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Neon Sundown

Ben Nichols · BN Games · 2022-03-18

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Neon Sundown is an extremely challenging arena-shooter that mixes fast-paced action with roguelite elements. Take on increasingly difficult arenas as you unlock new ships, upgrades, synergies, and more! Think you have what it takes to survive?

Neon Sundown is an Action and Indie game released in 2022, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 450 reviews).

2
playing now
82%
positive of 450 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
Nexus mods (491 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (104 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.0k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 450 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2023-03-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
999920222026Week of 2022-03-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.992022-03-122026-07-092022-03-12 — best price $3.992022-05-02 — best price $2.992022-05-09 — best price $3.992022-06-23 — best price $3.192022-07-07 — best price $3.992022-08-20 — best price $4.992022-11-22 — best price $2.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-03-16 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $4.992023-06-29 — best price $0.992023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-03-21 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $4.992024-09-06 — best price $0.992024-09-13 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $0.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-10-01 — best price $0.992025-10-06 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
67.3%
earned "The Abyss"
24.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9217%23

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

Player tags

2DPvEActionArcadeShooterTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteAtmosphericPerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.