Watch me scream as Celeste hurts me

Celeste is an excellent platformer. It’s already in the running for my top 10 games of 2018, which is something I’m normally not thinking about in January. But that’s how much I like Celeste.

I also hate Celeste, though. The incredibly-challenging, retro-style adventure is out now on PC, Switch, and other consoles for $20, and if you pick it up, prepare to hate it as well. Or, at least, you’ll hate how much it challenges you right up until the point where you conquer whatever obstacle you’re stuck on. That’s the reward of Celeste. You’ll smash your head against some seemingly impossible series of pixel-perfect jumps, and then you get to feel the euphoria of actually beating it.