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Neon Abyss cover art

Neon Abyss

Veewo Games · Team17 · 2020-07-14

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 14, 2020 (Xbox One), Jul 14, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 14, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 14, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Neon Abyss is a frantic, roguelite action-platformer where you run ‘n’ gun your way into the Abyss. Featuring unlimited item synergies and a unique dungeon evolution system, each run diversifies the experience and every choice alters the ruleset.

Neon Abyss is a $19.99 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game released in 2020, with an estimated 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 23618 reviews).

223
playing now
86%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (39 ratings)
4.14★
PlayStation Store rating (1,050 ratings)
76/100
opencritic · strong · 76% recommend · from 45 critics
32h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 56h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

223 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 UTC (census sample)

Neon Abyss is a run and gun video game with roguelike elements developed by Veewo Games. The game's premise is centered around members of the Grim Squad as they descend the Abyss, which consists of a series of levels with procedurally generated rooms, in pursuit of powerful entities known as the New Gods. The characters can use a variety of firearms and special abilities to fight enemies across each level. Neon Abyss was released for multiple platforms on July 14, 2020, with British video game developer Team17 as their primary publisher. Neon Abyss has received a generally positive reception with video game critics.

Trailer

Neon Abyss trailer thumbnail

Neon Abyss - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈346,356 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 223 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 285 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,173 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 472k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 23,618 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$3.99-80%
Microsoft Store$4.99-75%
GamersGate$5.00-75%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.88 at GameBillet (2025-11-22) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 173 of 221 observed days · $17.11 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.8k1.8k20202026Week of 2020-07-01: 1,778 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 395 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1,254 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 229 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 492 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 459 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1,090 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 458 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 618 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 976 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 396 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 438 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 339 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

253402026-09-14 20:00 — 40 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 86 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 140 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 74 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 88 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 127 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 82 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 68 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 132 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 101 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 47 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 85 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 137 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 43 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 109 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 147 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 42 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 110 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 164 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 79 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 200 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 231 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 95 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 223 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.9k83Jul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 2,897 · peak 5,111Sep 2020 — avg 1,090 · peak 2,539Nov 2020 — avg 748 · peak 1,839Jan 2021 — avg 628 · peak 1,388Mar 2021 — avg 910 · peak 2,509May 2021 — avg 1,360 · peak 4,871Jul 2021 — avg 1,841 · peak 4,759Sep 2021 — avg 1,147 · peak 4,125Nov 2021 — avg 869 · peak 2,235Jan 2022 — avg 1,166 · peak 3,462Mar 2022 — avg 816 · peak 1,812May 2022 — avg 819 · peak 2,146Jul 2022 — avg 796 · peak 1,690Sep 2022 — avg 510 · peak 1,127Nov 2022 — avg 874 · peak 3,946Jan 2023 — avg 541 · peak 1,370Mar 2023 — avg 439 · peak 1,285May 2023 — avg 337 · peak 826Jul 2023 — avg 291 · peak 641Sep 2023 — avg 376 · peak 1,190Nov 2023 — avg 279 · peak 649Jan 2024 — avg 272 · peak 573Mar 2024 — avg 290 · peak 726May 2024 — avg 252 · peak 626Jul 2024 — avg 258 · peak 588Sep 2024 — avg 264 · peak 688Nov 2024 — avg 207 · peak 477Jan 2025 — avg 198 · peak 406Mar 2025 — avg 231 · peak 644May 2025 — avg 234 · peak 713Jul 2025 — avg 201 · peak 432Sep 2025 — avg 104 · peak 229Nov 2025 — avg 93 · peak 205Jan 2026 — avg 110 · peak 281Mar 2026 — avg 100 · peak 211May 2026 — avg 83 · peak 198Jul 2026 — avg 107 · peak 232Aug 2026 — avg 129 · peak 264
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$20.02$3.142020-07-102026-10-142020-07-10 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $14.392020-12-25 — best price $13.742021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-04-16 — best price $13.392021-05-28 — best price $13.392021-07-26 — best price $13.392021-09-23 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $10.792022-01-10 — best price $11.992022-03-15 — best price $19.992022-05-12 — best price $9.992022-08-01 — best price $19.992022-10-10 — best price $17.102022-12-23 — best price $7.892023-03-20 — best price $6.792023-05-30 — best price $19.262023-08-21 — best price $5.392023-11-16 — best price $16.792024-01-20 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-05-25 — best price $19.992024-08-01 — best price $19.992024-09-18 — best price $4.992024-11-05 — best price $19.262024-12-27 — best price $4.092025-02-16 — best price $4.102025-04-14 — best price $4.392025-07-02 — best price $4.192025-09-12 — best price $4.992025-10-24 — best price $14.392026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-03-05 — best price $4.992026-04-28 — best price $4.822026-06-26 — best price $4.852026-08-13 — best price $3.992026-09-13 — best price $3.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6562026-05-29 — 21 pageviews2026-06-02 — 18 pageviews2026-06-06 — 21 pageviews2026-06-10 — 22 pageviews2026-06-14 — 30 pageviews2026-06-18 — 10 pageviews2026-06-22 — 23 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 21 pageviews2026-07-08 — 17 pageviews2026-07-12 — 13 pageviews2026-07-16 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 16 pageviews2026-08-01 — 11 pageviews2026-08-05 — 6 pageviews2026-08-09 — 18 pageviews2026-08-13 — 15 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 17 pageviews2026-08-29 — 24 pageviews2026-09-02 — 12 pageviews2026-09-06 — 14 pageviews2026-09-10 — 9 pageviews2026-09-14 — 22 pageviews2026-09-18 — 16 pageviews2026-09-22 — 55 pageviews2026-09-26 — 37 pageviews2026-09-30 — 37 pageviews2026-10-04 — 36 pageviews2026-10-07 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
89.1%
earned "First Blood"
21.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2020-07-22, latest 2022-01-27 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)24,5220%36
Steam (Steam)16,7451%35
Windows (Xbox)5,0973%36
PS4 (PlayStation)2,9767%37
Switch (Nintendo)1510%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

LootShooterAdventureCyberpunkPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellReplay ValueSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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