Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder

Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder

Skip · Roguelike · 2021

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 8, under the fair line, at $13.99.

Length
1.5h 12.8h to 100%
Value
$9.33/hr
Reviews
60% of 265 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
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What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Reviews60% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 62% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach10K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$9.33/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds2 of 169 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 512 MB or Graphic Chipset, 205 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $12.59. That was March 2021. It has gone on sale once in the 6 years tracked here, most recently in March 2021.

It is less well reviewed than 94 percent of its genre. On the same math Overdungeon ($7.49, scores 51) and Iris and the Giant ($17.99, scores 64) are the better buys, and they are the games it most resembles.

More about Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder

HowLongToBeat players log 1.5 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 13, 8.5 times as much.

The drop-off

59% start to 31% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

First of all, the game just got released so this is a review of the game in its earliest state. That being said, it oozes of potential right off the bat. Here are my thoughts on the good things and the bad: THE GOOD- Gameplay is fun and addicting. Another one of those "Easy to learn, difficult to master" kind of card game. The setting and gimmick is also unique, having you battle against your fears in an attempt to...
Mechanized_MindRecommendedafter 1.7h39 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Love the dark atmosphere, the art and the animations can give you chills. I like to play runs from time to time because it's always quick, fun and there's a variety of moves you can do depending on how you gradually built you deck. Still a nice one to me.
matzosaureRecommendedafter 23hNov 2023Read on Steam
I wanted to like this game, I love deckbuilders and I'm a psychology lecturer. I didn't have any illusions that these topics could be covered very effectively in this form, but figured that there would be space to put across one or two interesting ideas. The game isn't really properly finished. There are only two characters and the second character's story is copy-pasted from the first character even in places that...
x_equals_speedNot recommendedafter 1.1h12 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder scores 8/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1253860/neurodeck-psychological-deckbuilder
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 15. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperTavroxGames
PublisherGoblinz Publishing
GenreRoguelike
Released2021
Players10Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements35