NEO: The World Ends with You

NEO: The World Ends with You

Steam Deck Playable

Square Enix · RPG · Oct 19, 2022

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $17.99.

92%
Very Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 176 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 29 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 3 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
78% of themes are praise11% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
my insanity aside, if you loved the original twewy — or even if you've never played it and just want a good action JRPG, you can't really go wrong. featuring a fun and fairly simple combat system, fantastic characters old and new, an absolute banger of a soundtrack, and a distinctive art style with wonderful cel-shading, there's a lot to enjoy here.
176 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
my insanity aside, if you loved the original twewy — or even if you've never played it and just want a good action JRPG, you can't really go wrong. featuring a fun and fairly simple combat system, fantastic characters old and new, an absolute banger of a soundtrack, and a distinctive art style with wonderful cel-shading, there's a lot to enjoy here.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The gameplay is okay I never found myself upset with it but it definitely becomes much more enjoyable later on when you get some upgrades in what is this games version of a skill tree.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
my insanity aside, if you loved the original twewy — or even if you've never played it and just want a good action JRPG, you can't really go wrong. featuring a fun and fairly simple combat system, fantastic characters old and new, an absolute banger of a soundtrack, and a distinctive art style with wonderful cel-shading, there's a lot to enjoy here.
39 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
When you're exploring around shibuya, some OST will play, and with soundsurf, you can tap X (on the PS3 controller) to make Rindo 'surf' according to the beat, which will gives you beatdrop meter bonus before starting the battle aside from being fun on its own.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
And it runs a smooth 60fps on Steam Deck!
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

+1 more the community rallied around

Theme by theme

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

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love7 themes
Story and characters176 reviews
Audio80 reviews
Gameplay75 reviews
Graphics39 reviews
Controls12 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Interface8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat103 reviews
83%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty29 reviews
66%

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.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $17.99 (−70%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $17.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
92%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
51
total to unlock
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Average playtime
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