NeonCode

NeonCode

Skip · Shooter · 2018

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 47, under the fair line, at $1.99.

Length
1.1h
Value
$1.81/hr
Reviews
78% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
1.1h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
1.3h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.81
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$1.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
78%
242 reviews, as of Sep 30
Players
35K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2018

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, Nvidia GeForce GT710 or similar (2Gb VRAM), 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

NeonCode is a one hour long cyberpunk-retro adventure game made by one developer. It was inspired by classics such as the Blade Runner-movies, Miami Vice, Grim Fandango and the games of Telltale.
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

Holding it back
Value$1.81/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews78% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 76% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
Length1.1 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach35K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 136 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

It has never been cheaper than $0.49. That was September 2019. It has been discounted 55 times in the 8 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales.

On value it sits in the top 44 percent of its genre. It is cheaper than 93 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, Shadows of Doubt ($24.99, scores 59) beats it on value, while it beats Cradle ($12.99, scores 25).

Inside the two-hour refund window, 72 percent of the 138 reviews written there were positive, against 78 percent overall, and those are 71 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

39% start to 19% 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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
NeonCode scores 47/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/976780/neoncode
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 30, price as of Oct 1.

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Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperFubenalvo
PublisherFubenalvo
GenreShooter
Released2018
Achievements6