Neon Echo

Neon Echo

Steam Deck Playable

Xinyuan Studio · Action Roguelike · Apr 21, 2023

It depends on what you're after.

At $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

55%
Mixed
4k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 37 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 4k 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
75% of themes are praise25% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
-Abilities and characters are fun and relatively balanced.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
This game satisfies the itch of good combat with rogue-like elements, great difficulty curving for those that want a challenge, and has a great gameplay loop that helps you get stronger to accomplish more, similarly to Skul or Ember Knights, but in more detailed and specific ways.
50 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The Game Audio is pretty good and it even has Voice Acting in almost every Dialog!
37 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Graphics, Visual Effects and Character Design are very nice and colorful.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
It was a lot of fun, I used my snackbox micro to play (leverless controller) and was very satisfying.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Combat system isn't overly complicated and great on steamdeck.
6 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 love6 themes
Story and characters52 reviews
Gameplay50 reviews
Audio37 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Controls14 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat45 reviews
78%
Difficulty13 reviews
62%
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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Full price

Currently $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
55%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
27
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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