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Noita

Nolla Games

Quick read

Noita is a falling-sand action roguelike: every pixel simulates, and your wand will kill you with physics you technically caused. The meta is the wands you learn to build.

What kind of game is it?

Procedural mines with true roguelike loss. Wands are programming. The world is a chemistry set.

Who is it for?

For players who like wands that behave like little programs in a mine that forgets them.

How it plays

Loop: Action combat
Sessions: Medium sessions
Progression: Runs that reset
Players: Single-player
Structure: Roguelike
Tone: Dark · Brutal

Game DNA

What playing it feels like, out of 100. Our reading, separate from Steam reviews.

Progression35
Estimate
Social18
Estimate
Replayability95
Estimate
Session commitment52
Estimate

Key Steam facts

Steam store figures, checked 13 Sept 2026.

Release

released

2020-10-15

Review score

95.1%

Checked 17 Aug 2026.

Steam positive percent.

Review count

88,774

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Store price

$19.99

Checked 13 Sept 2026.

Languages

Demo

Early Access

Players

Single-player

How many people play Noita?

Estimates from public Steam data, not figures from the studio. Ranges, not exact numbers.

Estimated copies

2.2M – 4.9M

Steam reviews × 25 to 55.

Estimated gross revenue

$22M – $78M

Copies × current price × 50–80% (sales, regional prices). Before Steam's cut, refunds and tax.

All-time peak players

9,144

Most people playing at the same moment, per SteamCharts.

Average players, Aug 2026

1,966

Peak that month: 2,986.

Median playtime

49.6 h

Half of 300 recent reviewers played 18.7–124.7 h. 3% under 2 h.

Players over time

Sept 2023Aug 2026

Where the players are

Languages of the last 300 Steam reviews. A proxy for regions, not a country split.

English51%
Russian24%
Simplified Chinese11%
Polish2%
Spanish (Spain)2%
Japanese2%

Steam data checked 4 Oct 2026

What makes it different?

The simulation is the content. Most action roguelikes fake debris; Noita is debris.

Core mechanics

How it scores

The fantasy: Chaos and Mastery. Our scores out of 100, separate from Steam reviews.

Run varianceEstimate

95 / 100

Mechanical depthEstimate

90 / 100

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Genre / subgenre

Steam genre: roguelike.

Related rankings

Related teardown

Noita — launch intelligence

Falling-sand action roguelike. 88,421 reviews at 95.1%, 18.99 EUR, no demo. Knowledge persists; the save usually does not.

Read the launch analysis →

Sources

Store price checked 13 Sept 2026.

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