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NEO: The World Ends with You

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch • 2022

Should you play it?

"Only the possibility of you can change our fate" Rindo comes to the grim realization that his life is on the line when he is forced to compete in the so-called "Reapers' Game."

What works

  • Unique and engaging combat system
  • Stylish art direction and visuals
  • Excellent soundtrack
  • Deep and well-written story and characters
  • Strong replay value and progression systems

Things to keep in mind

  • Poor marketing and shadow release timing
  • Some combat can be repetitive or frustrating
  • Story pacing issues and underdeveloped characters
  • Lack of multiplayer or cooperative features
  • Some ui and control quirks

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Metaphor: ReFantazio

  • The Legend of Heroes: Ao no Kiseki KAI

  • TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children

  • The Caligula Effect 2

  • Tales of Berseria™

  • THE LEGEND OF HEROES: HAJIMARI NO KISEKI

More social

Games that feels like NEO: The World Ends with You but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Full Metal Furies

  • River City Saga: Three Kingdoms

  • Tales of Xillia Remastered

  • Persona 4 Golden

  • Persona® 5 Strikers

  • Tales of Symphonia

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like NEO: The World Ends with You but with less leadership over others

  • DEAD OR SCHOOL

  • Baldr Sky

  • Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

  • SENRAN KAGURA Burst Re:Newal

  • Tokyo Xanadu eX+

  • Snezhinka:Sentinel Girls2

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

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  • FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE

  • STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R

  • Tactics Ogre: Reborn

  • SaGa Emerald Beyond

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

NEO: The World Ends with You: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026