Neophyte

Buy90%

Very Positive · 681 player reviews · Medium confidence

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

Regal Pigeon · Action Roguelike · May 15, 2026

Player review score
90%
Very Positive
Price
$2.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
30
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles1 of 1

Should I buy Neophyte?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 73 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 22 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Controls: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 681 player reviews · updated

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
63% of themes are praise25% are divided12% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
73 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
On top of picking up new spells along your run, you also have 12 upgradable stat types which you can upgrade and really customise how your kit will work, anything from, super fast fire rate builds, high mana builds or even glass cannon style builds.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
When you beat the final boss you unlock a higher difficulty (4 difficulties in total) which is nice for replayability.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The core combat gameplay is executed splendidly, it feels fun, smooth, fast and snappy.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised 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.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The music is alright, the story is nonexistent, the randomness outside of your build is lacking, the controls are fine and fully functional although it can get overwhelming to handle all four spells and you tend to end up using mainly one spell, there is no apparent technical issue that i encountered, and the art style is nice, pleasant and stylized, but not exploited to its full capacity.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay73 reviews
Difficulty32 reviews
Combat22 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Graphics12 reviews
Divided opinion
Characters
100% still recommend
Steam Deck
67% still recommend
Players complain
Controls
74% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$2.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $2.99

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