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NEO: The World Ends with You

Square Enix · 2022-10-19

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ActionRPG

Franchise: The World Ends With You · Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 29, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 26, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 27, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

"Only the possibility of you can change our fate" Rindo comes to the grim realization that his life is on the line when he is forced to compete in the so-called "Reapers' Game."

NEO: The World Ends with You is an Action RPG released in 2022, priced at $59.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1097 reviews).

92%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)
Neo: The World Ends with You is a 2021 action role-playing game co-developed by Square Enix and h.a.n.d. and published by Square Enix. It is a sequel to the 2007 video game The World Ends with You. It was released for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in July 2021 and for Windows in September. The story features a new cast of characters playing the Reapers' Game in Shibuya and, unlike the original game, features three-dimensional graphics.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 99 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,097 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.99 at Steam (2026-04-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 22 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15115120222026Week of 2022-10-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$17.992021-06-072026-08-112021-06-07 — best price $59.992022-01-17 — best price $59.992022-07-14 — best price $29.992022-10-19 — best price $44.992022-12-15 — best price $29.992023-01-27 — best price $59.992023-04-04 — best price $59.992023-05-12 — best price $59.992023-08-03 — best price $59.992023-10-03 — best price $59.992023-12-14 — best price $29.992024-01-18 — best price $29.992024-03-14 — best price $29.992024-04-25 — best price $23.992024-05-16 — best price $59.992024-07-24 — best price $59.992024-09-19 — best price $23.992024-11-07 — best price $59.992024-12-16 — best price $23.992025-01-15 — best price $23.992025-02-13 — best price $59.992025-03-28 — best price $59.992025-06-20 — best price $23.992025-07-23 — best price $59.992025-10-03 — best price $59.992025-11-20 — best price $23.992025-12-18 — best price $23.992026-01-15 — best price $23.992026-02-16 — best price $24.002026-03-26 — best price $59.992026-05-05 — best price $59.992026-06-26 — best price $18.002026-08-04 — best price $17.992026-08-11 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3551092026-05-13 — 180 pageviews2026-05-16 — 159 pageviews2026-05-19 — 109 pageviews2026-05-22 — 134 pageviews2026-05-25 — 172 pageviews2026-05-28 — 129 pageviews2026-05-31 — 140 pageviews2026-06-03 — 161 pageviews2026-06-06 — 163 pageviews2026-06-09 — 276 pageviews2026-06-12 — 174 pageviews2026-06-15 — 169 pageviews2026-06-18 — 215 pageviews2026-06-21 — 203 pageviews2026-06-24 — 153 pageviews2026-06-27 — 190 pageviews2026-06-30 — 204 pageviews2026-07-03 — 240 pageviews2026-07-06 — 221 pageviews2026-07-09 — 192 pageviews2026-07-12 — 194 pageviews2026-07-15 — 194 pageviews2026-07-18 — 131 pageviews2026-07-21 — 173 pageviews2026-07-24 — 124 pageviews2026-07-27 — 304 pageviews2026-07-30 — 142 pageviews2026-08-02 — 154 pageviews2026-08-05 — 183 pageviews2026-08-08 — 127 pageviews2026-08-11 — 124 pageviews2026-08-14 — 149 pageviews2026-08-17 — 285 pageviews2026-08-20 — 203 pageviews2026-08-23 — 201 pageviews2026-08-24 — 172 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
85.4%
earned "Beginner's Luck"
13.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultySave AnytimeSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)8,46913%51
Steam (Steam)1,3466%51
Switch (Nintendo)4060%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

2D3DRPG2.5DJRPGAnimeActionLinearFantasyColorful

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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