Celeste is no longer available on Xbox, nor is TowerFall, another game from the same indie developer, Maddy Makes Games. The Maddy in question has now confirmed that the reason the games have been delisted is so that the studio can show its support for the BDS Boycott.
Fans noticed that the Maddy Makes Games titles were no longer available on the Xbox Store on Thursday, with Maddy Thorson eventually addressing their disappearance on Bluesky. “For those who’re asking, yes we delisted Celeste and TowerFall on Xbox. We did this to support the BDS boycott,” Thorson confirmed.
Both Celeste and TowerFall are still available on all other platforms, and if you already own the games on Xbox, they are still in your library and will remain playable. You can also still download them if you bought them previously. You can just no longer buy them on Xbox if you don’t already own them.
The Celeste studio is the second to show its support for the BDS boycott in this way in a matter of weeks. Big Walk, one of the highest-rated games of 2026, did not release on Xbox earlier this year despite being available on PC and all other consoles. Developer House House has since confirmed it has no plans to change that, pointing to the BDS boycott as the reason why.
The BDS boycott is a movement in which people attempt to avoid supporting, or even using, companies that are deemed complicit in supporting Israel during its conflict with Palestine.
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