Neptunia Virtual Stars

Neptunia Virtual Stars

Steam Deck Verified

Idea Factory · RPG · Mar 29, 2021

It depends on what you're after.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $7.99.

57%
Mixed
489 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 17 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Optimization: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 31 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 489 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 184 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
25% of themes are praise42% are divided33% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
As for the graphics and music – well don’t expect much there.
23 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack, while nothing special, suits the game well enough, and the character animations, especially during cutscenes or minigames like BeatTik, are surprisingly polished.
17 of 184 sampled reviews raised it
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
From a technical standpoint, Neptunia Virtual Stars performs adequately but shows signs of limited optimization, particularly on PC.
9 of 184 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Graphics23 reviews
Audio17 reviews
Optimization9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Story and characters71 reviews
48%
Gameplay51 reviews
45%
Performance19 reviews
37%
Controls18 reviews
33%
Monetization7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat31 reviews
45%
Crashes21 reviews
43%
Bugs19 reviews
53%
Difficulty8 reviews
63%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $7.99 (−80%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
57%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
40
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.

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