Why Celeste 2 is Unlikely to Happen

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Extremely OK Games' narrative-driven, single-player adventure Celeste has paved the way for similar indie games since its debut in 2018. Akin to Super Meat Boy, Shovel Knight, and even Team Cherry's highly successful Hollow Knight, it's easy to see why the precision platformer became so widely beloved and critically acclaimed.

Celeste sold extremely well in its first year, despite just being an indie game. Director Maddy Thorson announced that the game had sold 500,000 copies since it launched in January 2018. Even Epic Games picked up on the game's popularity and released it for free during its «12 Days of Free Games» Promotion, which likely assisted to it shipping over a million copies by the end of 2019. With such immense success and a community of speedrunners and platforming fans alike behind them, it's almost hard to believe that a Celeste 2 isn't in development.

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The mountain-climbing journey gets platforming right in that it is consistently able to introduce new mechanics in every chapter, along with its playability across different platforms. The game is overall complex, but isn't unfair due to numerous checkpoints for players to reach, along with the ability to learn from their previous mistakes in any future run. The emotionally riveting storyline behind Celeste's main character, Madeline, feels organic and heart-wrenching.

Yet in a 2019 interview with IGN, Thorson said they felt they had «tapped the well dry» after Celeste and that they «really don't want to make a sequel to this game.» They added that in the future they may change their minds, but didn't know how they would «do a sequel justice.» Such worries are understandable, as the