Get on Steam"Neave is a single-player Action game offering around 170 hours of playtime, set in an atmospheric open world where you can climb any visible surface. Experience fast-paced parkour gameplay with wall running, wall climbing, and power slides, while enjoying a super chill soundtrack. Compete in leaderboards by comparing your best times with others."
Reviews
- The game offers a simple and elegant design, making it a charming and relaxing experience.
- It provides a fun gameplay experience for a short duration, especially for those who enjoy speedrunning.
- The music and atmosphere create a pleasant environment, reminiscent of similar games like Refunct.
- Movement mechanics are floaty and awkward, leading to frustrating gameplay experiences.
- Level design is uninspired and illogical, with obvious shortcuts that diminish the challenge.
- The game suffers from technical issues, including glitches and poor optimization, which detract from the overall enjoyment.
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally well-received, with comparisons to similar titles like Refunct, but it suffers from frustrating mechanics, particularly with the difficulty of completing certain objectives, such as collecting the last dot. While the core gameplay is enjoyable, some players question its value and replayability, citing issues with platforming mechanics.
“Gameplay: it's very similar to Refunct, except you're collecting the cubes as the main thing to change the world instead of pressing buttons and coloring the world as you go.”
“The gameplay itself is good, but the challenge of getting the last dot can be frustrating.”
“Getting the last dot is impossible; the gameplay itself is good but ruined by that last dot.”
“However, in terms of gameplay and replayability, I'm not sure this is worth $2.”
“I believe this is partially due to how bad the rest of the platforming mechanics are.”
- graphics4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics are generally considered passable and uninspired, failing to live up to the "beautiful vistas" promised in the store description. Users note a clean vaporwave aesthetic, but overall, the visuals lack creativity and originality, resembling a simple rehash of existing designs.
“Clean vaporwave aesthetic.”
“The physics are floaty and horrible to control, the map layout is unimaginative and frustrating (especially the lead-up to the final cube), the graphics are passable but definitely not the 'beautiful vistas' the store page advertises.”
“Uninspired graphics”
- music4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The music in the game has received positive feedback, with many users expressing their enjoyment of the soundtrack. However, some feel that a more atmospheric "chill" soundtrack could enhance the overall experience. Comparisons to other games suggest that while the music is good, it may not be the standout feature.
“I really like the music.”
“I like Refunct's better overall, but the music in this was pretty good.”
“The game works both ways, but to be really atmospheric, it would need a real 'chill' soundtrack.”
- atmosphere3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game's atmosphere is characterized by its engaging parkour mechanics and the challenge of achieving the shortest times, but some players feel it lacks true atmospheric depth due to the presence of leaderboards. A more immersive experience could be enhanced with a relaxing soundtrack to complement the environment.
“Another great atmospheric parkour-style runner game with the goal of getting the shortest time possible.”
“The game works both ways, but to be really atmospheric, it would need a real 'chill' soundtrack.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is criticized for poor optimization, with users noting that its 3GB size is unjustified given the minimal number of assets, which include only a few platform types and a single collectible cube.
“The game is overall badly optimized; it has no right to be 3GB as it only has about 5 assets in total: small platform, medium platform, large platform, red large platform, and the cube you pick up - but whatever, it's only 3GB.”
