Neophyte

Neophyte

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Regal Pigeon · Action Roguelike · May 15, 2026

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $2.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

91%
Very Positive
674 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Controls: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Story and characters: 14 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 674 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
71% of themes are praise29% are divided0% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Combining everything and you get an really solid and good gameplay.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
On top of all of this, my one complaint of the game has been completely fixed: controller support!
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
As of writing this review, there are 3 levels, 3 bosses, and 3 playable characters.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The game feels very well made, the animations for spells especially are really good, the artstyle, arts for the enemies and particles, musics, sound effects are really well as well.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
You have things like fire balls, lighting strikes and even passive skills like teleport or stonewall.
12 of 300 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 love5 themes
Gameplay44 reviews
Controls20 reviews
Story and characters14 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Graphics12 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty29 reviews
90%
Combat22 reviews
95%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $2.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $2.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
91%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
30
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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