Noita
Noita is a PC action game developed by Nolla Games. It centers on movement and immediate actions, enemy and hazard responses, and stage objectives, with controls and information arranged around keyboard and mouse, with a controller where the game supports one.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.1 / 10
About this game
Noita is a PC action game centered on movement and immediate actions, enemy and hazard responses, and stage objectives. Stages build pressure through routes, enemy patterns, and changing objectives, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hits, camera behavior, and readable hazards determine whether feedback remains dependable, while resolution, graphics settings, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio, text scaling, and hardware performance need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier. Platform conditions also include OS and hardware requirements, installation media, patches, drivers, DRM and launchers, key binding and controller support, save locations, mod compatibility, servers, and era-specific OS compatibility affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
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Windows PCAI review
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Extraordinary systemic magic rewards experimentation despite opaque rules and harsh deaths.
Noita turns nearly every pixel into a possible cause and consequence on Windows PC. Fire spreads through wood, explosions can open a lake bed, and water or strange liquids can transform an otherwise blocked route. Wands combine spells with modifiers, creating astonishing solutions as well as instant self-inflicted deaths. Each run starts without permanent health or damage upgrades. Holy Mountain stops provide healing and a chance to rebuild wands, while a sharp difficulty rise around the third biome and hidden distant areas reward determined exploration. Smoke, fluids, and collapsing ground make the world unusually expressive, though chaos can also conceal a fatal hazard. PC Gamer directly reviewed the Windows 1.0 release and described dragging spells and modifiers into wand slots. That flexible editor supports experimentation, but many alchemical interactions receive little in-game explanation, leaving community references useful even for an engaged player. No measured frame-rate claim is inferred from the review’s hardware list. This is for players happy to treat failure as research, not those seeking a gentle tutorial or steady permanent growth.
Strengths
- Reactive materials and spell combinations invite creative solutions.
Weaknesses
- A steep third biome and limited in-game guidance for alchemy.
Who it is for: PC players who enjoy experimentation and uncovering complex systems.
Play notes: Assesses Windows 1.0 in 2020; no performance figure is inferred.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Independent runs and secret regions reward mastery, but the midgame can be punishing. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Dynamic materials and spell combinations support inventive play with real self-inflicted risk. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Reactive material effects create striking scenes, sometimes at the cost of clarity. | Reviewed | 8.2 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension PC wand editing is flexible, but opaque rules make learning unnecessarily dependent on outside help. | Reviewed | 6.9 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Nolla Games
- Publisher
- Nolla Games
- Release date
- Oct 15, 2020
- Platforms
- Windows PC
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genreRole-Playing
- Tags
- 2D GraphicsPixel ArtRogueliteSolo-friendlyHigh DifficultyShootingProcedural GenerationReal-time CombatRandomized Builds
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwideOct 15, 2020
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