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Neon Echo
Developer Xinyuan Studio
Neon Echo is a 3D side-scrolling action Roguelite game with an anime and tech-wear style. In a world that has been corrupted by "noise", "electronic music" has become the only means to resist the power of "Strepification". Now, let's follow the beat of electronic music to fight! From the Steam store page
186 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Aug 2, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
43
Mixed
78 positive · 105 negative
95% range 36–50%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 78 | 105 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
3 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mixed
2,264 of 4,109 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Players are split: many praise the game but warn it's abandoned after the dev team was fired.
Many players praise the game's potential, calling it "amazing" and "absolutely fire" with a "gorgeous artstyle" and fun combat. However, they also note it is "still in very early access" and a bit lacking in content. [2][9][10]
The overwhelming criticism is that the publisher allegedly fired the entire development team, leaving the game as abandonware. Players say the game "will never be finished" and urge others not to buy it, as money goes to the publisher, not the developers. [16][17][20][26][35]
Praised potential · artstyle · gameplay
Criticised abandoned development · publisher decision
Summary drafted by an AI model from the 36 reactions it cites ([n] links open each post), then checked by code: every paragraph cites real posts and every quote is verbatim. Written Oct 9, 2026. Method
Reactions
60 of 186 · most liked firstIt massively pains me to say don't get this game. It's an incredibly stylistic and cute game with fun gameplay. BUT the entire dev team was laid off because the publisher wasn't happy with how much money the game was making despite it being in early access and unfinished. So this game will never be finished, and your money will not go towards finishing it or to the devs and instead will just go to the publisher that effectively cancelled this game yet left it up for sale without any…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →!!DO NOT BUY THIS GAME!! The development team has been laid off so this game will unfortunately never be finished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →while this game was very cute and fun with a lot of good building blocks for a solid roguelite, it unfortunately will never be finished. the publishers fired the development team and now the game will receive no updates. yet for some reason it's still allowed to be on the steam store. they have already scammed many people out of their money and most of these people are not eligible for a refund (like myself) and they are trying to scam even more by leaving the steam page up instead of taking…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No, dont recommend. The game is fun and it had a great potential, but the publisher closed the studio ending any production on this game but still deems its fair to lie to people on steam leaving this game as Early Access, when in reality nothing will be done on this game. The backlash from this decision is perfectly seen in the review bombing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is abandoned dont buy it it had potential but was abandoned by the publisher, dont give them any more money playtime was from when the game was actually still being updated, came back to review so to warn people from buying
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Such a crying shame, this one. In case you are reading this and have not yet seen it from other reviews - this game is dead. There have been some rumors floating around about the original dev team trying to secure the IP, but, until we hear otherwise, the current state of the game is a no-starter. The publisher laid off the entire team and set no clear path forward. Which is a shame. This was, genuinely, the game I've been most excited about in a long time. The gameplay is incredibly smooth,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is pretty early access and the developers all got fired because it wasn't profitable in its early access state. doomed to be incomplete. no buy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game have lot of potential but unfortunate got axed by publisher.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I am mildly drunk while writing this bu tit greatly saddens me than the team behind this was fired because their corporate overlords were too blinded by greed despite the game being a hit when it launched and when i got it. ♥♥♥♥ China and the CCP. ♥♥♥♥ them all. The devs didn't deserve the pieces of ♥♥♥♥ who shut them down. Also Taiwan and Hong Kong are not China.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Studio got shutdown by billibili so new content isn't coming... which is a shame because this was really promising...
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Welp this was a depressing revelation I found out from a friend. Game was shaping up to be pretty good rouge-like with the style of the game being the big pusher for it. Unfortunately the developers were laid off by the studio due to the company having some pretty unrealistic standards set for the game, especially in early access. In all honesty go pirate this. Possibly track down the devs that did work on this and support them in whatever other projects they might managed to get into.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The entire dev team was fired. Will never be finished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The entire dev team was fired on June 6th 2023. The game is now abandonware. It had some promise too, but its not finished at all and now there are no devs to finish it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An amazing game, but with an unfortunate reality. The developer team got booted off so there is good chance this game will be abandoned. Don't buy, as the money will be going to the publisher, and not the developers. Here's to hoping this game gets some sort of comeback..
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The developer got rid of the team working on this game so it will never be finished. Don't waste your money.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →good game, garbage publisher dont play anything they develop they WILL axe it if it doesn't meet their revenue treshold. this game was in a good position: weekly update and frequent patches. they just didn't make the money the higher ups wanted it to and fired the whole dev team if you see Xinyuan Studio just ignore their games. their MHA game is just garbage gacha cashgrab anyway
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had some good potential but ended sadly as abandon-ware.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great and fun promising game that sadly had it's whole dev team fired by inept and greedy people. I bought the game to support the devs and the game since I knew they had something great on their hands. Can't recommend getting it since it's now abandoned and forever unfinished.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game with unique graphic style but sadly publisher laid off whole dev team responsible for it . Easy recommendation if devs manage to secure this IP. It's pretty sad that the game can stay on steam with it's "early access" label as if it's gonna get updated. Just don your pirate hat and use different means to get it if you wanna try it instead of giving money to the publisher
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →No disrespect to the developers themselves, this seems like purely a corporate issue, but the game will not be getting any further support. It seems like the company has pulled the plug on developing the game, so any money going towards this will be wasted. It was a fun little game, but I cannot recommend this game if it has no future.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →do NOT buy this game. several other reviews already pointed out why The Devs got fired because parent company Bilibili didn't see enough $$$ and didn't even warn them before letting them go Game is permanently listed despite now and forever being stuck in Early Access Don't buy this game with the misguided idea that you can show the company this game is worth anything, because again, the original devs got fired so they won't even be getting anything
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't buy the game. The publisher has fired the entire dev team because they were unhappy with how much money the game made IN EARLY ACCESS. So the game will never be finished and your money will go solely to the publisher responsible for killing the game, not the devs who worked their asses off.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I would love to recommend this game, but it would seem to have been abandoned. If development somehow resumes then I'll immediately recommend it, but there's currently not quite enough content to justify buying.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First update month after release, my finger started hurting scrolling through the patch notes. Dev actually responds to and addresses feedback,. Fun and addictive high octane action rougelike that almost feels like an acid trip. Obvious criticism: game is still in very early access and is a bit lacking in content, but that doesn't change the fact that what is there is already amazing (and definitely more to come). That being said the game is dirt cheap as is and definitely delivers more than…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fun...BUT it was abandoned. DO NOT BUY......at full price. If you really want to play it. I think there is enough content for $10 or less.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wanting this game since release. Finally buying it on sale Loving it lots Finds out it has been abandoned PAIN :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't buy. I loved this game, but it's dead now that the dev team has been fired. It is a permanent early access and will never be updated. I only wish steam did refunds on scummy games that do this kind of thing.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →even though i only put around 26 hours in this game, it was an incredibly addicting 26 hours. Did all the Achievements, it's so disheartening hearing that the dev team got laid off and that is why i cannot recommend this as much as that pains me. Flashy, fast paced and such stylish look and combat, to the devs, you really put heart and soul into this game and it shows. I hope something similar might pop up sometime as it does not seem like this game will ever see any updates again…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The original development team was fired due to, according to information, dissatisfaction of the publisher about the profitability of Neon Echo, even 2 months after entering early access. I’m sorry, because this rogue-like has a technological artistic style that, combined with the musical focus and agile gameplay, would make it special among the competitors if finished. It is unlikely that production will continue, setting up a case of abandonware… so don’t invest in this project. - - -…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I shall leave this game a good review despite the fact that the studio completely bombed their dev team. It has so much potential and I believe that devs making games like this in the future can be inspired by this game as well. I can't recommend people buy it, hoping for more to come. It's biggest flaw is the lack of content, which can't be helped considering there's a grand total of 0 people developing it. But I want to make it clear. The game was really fun, and I am wish the best to the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It was a great game, had great potential and future... IF development continued... Sadly development team got sacked because they couldn't meet a certain profit margin on "Early Access"... Let's follow the former devs on their future endeavors instead... RIP Neon Echo
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What the hell... This game was good. And everyone got sacked and now im the one getting screwed?! This sucks.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't buy it! The dev team got laid off by the publisher, because it wasn't making enough money. The game is abandoned and it will never get out of Early Access. Buying it now gives the horrible publisher money, and you a unfinished product.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pains me to leave a negative review on this game. This was one of my favorite Roguelikes, although was dissapointed to find out the entire dev team got laid off by the publisher. This game was so much fun to play (and still is!) and had so much potential... only for the publisher to just throw it all down the drain. The "Early Access" part on the game is fake and will not receive any future updates, unless SOMEHOW the devs get the game back and support it again. But this remains to be seen.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is such a shame... This game could've been absolutely great but the devving team got laid off entirely so the game is still full with "will be released" content
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was really hyped for the game, then found out the game got abandoned by the publisher when it had so much potential.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do not purchase game. Now standing at abandon ware
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →100% abandoned which is tragic because the game is absolutely amazing but the company decided to fire the entire team.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was really promising, shame its basically abandonware
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, but forever unfinished. In it's current state, it's a waste of money in my mind.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sad the game was abandoned, wanted to get back into it and saw there wasn't any updates. had a lot of potential but apparently bilibili just doesn't care.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →project is dead, don't buy
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game was very fun. It had very good potential, but the publishers has decided to fire all the developers of this game making its progress, indefinite. It sucks because the game had good potential and it was actually engaging for me. Wish they gave it more time for it to be developed.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →不要买这游戏！ 我只能说 我 是 傻 逼 是 是 是 是 傻 是 傻 我 逼 是 我 逼
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was coming back to play this again as I got more time and the game had a lot of potential. Unfortunately after some looking around, found that the studio has laid off the entire development team for this game. This game will probably no longer receive any more updates. Such a shame too.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not buying anything else from this damn publisher ever again, you all can go ♥♥♥♥ yourselves
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish the game would still have more updates, but from what other people are saying, it won't update anymore, maybe i'll buy it again when or if it has an update
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont buy this. They literally laid off all their devs who worked on this game. Its dead. Will never get another update...jesus christ. Edit: going forward for anyone. I would highly suggest you be skeptical of chinese developed games. Theres no laws against chinese individuals living in china to pay back anything that they have scammed from people.If you dont believe me and my skepticism then go check out thesus protocol.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decided to get back into the game after a month or so to see what updates have been made only to be greeted with the news that the publisher shutdown development and killed the development team. With the refund window expired, words cannot express my disappointment enough. This new generation of developer putting out unfinished products, or parting and pay walling parts of a finished game shows how much today's industry values bucks over the pride of putting out good quality products. Early…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →abandoned after not even 2 months in early access. was really hoping for the game. Had a blast playing Sadge
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game had a ton of potential and nice artstyle but was abandoned because the greedy publisher decided to lay off the dev team. Game seems to have sold pretty well, but not well enough for those pigs, I guess.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game had such great potential!! Such a fun game and concept unfortunately the game was abandoned. I wouldn't waste your money on this game unless they decide to pick it back up and start working on it again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine making one of the coolest concepts for a roguelike and then proceeding to fire the entire dev team for...some reason
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game won't be getting finished because the devs got canned by the studio
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Publisher laid off dev team and game is abandoned, Steam should literally refund the game and take it out of the Store. And the publisher didn't even make and announcement just left it here so any money goes to them since the dev team won't earn any more money from this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Dont buy it was abandoned
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out our [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/36364102-Horny-Hentai-Festival/]Steam curator , [url=www.youtube.com/curatorhhf/]YouTube channel and [url=twitter.com/hhfcurator]Twitter! [Kawaii/Action] 3D side-scrolling crawling action with roguelite element. Cute anime girls, EDM-based unique skills, nice potential. Unfortunately the development seems suspended. 佳作可愛いACT、ローグライク要素やEDMリズム要素があって新鮮に楽しめるゲーム。EAで今後がとても楽しみ…だったが、現在開発停止中のようで非常に残念。
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL;DR - Great game stylistically and conceptually with Skul vibes - Devs were laid off of this EARLY ACCESS game - This game will never be finished, therefore incomplete (unless something changes, probably not though) - Depending on your skill level, completion, and interest in difficulty mods has 10-30 hours game time max - Buying this game at this point is a bad idea, PERIOD Review I love roguelikes, roguelites, metroidvanias and all that 2D side-scrolling combat goodness. This game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Loli Vergil, that's all im gonna say
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Late when knowing the game has been abandoned. Played this while waiting for Blasphemous 2 and other title, loved the uniqueness and music.
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