Neon Blood

Neon Blood

Released Nov 2024

Viridis, year 2053. Growing inequality drives Bright City and Blind City further and further apart until idealistic detective Axel McCoin starts a revolution to change the world in this fast-paced cyberpunk adventure.

70% positive · 134 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Neon Blood launched on November 25–26, 2024 as a complete cyberpunk RPG/graphic adventure. Since launch, ChaoticBrain Studios has issued bug fix and quality-of-life patches (most recently patch 1.0.7 on April 29, 2025), but no major new content updates. The two DLC items on the store — a Digital Artbook (released March 10, 2025) and a Soundtrack (released April 8, 2025) — are bonus media items rather than gameplay content expansions. Both are already released. On May 26, 2025, the developer posted a six-month anniversary message saying they were "working on some surprises coming your way soon — including improvements, tweaks based on your feedback." This language is vague and refers primarily to further polish and improvements rather than named new content or expansions. That post is also the last official communication from the developer, dating back to May 26, 2025 — over a year ago relative to today (June 21, 2026). There are no announced expansions, no unreleased DLC on the store, and no roadmap pointing to substantial new content. The game appears to have shipped as a complete, self-contained narrative experience. Post-launch activity has consisted of maintenance patches and bonus media DLC. With no outstanding content commitments and no update activity since May 2025, the game is best understood as a finished product.
Evidence
Neon Blood launched globally on all digital platforms and in physical format in Europe. Full game release.
news post · Nov 26, 2024 source content shipped
high
Six-month anniversary post; developer says 'surprises coming soon — including improvements, tweaks based on feedback.' No specific new content or expansions announced. This is the last official communication from the developer.
news post · May 26, 2025 source ambiguous
medium

Content

2 of 2 released · no outstanding content
Released
Apr 2025

Media

Details

Publisher
Meridiem Games
Achievements
25
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

Year 2053, the world as we know it came to an end in a war lost in time. Now, only inequality remains, in the form of Viridis, the great city that encompasses the dangerous Blind City and the luxurious Bright City.

Axel McCoin, once a police detective, will become the key piece to unmask a whole plot of corruption and power that plagues the unstable peace of Viridis.

Experience the stories of the city and its inhabitants, accompanying Axel in his mission to overthrow the established order and demolish the foundations of this corrupt society.

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// The escaped member of the Viridis police force is extremely dangerous and a warrant is out for his arrest on sight.

Thanks to confidential sources it is known that he is assisted by a group of terrorists consisting of Varya Gagarin (Junkyard), Silver Rayner (Boxer), Basilio Tastiera (hacker)...

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/////The Great Basilio thats is able to HACK the VPD and the fourth wall like nothing.

////Listen don't believe any of this, Axel is a liberator fighting for our rights and trying to break down social (and real) barriers and achieve REAL equality between the dangerous Blind City and the filthy rich Bright City.

//In his fight we will accompany him to achieve his goal, as well as to defeat the mysterious but powerful (not to me) Emerald Ruby. The rich girl who is determined to maintain the system that benefits her out of pure selfishness, although we believe there may be an ulterior motive...

Viridis is a living city that tells its own story, as well as keeping its own secrets. The city's inhabitants will be key pieces for detective Axel McCoin to discover how it works, the root of its inequality and how the inhabitants go about their daily lives. With richly detailed environments and hundreds of secrets to learn, players can explore freely and act as they wish as they explore diverse locations, such as the neon city of Hunter Heaven, the futuristic Bright City and the labyrinthine subway tunnels hidden in Viridis.

The city is dangerous, but Axel knows how to defend himself. You can attack, use skills and even objects before unleashing a powerful final attack where you will see the pixel art at its best in this turn-based combat system based on the great games of the genre.

Neon Blood's aesthetics feature a unique blend of 2D and 3D combining the retro style of hand-drawn and animated pixel art with highly detailed 3D environments, all with meticulous lighting that will make walking through the streets of the great Viridis a visual spectacle.

  • Elaborate and deep story with a cyberpunk theme combined with a turn-based combat style like old RPG's with strong strategy factor

  • Two different realities of the two cities with complete 2.5D aesthetic, merging cyberpunk and sci-fi

  • A big macropolis full of secrets to be solved with a complete dialogue-based detective system

  • A lot of neons

Last evaluated Jun 21, 2026
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