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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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's rating (official)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (2,129 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$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 14% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–50k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,113 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$17.99-70%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 23 of 43 observed days · at its all-time low (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$17.992021-06-072026-10-122021-06-07 — 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 $17.992026-10-12 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

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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.

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