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Neophyte

Regal Pigeon · 2026-05-15

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 31, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A mini topdown action roguelike with chaotic spell-slinging hack-n-slash combat. Collect spells, choose perks and discover powerful synergies to become an unstoppable monster-slaying wizard.

Neophyte is an Action and Indie game released in 2026, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 680 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
90%
positive of 680 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 40 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity up 43% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (208 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 14k–31k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 680 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2022-08-31)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19919920222026Week of 2022-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
49.2%
earned "Neophyte: Graduation"
10.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6324%30

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

Player tags

2DIndieMagicActionArcadeTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet HellEarly Access

Census log

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

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