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Neon Beats cover art

Neon Beats

OKYO GAMES · 2019-05-03

Steam

IndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 03, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2019 (Mac), Dec 13, 2024 (Nintendo Switch)

Beat your best scores in Neon Beats, a 2D platformer game with rhythm based levels!

Neon Beats is an Indie and Free To Play game released in 2019, priced at free-to-play, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (96% of 6568 reviews).

0
playing now
96%
positive of 6.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Neon Beats trailer thumbnail

Neon Beats - Trailer

≈405,611 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 104 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 28% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,653 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 49,602 Indie games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.19 at IndieGala Store (2026-03-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 10 of 19 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.6k1.6k20192026Week of 2019-05-01: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 338 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 469 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 6 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
633May 2019Aug 2026May 2019 — avg 63 · peak 184Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2019 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2020 — avg 13 · peak 32May 2020 — avg 16 · peak 35Aug 2020 — avg 16 · peak 33Nov 2020 — avg 12 · peak 29Feb 2021 — avg 15 · peak 37May 2021 — avg 9 · peak 29Aug 2021 — avg 9 · peak 22Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 25Feb 2022 — avg 12 · peak 30May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 30Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 18Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2023 — avg 7 · peak 18May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Feb 2024 — avg 9 · peak 29May 2024 — avg 7 · peak 18Aug 2024 — avg 18 · peak 100Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.002019-05-072026-08-142019-05-07 — best price $0.002020-03-20 — best price $1.992020-11-19 — best price $1.492020-12-17 — best price $1.992021-01-11 — best price $1.992021-04-08 — best price $1.492021-06-30 — best price $1.992021-11-15 — best price $1.492021-12-30 — best price $1.992022-11-28 — best price $1.192023-01-23 — best price $1.992023-04-11 — best price $1.192023-05-11 — best price $1.992023-07-11 — best price $1.092023-08-17 — best price $1.992023-10-16 — best price $0.792023-11-27 — best price $1.992024-01-16 — best price $0.692024-04-03 — best price $1.992024-05-13 — best price $0.492024-06-25 — best price $1.992024-08-16 — best price $0.392024-09-20 — best price $1.992024-11-15 — best price $0.792024-12-18 — best price $1.992025-04-15 — best price $0.592025-05-30 — best price $1.992025-07-17 — best price $0.492025-08-29 — best price $1.992025-10-09 — best price $0.392025-11-26 — best price $1.992026-01-15 — best price $0.292026-02-27 — best price $1.992026-04-01 — best price $1.992026-05-18 — best price $0.192026-07-29 — best price $1.992026-08-14 — best price $0.19
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
79.6%
earned "Simple, Basic"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2020-03-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,4083%27

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

2DIndieMusicShortRhythmDifficultControllerMinimalistPlatformerFree to Play

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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