Matt Makes Games’ Celeste has finally received its free DLC Chapter 9: Farewell. Taking place after the main story, it introduces 100 new levels with tons of devious new challenges, a new story and 40 minutes of new tunes. The update should be available on all platforms so check your downloads now.

If you don’t see Chapter 9, then you’ll need to complete Chapter 8: The Core. This is easier said than done since you need to collect Crystal Hearts from the B-Side levels and then complete The Core. Assist Mode is a thing in Celeste so don’t be afraid to use it if you really, really want to play Chapter 9.

Celeste is also currently on sale for Nintendo Switch via the eShop and Steam so now is as good a time as any to hop in. It’s also available for Xbox One and PS4. Though Celeste isn’t currently planned to have a sequel, director Matt Thorson and his team have formed Extremely OK Games to work on a new mystery project.

Matt Makes Games’ Celeste will be receiving its long-awaited Chapter 9: Farewell DLC today. It’s a free update which adds over 100 new levels and an entirely new story that takes place after the base game. Now that the update is more or less done, are there any plans for a sequel in the future?

Speaking to IGN via email, director/designer Matt Thorson said that the team isn’t really looking to make a sequel right now. “Maybe in the future we’ll change our minds, but right now we don’t know how we’d do a sequel justice. And besides, we’re way more interested in making something new for our next full release.”

Thorson noted that the game is close to hitting one million units sold since releasing in January 2018. The success has “really given us space to create on our own terms for the near future” like releasing Chapter 9 for free. Otherwise, it’s “crazy” think that such a thing should be happening.

As Thorson explains, “First of all, we really should be charging for it” and he added that they “don’t like setting expectations that expansions of this size should be free.” He then stated that, “We want to be clear to our audience that we’re only able to release this for free because we’re in a very fortunate position right now, and that this really isn’t a reasonable thing to expect from any developer, including us, in the future.”

So essentially, don’t expect major expansion-like content from the team to be free in the future. Why is Chapter 9 free at all? Thorson noted that charging players would “force us to approach it as a new ‘product’, which would constrain us in some ways that didn’t feel right.” Still, even if Celeste isn’t seeing tons of free updates like many other games today, it’s good to see such substantial content added at this stage.

Celeste is currently available for Xbox One, PS4, PC and Nintendo Switch. What’s next for Thorson and Extremely OK Games? The developer’s next game is “not ready to be revealed yet so for now we want to ask everyone to be patient” but we can’t wait to see what they have in store. Stay tuned in the meantime for more information on Celeste Chapter 9: Farewell.