Noobs Want to Live

Item: Noobs Want to Live
Rating: 60
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-08-29

Summary

Excellent value for money, unique art style
Engaging roguelike gameplay with strategic variety
Deep skill combination and flexible upgrades
Limited replayability and content issues
Flawed skill/build system, performance problems
Frustrating monster collision mechanics

Emotions

Satisfaction27%Disappointment21%Frustration15%Excitement6%Hope3%

Reviews (sample size): 225
Helpful reviews: 87%
Unhelpful reviews: 12%
Protest reviews: 0%

60%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
40%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 416
Negative points: 503
Gameplay points: 389
Perf. points: 6
Rec. points: 138
Misc points: 80

Point	Description	Importance
Excellent Value for Money Description Players consistently praise the game's low price point in relation to the significant amount of fun, addiction, and content it offers. Many found it to be a highly cost-effective and worthwhile purchase, especially when on sale, providing many hours of entertainment. Importance 64%	Players consistently praise the game's low price point in relation to the significant amount of fun, addiction, and content it offers. Many found it to be a highly cost-effective and worthwhile purchase, especially when on sale, providing many hours of entertainment.	64%
Unique & Charming Art Style Description The game's distinct art style, particularly its pseudo-3D paper-doll aesthetic and ink wash painting elements, is highly appreciated. Reviewers found it cute, refreshing, and a unique differentiator in the survivor-like genre, contributing to a pleasant visual experience. Importance 53%	The game's distinct art style, particularly its pseudo-3D paper-doll aesthetic and ink wash painting elements, is highly appreciated. Reviewers found it cute, refreshing, and a unique differentiator in the survivor-like genre, contributing to a pleasant visual experience.	53%
Engaging Roguelike Gameplay Description The core roguelike and survivor-like mechanics are well-received, offering a fun, simple, and addictive experience. Players enjoy the casual nature, diverse build combinations, and the satisfying feeling of clearing screens, making it a standout in the genre. Importance 51%	The core roguelike and survivor-like mechanics are well-received, offering a fun, simple, and addictive experience. Players enjoy the casual nature, diverse build combinations, and the satisfying feeling of clearing screens, making it a standout in the genre.	51%
Strategic Skill & Character Variety Description The game offers strategic depth through its diverse characters, each with unique skills and growth stats, and an innovative skill system where skills can be replaced and combined. This encourages experimentation with various builds and playstyles, preventing monotony. Importance 35%	The game offers strategic depth through its diverse characters, each with unique skills and growth stats, and an innovative skill system where skills can be replaced and combined. This encourages experimentation with various builds and playstyles, preventing monotony.	35%
Satisfying Achievement System Description The game provides a satisfying experience through its easy-to-obtain achievements. Many players found the constant achievement pop-ups to be a significant source of enjoyment and a motivating factor for continued play, often completing all achievements within a reasonable timeframe. Importance 25%	The game provides a satisfying experience through its easy-to-obtain achievements. Many players found the constant achievement pop-ups to be a significant source of enjoyment and a motivating factor for continued play, often completing all achievements within a reasonable timeframe.	25%
Relaxing & Cheerful Atmosphere Description Players appreciate the game's cheerful background music and overall joyful atmosphere, which contrasts with the often oppressive tone of similar games. This makes it a relaxing and de-stressing experience, suitable for casual play. Importance 18%	Players appreciate the game's cheerful background music and overall joyful atmosphere, which contrasts with the often oppressive tone of similar games. This makes it a relaxing and de-stressing experience, suitable for casual play.	18%
Accessible & User-Friendly Description The game is easy to pick up for both new and experienced players, featuring simple controls and user-convenient systems like skill refreshing and not needing to pick up experience points. The gradual difficulty increase also makes it friendly for beginners. Importance 17%	The game is easy to pick up for both new and experienced players, featuring simple controls and user-convenient systems like skill refreshing and not needing to pick up experience points. The gradual difficulty increase also makes it friendly for beginners.	17%
Humorous & Meme-Filled Content Description The game's humorous design, including numerous internet memes, puns, and witty references in character descriptions and skills, greatly enhances the player experience. This lighthearted approach contributes to a joyful and amusing atmosphere. Importance 15%	The game's humorous design, including numerous internet memes, puns, and witty references in character descriptions and skills, greatly enhances the player experience. This lighthearted approach contributes to a joyful and amusing atmosphere.	15%
Improved Survivor-like Experience Description Many players prefer this game over the original Vampire Survivors due to its superior aesthetics, more unique characters, and shorter, more exciting levels. It offers a fresh and innovative take on the genre while retaining its core appeal. Importance 12%	Many players prefer this game over the original Vampire Survivors due to its superior aesthetics, more unique characters, and shorter, more exciting levels. It offers a fresh and innovative take on the genre while retaining its core appeal.	12%
Powerful & Easy Builds Description The game allows for the creation of powerful builds, such as the 'Million Yellow Shield Build', which can make characters invincible and easily clear levels. This flexibility in build types (physical, magic, summon) contributes to a satisfying gameplay loop. Importance 12%	The game allows for the creation of powerful builds, such as the 'Million Yellow Shield Build', which can make characters invincible and easily clear levels. This flexibility in build types (physical, magic, summon) contributes to a satisfying gameplay loop.	12%

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