Platforms
- PCOct 15, 20248.7playscore8.628 Critics9.44.48K Players
- PlayStation 5Oct 15, 20248.7playscore8.426 Critics9.61.13K Players
- Xbox Series X|SOct 15, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.251 Players
- PlayStation 4Oct 15, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.61.22K Players
- Nintendo SwitchOct 15, 2024NAplayscore8.99 CriticsNA0 Players
68 critic reviews · 2 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- Neva’s immaculate presentation, enjoyable action, and moving narrative prop it up among 2024’s best indies. Despite boasting thrilling cinematic sequences and jaw-dropping visuals, Neva’s best moments are often its smallest: watching a relieved Alba call her furry friend after a brutal fight to share an affectionate and appreciative embrace.
Marcus Stewart · Mar 24, 2025 Reviewed on PC - Neva cements Nomada Studio as a master of color and art design, with phenomenal visuals and animations that make the powerful, emotional narrative even more impactful. Neva also dramatically improves gameplay versus GRIS with satisfying combat and platforming. My only major grip is that the journey is simply over too soon.
Zachary Boddy · Nov 04, 2024 Reviewed on PC, Series X|SRead full review - The themes here are painted with a broad brush, but their refusal to get down to specifics doesn’t mean that they don’t still ring true. The game bittersweetly fixates on parenthood, as you watch Neva herself grow and outpace Alba as the seasons pass, and on the destruction of the natural world, which in turn makes it more hostile and violent. And then there’s the connective thread between the two—that even when it feels like everything is falling apart, because sometimes it literally is, the only thing you can do is keep moving.
Mitchell Demorest · Oct 28, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Neva is another great game from Nomada Studios, managing to take the formula of Gris and add in new gameplay elements, a beautiful art style, and a story and characters to match. When the main complaint is you wish it were longer, you know you’re onto a great game.
Max Olds · Oct 26, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Neva is a great looking game that provides a few hours of joy from simply being immersed in its world. The gameplay, story, and pacing are a bit more subdued, however.
Alex V · Oct 22, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Neva is almost brilliant. This is a finely crafted game let down by too much empty time-wasting, untapped potential in its puzzling, and a rather onerous desire to make people cry.
Adrian Burrows · Oct 22, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - If you’re a lifelong pet owner like myself, Neva has the potential to hit you like a train, but it’s also a universal enough feeling to work for anyone. The combat is a great addition to the video game aspect that definitely filled in a hole for me in the experience. Nomada Studio continues their penchant for making gorgeous games that are packed with emotional resonance. Now that they’ve told game stories about parents and pets, we’ll see how they can make us all cry next.
Neal Ronaghan · Oct 22, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full review - Μπορεί σε μία ανάγνωση αποκλειστικά στο θέμα του gameplay να δίνεται η εικόνα ενός υπεραπλουστευμένου platformer αλλά, όπως σε όλα τα παιχνίδια, η εμπειρία λειτουργεί ως σύνολο. Εν κατακλείδι, η Nomada Studio προσφέρει έναν τίτλο ικανό να δημιουργήσει ποικίλα συναισθήματα, μεταφέροντας με αλληγορικό τρόπο τον κύκλο της σχέσης γονέα-παιδιού. Και αναμφίβολα, όταν ένα παιχνίδι καταφέρει να “μιλήσει” σε κάποιον σε προσωπικό επίπεδο αποτελεί από μόνο του ένα επίτευγμα.
Νικολας Μαρκογλου · Oct 22, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - With Neva, Nomada Studio continues to display an unmatched level of craft as they create yet another visually striking and evocative fantasy world. But in bending it to fit new systems and more direct storytelling, Neva struggles to define itself beyond raw beauty and uneven, all too familiar thematic ground.
James Wood · Oct 21, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review - Neva is a solid video game, but a true masterpiece if we look at it as an art piece. As is often the case, the whole is far greater than the sum of its parts. The adventures of Alba and Neva are incredibly memorable, leaving you eager to relive them immediately after you finished a playthrough, just to bask in the beauty of its stunning scenes. While it’s not a game for those seeking adrenaline, it’s a beautifully crafted tale that forges an emotional connection with anyone patient enough to let the story unfold. For indie fans, Neva is a must-play—an experience that should not be missed.
Cosmin Vasile · Oct 21, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full review
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Community Reviews
- Rated on PS4
- Rated on PC
About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
Neva is an emotionally-charged action adventure from the visionary team behind the critically acclaimed GRIS.
Neva chronicles the story of Alba, a young woman bound to a curious wolf cub following a traumatic encounter with dark forces. Together they embark on a perilous journey through a once-beautiful world as it slowly decays around them.
Over time, their relationship will evolve as they learn to work together, helping one another to brave increasingly dangerous situations. The wolf will grow from a rebellious cub to an imposing adult seeking to forge his own identity, testing Alba’s love and their commitment to one another.
As the cursed world threatens to overwhelm them, Alba and her courageous companion will do whatever it takes to survive and make a new home, together.
Developer: Nomada Studio