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Neon Prism

EGAMER · SA Industry · 2016-11-18

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 18, 2016 (Mac), Nov 18, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Neon prism is a fun and simple but at the same time highly addictive game.

Neon Prism is a 2016 Action, Casual, and Indie game priced at $1.49, with a Mixed review sentiment (66% of 407 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners.

0
playing now
66%
positive of 409 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.49
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 409 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-95%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-12-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 11 of 19 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1180Nov 2016Apr 2025Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 15Jan 2017 — avg 12 · peak 133Mar 2017 — avg 8 · peak 223May 2017 — avg 10 · peak 69Jul 2017 — avg 21 · peak 255Sep 2017 — avg 3 · peak 25Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 36Jan 2018 — avg 13 · peak 211Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 9Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2020 — avg 3 · peak 293Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 4Nov 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 235May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2021 — avg 26 · peak 1,821Apr 2022 — avg 93 · peak 1,319Jun 2022 — avg 48 · peak 1,397Sep 2022 — avg 88 · peak 950Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 4Jun 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2025 — avg 84 · peak 770Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 124

▼ −1 avg players (−20.7%) vs prior month — Apr 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$0.492016-11-192026-10-122016-11-19 — best price $1.192017-02-28 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $0.492017-11-01 — best price $1.992018-02-15 — best price $0.492018-04-28 — best price $4.992018-09-26 — best price $0.492018-11-28 — best price $4.992019-02-04 — best price $0.492019-05-13 — best price $0.492019-12-03 — best price $4.992020-03-25 — best price $4.492020-06-05 — best price $10.992020-10-28 — best price $10.992020-12-22 — best price $1.092021-07-08 — best price $10.992021-12-22 — best price $1.092022-02-03 — best price $10.992023-03-16 — best price $1.092023-11-03 — best price $10.992024-01-04 — best price $10.992024-04-08 — best price $16.992024-06-27 — best price $0.842024-09-23 — best price $16.992024-12-06 — best price $1.012025-02-18 — best price $29.992025-05-04 — best price $1.492025-09-08 — best price $29.992025-11-21 — best price $1.492026-03-05 — best price $29.992026-05-20 — best price $1.492026-10-10 — best price $1.492026-10-12 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
10.2%
earned "Finish first level"
3.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,76121%16

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualPuzzle

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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