Action · October 15, 2020
Noita (2020)
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself. Explore a variety of environments ranging from coal mines to freezing wastelands while delving deeper in search for unknown mysteries. Pixel-based physics: Every pixel in the world is simulated. Burn, explode or melt anything. Swim in the blood of your foes! Enter a simulated world that is more interactive than anything you've seen before. Your own magic: Combine spells to create your own magic as you delve deeper into the caverns. Use magic to crush your enemies and manipulate the world around you. Procedurally generated world: Explore a unique world every time you play. Discover new environments as you adventure deeper. Action roguelite: Death is permanent and always a looming threat. When you die, don’t despair, use what you’ve learned to get further on your next adventure. Noita is being developed by Nolla Games, a company set up by 3 indie developers, all of whom have worked on their own projects in the past. The three gents in question are: Petri Purho Petri is best known as the creator of Crayon Physics Deluxe. In his youth he also made a lot tiny freeware games. He has also made a bunch of board games, but he hasn't told about it to anyone. So please keep it a secret. Olli Harjola Olli is known for the award-winning, mind-bending sci-fi puzzler The Swapper. Besides indie games, he also dabbles in music, live visuals and making programming languages. Arvi Teikari Arvi is also known as Hempuli. Over the years he has released a lot of tiny experimental games, so many in fact that he is unaware of all of them. One of the games he remembers making is Baba Is You.
Action releases from 2020
236 Action titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 78.5k Steam reviews | Top 8% in Action |
| Positive rating | 95% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 14% |
| Metacritic | 76/100 | Genre average 77 — top 62% of Action titles |
| Concurrent peak | 2.0k players | Top 7% in Action by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 35 h average | Top 12% for session depth among Action |
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Physics · 1.2k
- Rogue-like · 1.1k
- Pixel Graphics · 1.1k
- Difficult · 1.1k
- Dungeon Crawler · 939
- Indie · 917
- Open World · 893
- Sandbox · 892
- 2D · 883
- Perma Death · 871
- Action · 780
- Action Roguelike · 776
- Gun Customization · 757
- Rogue-lite · 715
- 2D Platformer · 715
Peer Action titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Reception Metrics
Steam community
95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 78.5k reviews
74.6k positive · 3.9k negative
Metacritic
76/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.1/10
Curator recommendations
76.8k
Peak concurrent players
2.0k
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (11)
- English
- French
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Japanese
- Korean
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Italian
- Polish
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
35h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
6h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
3h
Current engagement
Achievements
14
Steam unlocks available
Features & Capabilities
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Workshop
- Steam Cloud
Input & Comfort
- Partial Controller Support
Other
- Single-player
- Family Sharing
Release & Availability
| Release date | Oct 15, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Nolla Games |
| Base price | $7.99 -60% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 1 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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