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Noreya: The Gold Project

Noreya: The Gold Project

Venture into a frenetic metroidvania and take part in a fight between divinities where you will have to choose between Corrupting Gold and Purifying Light to achieve your ends.

Released Jun 21, 2024 Developer Dreamirl Publisher PixelHeart Platforms Windows · Linux MetroidvaniaPuzzle-PlatformerDark FantasyPixel GraphicsExploration
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

83.6%positive165 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“It's a good metroidvania. Played with an Xbox controller. What you need to know: 1. 3 Difficulty Settings for combat only. 2. Some serious platforming challenges as well as puzzles. 3. There are 2 worlds with some differences. Very important to solving some puzzles and getting…”

— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Bit of a disappointment. Game looks decent, and the movement is fun, even if sometimes wall jumps can be eaten, overall the movement is the best part. The game is also decent length and has a good amount of boss fights as well as a large map. Thats about it for positives. Combat…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2024-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

31all-time peak
0 5 10 2024 No data collected for this period 9 avg · Jun 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

43achievements
6.0%median completion
0.3%rarest: Perfection
46.8% of players 29.8% of players 26.8% of players 23.7% of players 21.0% of players 19.0% of players 17.6% of players 16.9% of players 16.8% of players 16.4% of players 15.5% of players 11.6% of players 11.5% of players 10.4% of players 9.4% of players 7.8% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 6.9% of players 6.9% of players 6.3% of players 6.0% of players 5.9% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 2.5% of players 2.2% of players 1.5% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 46.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
46.8%Boss Killer 1 — Hidden achievement
29.8%Boss Killer 2 — Hidden achievement
26.8%Bat Killer — Kill 200 Bats
Rarest badges of honor
0.3%Perfection — Hidden achievement
0.3%The Miserable — Hidden achievement
0.3%Awe The Light — Hidden achievement

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 26, 2024
Update 1.3.41 - Chinese/Japanese support improvement

Hello everyone! First of all Merry Christmas! I wanted to let all players know that due to the last patch (1.3.38) which fix quite a few things, there are also some downgrades. This is because I work

Dec 17, 2024
Patch 1.3.37 - Christmas Saussage Hunt !

Hello everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve written anything, either here or on Kickstarter, and I apologize for that. The last few months have been a mental hell, and it’s been very difficult not to

Sep 26, 2024
Patch 1.3.33 - Various fix and optimizations

Hello everyone, Today we have a new patch that fixes the final bugs and adds a few small improvements. This is part of the ongoing work to port the game to consoles and my desire to have a game with a

Sep 13, 2024
Patch 1.3.2

Greetings, Today I’ve uploaded patch 1.3.2, which brings a few changes and fixes. Know that the console port is progressing; I’ve written an article that I need to finalize before publishing. I hope t

Aug 21, 2024
Patch 1.3 - Gamepad binding and many improvements

Hello everyone, I hope you're having a great vacation and enjoying your summer (hang in there if you're working like me ^^). Today, we're delivering the new (and last?) major update of the game before

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Adventure, Indie
Player tagsMetroidvania · Puzzle-Platformer · Dark Fantasy · Pixel Graphics · Exploration · Platformer · Female Protagonist · Multiple Endings · Open World · Story Rich · Action-Adventure · Action (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Captions available · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support · DualSense Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish, French, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Swedish, Italian, Czech, Danish, Finnish, Indonesian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, …
ControllerFull support
Achievements43
Official sitehttps://noreya.dreamirl.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10+ Processor: Intel Core I5 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 530 Storage: 1500 MB available space