Games Like Celeste

The infamous, tough-as-nails platformer comes to Steam with a playable Head Crab character (Steam-exclusive)!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.7%, Difficult 16.7%, Great Soundtrack 12.3%, Platformer 12.1%, 2D Platformer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same fast-restart, precision-platforming obsession as Celeste, built around mastering short brutal stages through pure movement skill.

The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where you die a lot, but thats ok because you are probably already dead anyway.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 33.8%, Great Soundtrack 20.7%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 14.2%, Indie 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: From one of Super Meat Boy's creators, it offers dense screen-by-screen platforming challenges with a similarly exacting difficulty curve and melancholic indie tone.

Sunblaze is a brain-twisting precision platformer with hundreds of challenging, handcrafted levels to keep you dying for hours and hours.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 23%, Difficult 21.1%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Platformer 9.8%, Female Protagonist 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Its room-based structure, instant respawns, tight movement, and escalating obstacle design make it one of the closest pure gameplay matches to Celeste.

VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.4%, Great Soundtrack 20.1%, Difficult 13.2%, Platformer 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: This indie classic shares Celeste's love of compact challenge rooms, crisp controls, and difficult platforming built around a single brilliant movement idea.

Take control of a nimble janitor to rid the world of dust and debris.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 43.1%, Great Soundtrack 24.1%, Difficult 13.8%, Platformer 13.2%, Indie 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Celeste, it is all about pristine movement, technical mastery, and the joy of improving your route through elegantly designed stages.

A precise 2D platformer with a twist. NO JUMPING. Master your magnetic powers to beat each level with speed and skill. Enjoy classic 16-bit gaming vibes, tackle challenging achievements and compete for global leaderboard supremacy along the way.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 38.5%, Difficult 14.3%, Great Soundtrack 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, 2D Platformer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a demanding room-by-room precision platformer that, like Celeste, builds variety from mastery of a highly specific movement toolkit.

N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 36.4%, Difficult 24%, 2D Platformer 15.4%, Platformer 10.8%, Puzzle Platformer 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: It captures Celeste's retry-driven precision and momentum-based movement in a huge library of minimalist but extremely demanding platforming levels.

Take up the challenge and face true high-stakes platforming in Jump King! Struggle upwards in search of the Smoking Hot Babe of legend, but explore with care; a single missed jump could lead to a long fall back down...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 39.3%, Difficult 31%, Platformer 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, Indie 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: Though much slower and harsher, it shares Celeste's mountain-climb tension and the emotional loop of failure, recovery, and eventual mastery.

Play the critically acclaimed masterpiece. Embark on a new journey in a vast, exotic world where you’ll encounter towering enemies and challenging puzzles on your quest to unravel Ori’s destiny.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44.1%, Platformer 19.5%, Difficult 12.4%, Story Rich 5%, Cute 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Compared with the first Ori, it offers even smoother movement and tougher platforming while keeping the same emotional, beautifully scored adventure feel.

Wings of Vi is a challenging 2D platformer in which the player controls the angel Vi, tasked with defeating the Demon Lord Jeh’oul after he is freed from captivity. While inspired by masochistic retro platformers, Wings of Vi aims to cut out arbitrary difficulty in favor of skill based gameplay.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.2%, Difficult 21.7%, Great Soundtrack 13.7%, Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 8%

Why You'll Like It: It leans even harder into punishing precision platforming, rewarding the same persistence and execution Celeste players usually enjoy.

Become a tiny ZX8000 robot and begin your journey through a beautiful, pixel-art world inspired by games iconic to the platformer genre. Follow a cute story, upgrade your skills, beat challenging levels, and compete with other players for the fastest speedrun!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.9%, Difficult 20.9%, 2D Platformer 13.5%, Platformer 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.4%

Why You'll Like It: It nails the same snappy control feel, quick retries, and handcrafted precision challenges that make Celeste so easy to sink into.

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning Action-Platformer crafted by Moon Studios.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 44%, Platformer 18.7%, Difficult 14.5%, Story Rich 4.9%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It blends emotional storytelling, gorgeous music, and fluid traversal with several challenging escape and platforming sequences Celeste fans often love.

Forge your own path in Hollow Knight! An epic action adventure through a vast ruined kingdom of insects and heroes. Explore twisting caverns, battle tainted creatures and befriend bizarre bugs, all in a classic, hand-drawn 2D style.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 35.5%, Difficult 24.4%, Platformer 15.9%, Story Rich 4.2%, Indie 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: While more combat and exploration focused, it shares Celeste's atmosphere, secrets, demanding execution, and satisfying sense of overcoming adversity.

A unique platformer where an evil AI predicts your movement. Dodge AI-spawned traps, solve optional puzzles and uncover the dark secrets of the simulation. Now with a level editor and infinite community-made content!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.2%, Difficult 23.3%, Platformer 11.2%, 2D Platformer 11%, Puzzle Platformer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its spike-heavy levels, rapid iteration, and constant demand for accurate movement make it feel very close to Celeste in moment-to-moment play.

Discover the lost treasures of Ukampa in South America as Aban Hawkins searches for his estranged father, world-famous archeaologist, Jim Hawkins. Aban Hawkins races into the frozen tundra of the antarctic, undiscovered temple ruins and the vast caverns of South America in search of his father and the legendary treasure rumored to lie...

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.7%, Difficult 17.4%, Platformer 16.5%, Great Soundtrack 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: If you loved Celeste's exact timing and constant trial-and-error improvement, this brutally precise retro platformer hits a very similar nerve.

Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 47.5%, Female Protagonist 14.8%, Platformer 11.8%, Atmospheric 5.7%, Indie 5%

Why You'll Like It: It is far gentler mechanically, but its introspective storytelling, beautiful soundtrack, and emotional climb-through-pain echo Celeste's heart.

SANABI is an exhilarating stylish dystopian action-platformer. Play as a legendary retired veteran and use your signature prosthetic arm to jump over cliffs and skyscrapers, zip through bullets and traps and defeat powerful enemies.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Great Soundtrack 14.3%, 2D Platformer 13.2%, Difficult 10.8%, Platformer 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its fluid grappling movement and heartfelt story give you both the mechanical rush and emotional pull that make Celeste memorable.

Join renegade mechanic Robin and uncover the secrets of a dying planet. Explore a big world filled with intricate puzzles, interesting characters and menacing bosses in a beautiful platform adventure that tells a personal story about faith, purpose and the challenge of helping people.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 16.3%, Female Protagonist 16%, Platformer 13.7%, Puzzle Platformer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It pairs polished pixel platforming and a strong character-driven story, making it a good fit if Celeste's emotional journey mattered as much as the challenge.

They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.1%, Difficult 19.3%, Platformer 12.6%, 2D Platformer 11.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes sharp platforming, instant restarts, and hard-won progression in a way that scratches the same challenge itch as Celeste.

In a bizarre universe where the oppressed are on the brink of oblivion, Dandara has awoken to reshape the world.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 21.8%, Platformer 19%, Difficult 13.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its unusual movement system still creates the same kind of intense, skill-based traversal puzzles and retry-until-you-nail-it satisfaction.

Downwell is a curious game about a young person venturing down a well in search of untold treasures with only his Gunboots to protect him.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.3%, Difficult 15.9%, Platformer 11.9%, 2D Platformer 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Although structured as a roguelike, its minimalist design, split-second corrections, and precision-heavy movement create a familiar intensity.

Fight your way across the celestial world of Avalice where cats are green, motorcycles drive up walls and monster girls do most of the buttkicking! Freedom Planet is a cartoony, combat-based platform adventure that pits a spunky dragonoid and her friends against an alien attack force.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.2%, Platformer 19.7%, Female Protagonist 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Difficult 7.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is faster and more action-heavy, but its expressive movement, female lead, and technical 2D platforming make it a natural next step.

Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action. Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

Why similar: Difficult 25.2%, Great Soundtrack 21%, Platformer 14.5%, Female Protagonist 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its tight 2D movement, demanding stage design, and clever mobility mechanics offer a similarly rewarding challenge for precision-focused players.

Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.2%, Difficult 24.6%, Platformer 12.8%, Female Protagonist 8.5%, Indie 3.8%

Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.

Why similar: Difficult 23.8%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 14.9%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%

Why You'll Like It: It balances responsive movement and moody pixel-art exploration in a way that can appeal to Celeste fans who want a bit more combat.

Aeterna Noctis is a challenging metroidvania that majestically combines action, exploration and adventure. With 2 game modes and difficulty based on action or the exclusive Noctis mode where a level of difficulty is added in precision platforming never seen in the metroidvania genre.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.3%, Difficult 24.4%, Platformer 15.3%, Puzzle Platformer 6.7%, Side Scroller 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a metroidvania first, but its notoriously difficult platforming sections are a great fit if Celeste made you want even harder traversal tests.

A handcrafted open-world platformer set in a world built by Mushrooms! Explore different locations filled with secrets, acquire new abilities and use those abilities to reach new places!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.2%, 2D Platformer 17.2%, Platformer 15.6%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Side Scroller 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its platforming-heavy exploration and optional challenge rooms feel tailored for players who enjoyed Celeste's precision more than its story.

TetherGeist is a challenging precision platformer that rewards practice and perseverance. Guide Mae and her axolotl spirit, Bao, on a wholesome coming-of-age pilgrimage while mastering Astral Projection, a tether that links Mae to her spirit and is the source of her strength.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.4%, Difficult 17.3%, 2D Platformer 9.4%, Platformer 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8%

RITE is a high-speed, precision platformer where you must conquer a series of challenging trials, a rite of passage for every Nim.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.5%, Difficult 17.3%, Platformer 15.5%, 2D Platformer 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 11%

Why You'll Like It: This small-scale precision platformer is built around short, exacting movement tests and speedrunning improvements much like Celeste's core loop.

Jump, Swing and Zip your way through colourful worlds and exciting challenges in this unique 2D action-platformer! Master the power of the Grapple on your adventure to save the world!

Why similar: 2D Platformer 28.5%, Platformer 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 14.1%, Cute 7.1%, Difficult 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its grappling-hook movement adds a playful twist to the kind of tight, momentum-based platforming Celeste players tend to appreciate.

Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 41.4%, Pixel Graphics 17.9%, Cute 9.9%, Female Protagonist 9.6%, Indie 8%

Electronic Super Joy is a brutally hard platformer set in a world of pulse-pounding electronic music. Run, jump, smash & fly your way through 45+ weird & different levels, with low-gravity, world rotation, giant monsters & swarming missiles.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.5%, Difficult 20.5%, Platformer 18.7%, Precision Platformer 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast, rhythmic obstacle courses and relentless precision demands tap into the same fail-fast, improve-fast energy as Celeste.

“Ori and the Blind Forest” tells the tale of a young orphan destined for heroics, through a visually stunning action-platformer crafted by Moon Studios for PC.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 47.8%, Platformer 14.9%, Difficult 11.9%, Story Rich 4.8%, Atmospheric 3.8%

OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 47.5%, Pixel Graphics 17.4%, Story Rich 10.7%, Cute 6.4%, Indie 5.3%

Can't run or jump? But with a bat, you can surpass any obstacle! Climb to the heavens, learn techniques, and discover secrets across the valley in this challenging puzzle - execution - momentum game!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 30.9%, Difficult 23%, Platformer 11%, Puzzle Platformer 8.9%, Female Protagonist 6.9%

Pounce inside of your cozy armored mech and set off on a dangerous trek through an alien underworld full of irritable creatures and treacherous obstacles in a valiant effort to save your stranded captain and his crashed spaceship.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 22.8%, Platformer 21.1%, Difficult 11.4%, Indie 9.3%, 2D 6.2%

Jump and fly your way through danger in this rhythm-based action platformer!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 28.7%, Precision Platformer 27.5%, Difficult 26.6%, Platformer 9.2%, 2D 3%

Run, jump, and dash across a land inspired by Japanese mythology and untangle the love triangle between three young women on a journey of self discovery. Explore the complicated relationships between kitsune and humans through classic platforming action.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 22.7%, Difficult 15.5%, Platformer 9.7%, 2D Platformer 9.1%, LGBTQ+ 7.7%

Relive the 90s in this 16-bit inspired retro platformer! Explore colorful worlds alongside Ronny and their adorable furry friends and help them jump, dash and fight their way to the top of the mountain. Can you overcome the challenges and reach the summit?

Why similar: Precision Platformer 24.6%, Difficult 17.1%, 2D Platformer 11.1%, Platformer 10.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

A retro-inspired 2D Action RPG set in the distant future. CrossCode combines 16-bit SNES-style graphics with butter-smooth physics, a fast-paced combat system, and engaging puzzle mechanics, served with a gripping sci-fi story.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.5%, Pixel Graphics 19.4%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Difficult 12.6%, Story Rich 5%

ScourgeBringer is a fast-paced free-moving roguelite platformer. Help Kyhra to explore the unknown and slash her way through ancient machines guarding the seal of her past, and maybe the redemption of humanity.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 19.5%, Great Soundtrack 17.9%, Difficult 16.7%, Platformer 13.8%, Indie 11.4%

Pizza Tower is a fast paced 2D platformer, with an emphasis on movement, exploration and score attack. Featuring highly stylized pixel art inspired by the cartoons from the '90s, and a highly energetic soundtrack.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 40.8%, 2D Platformer 16.2%, Platformer 12.1%, Difficult 11.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%

Place your faith and embrace the Void.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 42%, Difficult 15.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.3%, Indie 4.8%

This is a difficult game about climbing.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 37.6%, Difficult 33.8%, Platformer 18.5%, Adventure 3.1%, 2D 2.9%

As a demon army besieges his village, a young ninja ventures through a cursed world, to deliver a scroll paramount to his clan’s survival. What begins as a classic action platformer soon unravels into an expansive time-traveling adventure full of thrills, surprises, and humor.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 32.7%, Platformer 16.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Difficult 11.4%, 2D Platformer 9.6%

Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source of all living things. Scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with a single arrow is assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power.

Why similar: Difficult 37.5%, Great Soundtrack 26.9%, Pixel Graphics 20.4%, Indie 4.1%, 2D 2.7%

This is a SHORT, 2D PLATFORMER with TIGHT CONTROLS about exploring a single level to get past a bunch of TRAPS. There is an EASY mode and a HARD mode depending on your skill level.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.7%, Difficult 20.5%, 2D Platformer 12.7%, Platformer 11%, Female Protagonist 7%

FREE DEMO features 1 playable character and 1 complete level with leaderboards. Try, die, retry in this challenging but fair precision platformer that takes place on 1 screen. Ultra tight controls, dozens of traps. Great for speedrunning, and 100% completionists. Also, no water levels!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 31.3%, Difficult 20.5%, 2D Platformer 12.3%, Platformer 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Difficult 36%, Platformer 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, 2D Platformer 12%, Atmospheric 4.5%

Help Milli to find Greg in this challenging platform game.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 26.2%, Difficult 18.2%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 11.1%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 47.1%, Difficult 21.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.1%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, Indie 3.7%

The NecroDancer's back in an all-new rhythm game! Dragged into a strange new world, Cadence must engage in musical combat with monsters surging through the Rift! Face pulse-pounding Rhythm Rifts where every beat is a battle, all set to an original soundtrack by Danny Baranowsky & friends.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 36.3%, Difficult 30.1%, Female Protagonist 14.6%, Indie 5%, LGBTQ+ 5%

Help Leah overcome a serious illness caused by her cybernetic implants. In this a platformer from the creators of Aeterna Noctis, you will face hundreds of challenges and secrets that unravel the mystery of Eden Genesis. Live this Cyberpunk 2D adventure.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27%, Difficult 18.2%, Platformer 11%, 2D Platformer 9.9%, Female Protagonist 7.8%

Dodge bullets, missiles and lasers in battle as you wrap your head around that bunny girl costume! Combo away with your mighty Piko Hammer or spam various spells from afar with your fiery fairy friend. Explore and explode through Rabi-Rabi Island as you collect power-ups and uncover secrets...

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 19.6%, Difficult 17.3%, Platformer 13.9%, Female Protagonist 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.8%

MO: Astray is a pixel art, side-scrolling, action-platformer. Lead MO through mind-bending puzzles using special abilities. Bizarre enemies, threatening traps and ingenious level designs await.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.9%, Platformer 14.1%, Puzzle Platformer 10.1%, Difficult 9.8%

Katana ZERO is a stylish neo-noir, action-platformer featuring breakneck action and instant-death combat. Slash, dash, and manipulate time to unravel your past in a beautifully brutal acrobatic display.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 33.1%, Pixel Graphics 14.2%, Difficult 13.4%, Platformer 12.9%, 2D Platformer 11.4%

Players will help a white-robed girl and her friends uncover the truth of the planet using unique dash gameplay. The storyline is fully voiced by renowned actors, with meticulously designed levels and energetic music for you to enjoy!

Why similar: Precision Platformer 27.2%, Difficult 12.8%, 2D Platformer 11.3%, Platformer 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%

No jumping, no walking. Raven's Hike is an unique 2d platformer in which all movement is based on her Grappling Hook

Why similar: Precision Platformer 29.8%, Difficult 20.2%, Platformer 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.2%, Puzzle Platformer 7.9%

A story-driven experience about two doctors traversing backwards through a dying man's memories to artificially fulfill his last wish.

Why similar: Great Soundtrack 60.9%, Story Rich 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.5%, Indie 6.4%, Adventure 2.1%

Challenging precision platformer based on tight, fluid movement. Open map layout with multiple routes. Collect gems and save animals.

Why similar: Precision Platformer 32.3%, Platformer 20.1%, 2D Platformer 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Female Protagonist 8.7%