Game profile
Neon White
A demon hunter races through short, precisely timed speedrun courses where weapon cards double as jump and attack tools. Chasing best times and optimizing routes take center stage in the punchy anime visuals.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Platformer / Shooter, set in a fantasy world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It is built around short sessions, which makes it easy to pick up for half an hour.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The story matters and gives the mechanics a frame, without taking over. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It is available broadly, on 5 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Speedrun courses
- Weapon cards as jump tool
- Punchy anime visuals
This fits you if
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you want your skill measured against other people
- you usually have thirty to sixty minutes and want that to be enough
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you are watching your budget
- you want something light that leaves you in a good mood
Look elsewhere if
- you want something that lasts, this is over after 10 hours
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want something with real weight to it
- you want a game that fills a whole evening in one go
How long is Neon White?
About 10 hours in total. At two hours per evening that is around 5 evenings, so about a week of casual play.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 89 out of 100, which puts it above 82 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 201 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Platformer averages 83 points across the database, so this one sits 6 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 133 collected ratings.
Released in 2022 and 4 years old. Recent enough to look and run modern, old enough to be patched and often discounted.
The facts
- Release year
- 2022
- Genres
- Platformer, Shooter, Puzzle
- Playtime
- approx. 10 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Present and relevant
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Fantasy, Present day
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, Mobile
- Critic rating
- 89 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neon White | 2022 | approx. 10 hrs. | 89 | Budget |
| Clustertruck | 2016 | approx. 5 hrs. | 74 | Budget |
| Broforce | 2015 | approx. 6 hrs. | 72 | Budget |
| OlliOlli World | 2022 | approx. 12 hrs. | 87 | Mid price |
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