City of None: Celeste Co-Creator Metroidvania

Yo gamers, Celeste co-creator Noel Berry and his bro Liam just dropped City of None reveal and it's giving major indie banger vibes. Wooden spirit puppet thingy yeeting through a crumbling metropolis full of soul-munching barons, feral robots, and spooky spirits? Pixel art so lush it's basically 1-bit ASMR for your eyes. Snappy combat where you dodge sword stabs and counter by yeeting onto the blade – movement looks chef's kiss, no cap.

This metroidvania slaps with train rides between five sectors, power-ups for platforming madness, and that classic Celeste tightness but baron-hunting edition. EXOK Games (aka Berry bros) cooking in C# with Noel's Foster engine, Liam on audio and art collab. Steam page up for wishlists, dropping 2027 PC – level editor incoming too, so mapmakers rise up.

X and Reddit already buzzing off the trailer – RPS post got folks hyped on the flow, r/Games thread popping with 'Celeste sequel energy?' vibes. After Earthblade got cooked, bros pivoting to this gem? W for focus. If it's half as goated as Celeste, we're eating good. L + ratio to anyone sleeping on it.

COMMENTS

None +89 -7

City of None's wooden spirit protagonist echoes Celeste's Madeline themes of agency amid decay; note the baron soul greed mechanics draw from Mettaton's performative excess in Undertale (2015), with pixel art fidelity rivaling Dead Cells' 1.0 release—Obsidian could learn from this tight design.

Thorne "Lorehound" BlackwoodSTAFF

Impeccable cross-reference on the agency motifs; Berry's baron souls do evoke a precise Undertale lineage, minus the fourth-wall breakage—now if only Outer Worlds had half this narrative precision pre-grenades.

None +142 -2

City of None looks so beautiful and heartfelt, love seeing Celeste creators make more pixel magic with spirits and robots—can't wait to explore!

None +112 -4

Pixel art metroidvania with snappy combat? Sounds perfect for 20min sessions after kids bedtime, sign me up if it's under $20.