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TetherGeist
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.
“You'll enjoy Tethergeist greatly if you liked games like Celeste, though you shouldn't expect it to live up to the same legendary standard. The game has a beautiful art style and great mechanics that I think make it stand out among other platformers. I enjoyed the effort the…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“Overall I liked it, but I'm still a little mixed about some things. I honestly feel like this could have used a lot of polish. Most of the things I have issues with are small things. For instance: - I love the artstyle, but a lot of the level art is a little unclear game-design…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs played“What a great experience. The controls are delightfully simple, the puzzles and challenges are well-designed, the story is heartwarming, and the art and music are beautiful. This is a very well-executed spiritual successor to Celeste. It reminded me of everything I love from that…”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
v1.0.8 Minor Fixes
Redesigned input detection and execution on blue pipes in Chapter 5.3 to be more responsive to player expectations. Recolored the damage vines in Chapter 5 to have better contrast and improve readabil
v1.0.7 Minor Fixes
Fixed issues in chapter 3-2 and chapter 4-3 where subsection red atropa counts in the overworld were incorrectly referencing the wrong atropa IDs. In addition to the interact button, "up" can now also
Developer Playthrough (Soft Speedrun)
I'm playing through the entirety of TetherGeist! (And casually seeing if I can beat the current speedrun World Record). I'll be sharing my own commentary along the way, talking about design decisions,
v1.0.6 Minor Fixes
Fixed issue where watching the credits from the title screen prior to loading a file would erase the first save file. Implemented Steam Cloud saves. Fixed bug where deaths were counted incorrectly in
v1.0.5 - Minor Fixes
Changed NPC interaction input to be consistent with door interaction input. (Defaults: Y on Switch, top Gamepad button on PC controller input, E on keyboard). Can be re-binded on Steam version. Fixed
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · Difficult · Precision Platformer · Adventure · Pixel Graphics · Indie · Cute · Fantasy · Female Protagonist · Exploration · 2D Platformer · Side Scroller (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support |
| Languages | English, German, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 49 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Dual Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 4-compliant onboard graphics Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: basic VR Support: None Additional Notes: N/A