Little Noah: Scion of Paradise

Little Noah: Scion of Paradise

Worth it · Roguelike · 2022

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $14.99.

Length
7.1h
Value
$2.11/hr
Reviews
92% positive
No price makes it a BANGER.

Buy now or wait

The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.

Discounted in 5 of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.

Autumn Sale cooldown
None on record
Typical seasonal cut
70% ($4.49)
Deepest seasonal cut
80% ($2.99)
Last discount ended
23 days ago

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
7.1h
typical playtime (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
42.5h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$2.11
price ÷ typical playtime
Price
$14.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
92%
2,258 reviews, as of Sep 26
Players
150K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2022

Minimum on the Steam store: 6 GB of memory, NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti, 7 GB of storage. Windows only.

Join the genius alchemist Noah and her cat companion Zipper as they explore ancient ruins to uncover the secrets hidden within! Create unique teams and combos from 40+ recruitable allies in this casual but compelling game!
Description from the Steam store page.

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

Raising the score
Reviews92% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Holding it back
Reach150K+ 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$2.11/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
Length7.1 hours
Typical playtime on HowLongToBeat. Endless games score on players, so hours stay out of it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds4 of 468 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

The value story

The lowest price on record is $2.99, set in December 2025. It has been discounted 20 times in the 4 years tracked here, typically at 70 percent off, with about 9 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 3 weeks ago.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 17 percent on value. It is better reviewed than 83 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Hades II ($20.99, scores 91) beats it on value, while it beats BELOW ($24.99, scores 24).

4 of the 468 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2022 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 293 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 14 percent of everything written about it.

HowLongToBeat players log 7.1 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 43, 6.0 times as much.

The drop-off

89% start to 3% rarest
050100rarestfirst achievement

No achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements

Players

9 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 04:49 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

I'm not that into roguelites, but I like Akihiko Yoshida. The gameplay is fun but a bit simple, and I like the responsive controls. Personally, it is a satisfying purchase that gave me a few hours of light entertainment.
rekkazanRecommendedafter 7.6hAug 2026Read on Steam
It's Dead Cells, but you're a phantom summoner, and it's much easier / more approachable for people who have less time or good reflexes. Pros: +It's very easy to pick up and play. Controls feel responsive and I enjoy the summons altering your movement. +Cute art style, if you like Square Enix or chibi anime, this is for you. +You can beat it in a very reasonable amount of time. The runs themselves may feel kind of...
glovethegloveRecommendedafter 3.3hMar 2026Read on Steam
I wasn't sure what to expect, but I thought it looked beautiful. This unusual, dungeon crawling, casual gameplay surprised and exceeded my expectations . It initially felt like a side scrolling game, but I like the rogue-lite mechanics that keep it interesting as you many not know what kind of party you will be building. I found the game addictingly fun and looked forward to unlocking a lot of things. I am currently...
JunoscapeRecommendedafter 34hMar 2026Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

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Little Noah: Scion of Paradise scores 75/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1883260/little-noah-scion-of-paradise
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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 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Details

DeveloperCygames, Inc.
PublisherCygames, Inc.
GenreRoguelike
Released2022
Achievements39