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Neon Noodles cover art

Neon Noodles

Vivid Helix · 2023-08-03

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IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 16, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 16, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Jul 16, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Aug 03, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 03, 2023 (Linux), Aug 03, 2023 (Mac)

In a future where food is the ultimate symbol of status, you are a recipe programming technician for a ruthless aristocracy. Create, test and optimize your culinary machines in this deliciously dark zach-like!

80%
positive of 111 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
3.88★
PlayStation Store rating (16 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$19.99
steam price (US)

In a dark and dangerous cyberpunk future, food is the ultimate symbol of wealth and status. Using a revolutionary invention called Neon Noodles, the Aristocracy indulges their every culinary whim. Everyone else begs for scraps. With no memory and no name, you are just a cog in this machine. But when a mysterious message unlocks your forgotten past, it thrusts you into a daring, clandestine heist to seize control of Neon Noodles and reclaim your legacy. Neon Noodles is inspired by the open-ended, machine-building puzzle games of Zachtronics such as Opus Magnum and Infinifactory. Take on challe(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (29 reviews).
  • · Top 47% of 29,853 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.2k–5.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 111 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-05-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220192026Week of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$9.992019-11-292026-09-142019-11-29 — best price $14.992020-01-27 — best price $14.992020-05-12 — best price $14.992020-11-02 — best price $14.992021-01-05 — best price $14.992021-07-19 — best price $14.992021-09-14 — best price $14.992021-10-04 — best price $14.992021-11-12 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992023-08-10 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-04-10 — best price $19.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-08-29 — best price $19.992024-11-20 — best price $19.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-02-24 — best price $19.992025-04-07 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-02 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
70.1%
earned "Optimal Prime"
9.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Player tags

IndieLogicPuzzleRobotsSci-fiCookingSandboxCyberpunkAutomationFuturistic

Census log

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

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