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Neophyte
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.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“i like”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played“abandonware. game does not function for me, no clue why. used to be pretty awesome unique and stylized”
— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played“this game has not been updated for over 2 years and its in ea. also i realy enjoy the game so it makes me sad.”
— a player, Steam review · 62 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Ending Early Access - What's Been Happening?
Hi everyone, Max (aka Regal Pigeon) here. First of all, I'd apologize for my lack of responsiveness over the past two years. I want you to know that I had every intention of expanding Neophyte, but si
v0.5.00 Hotfix 2
Fixed a bug where rooting an enemy while having the Siren's Song emblem equipped could sometimes cause a crash.
Evolution Update
New Enemies Evolve: After beating your first run, you unlock the "Enemies Evolve" feature which causes one enemy type from each arena to evolve into a unique form with different behaviour. Player Char
Beta v0.5.00b Patch Notes
Player The Oracle: Ghosts now spawn whenever the player kills 45 enemies instead of spawning at timed intervals (only 1 ghost can be active at a time, enemy kills while ghost is active are not counted
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Action · Arcade · Rogue-lite · Magic · Rogue-like · Singleplayer · 2D · Indie · Early Access · Pixel Graphics · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 30 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 or above (x64) Processor: i3 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD 4000 Storage: 120 MB available space Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system