sunrise Collect the Crystal Heart in Chapter 7 22%
- Mirror Magic Complete Chapter 5 B-Side 22%
- Center of the Earth Complete Chapter 6 B-Side 20%
- No More Running Complete Chapter 7 B-Side 19%
- Say Goodbye Complete Chapter 8 B-Side 16%
- Impress Your Friends Collect 175 Strawberries 15%
- Farewell Complete Chapter 9 12%
- Thanks For Playing Complete all C-Sides 12%
- 1UP! Get a 1UP 12%
- Wow Find the moon berry 9.3%