Striking neon visuals and great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Neon lights and great music really get you in the zone.”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Neon Abyss
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 86%Very Positive · 86%Veewo Games2020Roguelike · Platformer · Shooter
The verdict
A flashy, addictive neon roguelite platformer with huge weapon and item variety and a great soundtrack. Skip it if you hate RNG, blind item picks, or old game-breaking bugs.
Great for
Roguelike fans who like chaotic bullet-hell builds, neon visuals and music, ideally bought on sale
Main risk
Repetitive RNG-heavy runs, hidden item descriptions and long-standing bugs like being unable to drop through platforms
What players love
Highly replayable and addictive
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Hours upon hours of replayability.”
Steam review · 86.2 h played ↗
Huge variety of weapons and items
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“massive ammounts of weapons, abilites and perks. and the bosses are varied.”
Steam review · 19.5 h played ↗
Great value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Got it on sale for less than $5 and I am having a blast playing after work.”
Steam review · 9.6 h played ↗
Fun broken builds and satisfying power
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“i love getting so powerfull that i summon the sun when i shoot”
Steam review · 141.8 h played ↗
Works well on Steam Deck and low-end PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“Plays and runs great on the Steam deck”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Repetitive, shallow items and runs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I hate how 80% of the items are like "a chance to [X] when you [Y]".”
Steam review · 15.1 h played ↗
Game-breaking bugs, never fixed
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The bug I get stuck with most often is one that makes me unable to jump down/move down through platforms”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
RNG-gated progress and annoying wisdom/malice system
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Hitting the crystal devices SHOULD NOT AFFECT YOUR METER.”
Steam review · 56.6 h played ↗
Can't see enemy bullets in the clutter
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“your bullets obscure enemy bullets; this game has been out for three years and this is still a severe problem”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
No item descriptions before pickup
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“You can't see what an item does unless you choose a specific character”
Steam review · 27.2 h played ↗
Save loss and progress-destroying bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“my entire save has been wiped and started over”
Steam review · 20 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support1024 MB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i3
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce 650
Storage1024 MB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i3-2100 / AMD A8-5600k
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 630 / Radeon HD 6570
Storage1024 MB available space
OSWindows 7 64-bit
ProcessorIntel i3
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeforce 650
Storage1024 MB available space
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