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Celeste vs Stardew Valley

Reviews on Steam

Stardew Valley

6.8× more reviews

Critical reception

Stardew Valley

1.1pp gap

Cheaper at launch

Stardew Valley

$5.00 cheaper

Estimated sales (median)

Stardew Valley

8.2× more units (white-box estimate)

More recent

Celeste

2 years apart

A

Celeste

2018 · Action

Maddy Makes Games Inc. · Maddy Makes Games Inc.

Reviews
126,861
Positive
97%
Launch price
$19.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
9.5M
Net rev
$108.6M
B

Stardew Valley

2016 · Indie

ConcernedApe · ConcernedApe

Reviews
868,743
Positive
98%
Launch price
$14.99
Engine
n/a
Sales (median)
78.2M
Net rev
$669.5M

Tag overlap

30% shared , 6 shared tags, 14 only on Celeste, 14 only on Stardew Valley.

Only Celeste

Precision PlatformerDifficultPlatformer2D PlatformerFemale ProtagonistStory RichAdventurePuzzle-PlatformerLGBTQ+AtmosphericActionSide ScrollerRetroExploration

Shared

Pixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackIndieSingleplayer2DCute

Only Stardew Valley

Farming SimMultiplayerLife SimRPGRelaxingAgricultureSimulationCraftingSandboxBuildingCasualOpen WorldDating SimFishing

Sales estimates

Both estimates use the same vv1.0 multi-factor Boxleiter method. Click "How is this calculated?" on either to see the per-factor breakdown.

Sales estimate

vv1.0

5.7M to 13.3M

units (median: 9.5M)

≈ $65.2M to $152.1M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

5.7Mmedian13.3M

Sales estimate

vv1.0

46.9M to 109.5M

units (median: 78.2M)

≈ $401.7M to $937.2M net revenue (Steam cut + refunds + regional discount applied)

46.9Mmedian109.5M

How comparison pages work

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