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Aerial_Knight's Never Yield
Developer Aerial_Knight
Survive A futuristic Tokyo style Detroit in this 3D runner that tells the story of Wally who has uncovered the evidence that can change his city forever. Explore a game world with a dope-tastic soundtrack featuring the authentic sounds of Detroit Artist. From the Steam store page
149 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 26, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
80
LovedLoved
85 positive · 21 negative
95% range 72–87%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 85 | 21 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 0 | 28 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
87 of 109 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
80% recommend · 84 yes, 21 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 105 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (128 of 166 positive).
Players praise the game's stylish visuals and excellent soundtrack. [1][2][3] Some find the gameplay repetitive and lacking challenge. [4][5][6] The game is short, with most completing it in a few hours. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [5]
DA UPDATE Update: Endless mode is just running around a gymnasium over and over, and will make you motion sick / nauseous. Have fun! Original review: The game isn't great; it's short and repetitive, with minimal challenge even on the hardest difficulty. I wasn't going to leave a negative review, but the broken "Call Me If You Need Me" achievement led me to join their Discord. In June, I was told a new build would be …
- [1]
[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]Follow our curator page: IndieGems if you like and want to see more reviews like this one. Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is a short runner obstacle course game with set levels and a vague story told through small animated cut scenes without words. As runner games tend to be, this game is mostly in the side-scrolling nature from left to right, with a few …
- [2]
A thoroughly enjoyable game. I love the hip-hop cyberpunk aesthetics and the music is brilliant. If you are a fan of runner games, hip-hop culture and dope music (even if you are not) I would highly recommend this game.
- [4]
Aerial_Knight's Never Yield presents a fresh take on the runner genre but is ultimately held back by repetitive gameplay that fails to present any real engaging challenge to players. The game boasts a unique style, equally intriguing narrative, and a head-bopping soundtrack, but ends up falling flat in terms of gameplay.
- [3]
It's a pretty cool runner that has some dope visual design and slick environmental storytelling. The developer obviously has a passion for games and I hope to see more from them in the future. I really hope that whoever made this makes another title that's bigger and badder than this one. The only negative I can think of is It feels a bit like a itch.io title at times in terms of polish but the creative vision is …
Summarised from 34 of the 151 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Aerial_Knight's Never Yield sits at 80% positive across 106 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 149 · most liked firstDA UPDATE Update: Endless mode is just running around a gymnasium over and over, and will make you motion sick / nauseous. Have fun! Original review: The game isn't great; it's short and repetitive, with minimal challenge even on the hardest difficulty. I wasn't going to leave a negative review, but the broken "Call Me If You Need Me" achievement led me to join their Discord. In June, I was told a new build would be uploaded to fix the issue "next week". 3 weeks later, I checked in to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Explore great indie games while supporting BIPOC developers and studios! Get games like: - Aerial_Knight's Never Yield - Skator Gator 3D - Innchanted - and more! Supports Xperience Studios | bit.ly/4gYcQco
neutral · AI labelView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/32732116-IndieGems/]Follow our curator page: IndieGems if you like and want to see more reviews like this one. Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is a short runner obstacle course game with set levels and a vague story told through small animated cut scenes without words. As runner games tend to be, this game is mostly in the side-scrolling nature from left to right, with a few exceptions. Combined with flashy cyberpunk style artwork/theme along with a nice…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aerial_Knight's Never Yield (Switch EU import) is $21.66 US Dollars at VGP buff.ly/MrtzZSf All VGP deals buff.ly/B2wm2B6 #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →Look, the game is... alright. If you really think you want to try it, go ahead and buy it for $12. I beat the entire game plus bonuses on the hardest difficulty in 1.4 hours, so there's time to refund if you don't like it. The director of the game clearly had a vision going into this, and you can see it shine through in some levels, but overall the game just feels vaguely unprofessional. There are so many things that you can nitpick during a playthrough that it feels like the game was made,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out award-winning game developer Neil Jones aka @aerial_knight, creator of Aerial_Knight's Never Yield and its sequel, as he dives deep into what it truly means to be a game developer in his amazing TED Talk! 🎮✨ #GameDev #TEDTalk Watch the full segment here! ⤵️ youtu.be/LC6L_cmPol8?...
neutral · AI labelView post →One of those pleasant indie surprises you get totally out of the blue. It seems the developer has a background story with the game and its inception so I'm glad it was able to materialize into a release. At first I thought it was like the Jet Set Radio series but, nope, it's a music-driven runner game wearing a neon/retrofuturistic aesthetic up its sleeve. Employing a soundtrack that utilizes rap overtones, big band, jazz, vocals and other more atypical elements through the 13 levels you go…
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neutral · AI labelView post →This is one of those titles where I'm a bit torn in terms of how I feel about it. Starting with the positive Never Yield absolutely has style to spare from its terrific soundtrack to its colourful visuals to its somewhat weird but cinematic story. Putting all of those elements together you're absolutely trippin for a bit as you drink it all in, steadily applying your somewhat limited repertoire of moves to new situations to deal with a variety of threats. However, I also think there's a point…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An auto (literal) running platformer where you basically play the game via QTE to get through obstacles... The thing is, it feels cheap and I somehow couldn't pass an obstacle early in the game, like 5 minutes into the game and that's it, I lost interest in the game. It's a cheap game where you can possibly only get it when you want to round up your buying on steam, otherwise it's better to avoid this game. No Ultrawide support, this game just zoomed in when I played it on 3440x1440 res, and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6142328/]Like this Review? Follow The Cpt Froggy Club Curator Page for plenty more! Aerial_Knight's Never Yield ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aerial is a brand-new 3D auto-runner, indie-platformer that features a colorful world in a sci-fi setting. Here you get to take on the role of the silent protagonist Wally, who is running as fast as possible to outrun those who are trying to catch up with him. During the game, you will get to experience a stylish…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game features imperfect collisions (unforgivable for a runner) that enable you to slide under obstacles that you have run half-way through. The lack of PC options comes as a bonus.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A visually striking runner with a strong hip-hop soundtrack, Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield leans heavily on style and atmosphere. However, its limited mechanics and short length can make the experience feel repetitive, and the lack of depth may leave players wanting more substance beneath its sleek presentation.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An autorunner with a decent amount of effort put into it, but it has some weird design flaws around the edges that make it complicated to outright recommend. The gameplay itself is not super engaging, levels are mostly the same type of thing with the environment being the only difference. Obstacles are separated by 4 color codes to indicate how to interact with them, but the timing, even for similarly colored objects is inconsistent, with some being far tighter than others. By the end of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/33025671-Missi-the-Achievement-Huntress/] Please see my curator page for more games that are well worth your time Approximate amount of time to 100%: 3h+ (mostly depending on how good you'll do in Endless mode) Estimated achievement difficulty: 4/10 Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1 Is there a good guide available: I wrote an achievement guide, [url=https://www.missitheachievementhuntress.com/aerial_knights-never-yield-100-achievement-guide/]…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔥 Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is now part of the Indie Allies Bundle by @humblebundle.com! Get ready to run, jump, and slide through a stunning, futuristic-inspired kingdom! Don't miss out! 🎁 Get your bundle here: www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-... #IndieAllies #HumbleBundle #IndieGame
neutral · AI labelView post →Detroit Become Bit.Trip Runner Sums it up. Snappy controls, 4 button interface ( you can use a controller and D-Pad and/or face buttons | Kb WASD + arrow keys ) Simple enough, you automatically jog - you can press right ( or right face button ) to run. The other commands are for dodging obstacles Blue - these are high obstacles and require you to slide with DOWN ( or the bottom face button ) Yellow - Medium, these require you to do a small rolling jump for squeezing in between small…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Indie Allies 2025 Humble Game Bundle: bit.ly/41iUey7 #ad $10 for 10 Steam games - Innchanted - Illuminaria - Princess Farmer - Super Space Club - Reptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance - Aerial_Knight's Never Yield - Elemental Survivors - Skator Gator 3D - Skator Gator - On The Peril of Parrots
neutral · AI labelView post →Certainly has visual style and the music is okay, however, this plays like a boring phone game with zero gameplay depth or variety. You hold down sprint the whole and press the 3 different obstacles-evade buttons. I'm not saying you can't make great games with just a few buttons (look at all the rhythm games or stuff like Everhood) but here it's so bare-bones that the game has nothing to offer. The original price tag is also insane, only buy this when the price is below 3€.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never Yield is a 2.5D auto runner, mainly gameplay involves avoiding obstacles by pressing one of 3 directions that match the type of obstacle in your way. The game's visuals are nice and simple, and it has a really nice and catchy soundtrack. The game has 3 difficulty levels that unlock by the 2nd stage or so, with the hardest removing slowdown before an obstacle, which can offer a challenge for those interested. Stages can be replayed in order to clear them as fast as possible without any…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A thoroughly enjoyable game. I love the hip-hop cyberpunk aesthetics and the music is brilliant. If you are a fan of runner games, hip-hop culture and dope music (even if you are not) I would highly recommend this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a fun game. could be better. normal mode i think is way easier. should have made hard mode into normal mode. story mode has only 12 level so pretty short play. endless mode idk same same. good soundtrack. 3.5/5
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mediocre runner game that might be worth for die-hard fans of the gerne - 4.5/10 Aerial Knight's Never Yield is fairly straighforward game made by a solo dev. Unfortunately that also shows a soon as you start the game. The games misses proper optimization, the game is cut off a bit at the edges and there are no settings to adjust that. I don't like the artstyle really either, too flashy in my opinion, looks and feels a lot like a mobile game. I'm usually a big fan of the genre but this one…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →DO NOT BUY THIS! This is not worth the price tag and never will be. This game is just an infinite runner game that isnt challenging at all. Just go play temple run. Gameplay - 2/10 Uniqueness - 1/10 Artstyle - 3/10 Achievements - 1/10 (Not possible to get all achievements as far as im aware)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3/10 bit trip runner clone never liked any of those games out of all of them melody escape is the best cause you can use your own music and i hardly played that one as well + music
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Select game soundtracks are free to claim on Bandcamp as part of the Halloween Sale on Epic. - [Aerial_Knight's Never Yield](https://aerialknight.bandcamp.com/album/aerial-knights-never-yield-original-game-soundtrack) - [Art of Rally](https://tatreal.bandcamp.com/album/art-of-rally-original-soundtrack) - [Cursed to Golf](https://marksparling.bandcamp.com/album/cursed-to-golf-original-soundtrack) - [Love](https://loveplus.bandcamp.com/album/love-ost) - [PC Building Simulator…
neutral · AI labelView post →Simple but well executed, it is an entertaining game which offers difficulty levels for all kinds of players.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today’s Black Video Game Character: Lone (Aerial_Knight's Never Yield)
neutral · AI labelView post →[Epic] Aerial_Knight's Never Yield. Story-driven action indie for Windows, free on Epic Games until 7th March
neutral · AI labelView post →Aerial_Knight, the solo developer, has created an engaging cinematic runner that thanks to anticipatory colour-coding of attacks and an excellent jazz-infused soundtrack by Danime-sama makes for a fun, breezy rhythm game. The difficulty is balanced and I would recommend bumping it up to Hard or Extreme as the slow-mo is quite generous, but there was one visually confusing boss battle with a musician blasting attacks with their guitar from the back of a truck, and because of the overwhelming…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out my video review for Aerial_Knight's Never Yield here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVoMq-GLKjM Aerial_Knight’s Never Yield started off as a passion project by the developer who also goes by the name Aerial Knight. The aim of the game was to create something that appeals to a new generation of gamers while highlighting sometimes overlooked aspects of culture. The game doesn’t really do a good job at telling a story, in fact it seems like the only way to get any backstory of why…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is dope man! I saw aerial knight’s instagram reel on this game and saw he was a solo black developer and had to check it out. The rhythm and timing your movements is key to success in this! Only real criticism I have is the difficulty, where normal should be easy and hard should be normal, etc. But other than that, it rocks. 🎮🤙🏾🔥
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As huge fans of Aerial_Knight's Never Yield (@aerialknight.com), we can't wait to see more from DropShot!
neutral · AI labelView post →[Epic] Aerial_Knight's Never Yield.
neutral · AI labelView post →Aerial_Knight's Never Yield presents a fresh take on the runner genre but is ultimately held back by repetitive gameplay that fails to present any real engaging challenge to players. The game boasts a unique style, equally intriguing narrative, and a head-bopping soundtrack, but ends up falling flat in terms of gameplay.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aerial_Knight's Never Yield the title of this game is already a red flag I booted this up, went thru a jenky tutorial, got 3 achievements (one for beating the 13th level) tried to start the first level, which acted like the tutorial again, got hit by a van while performing the action the game was prompting me to do, the logo showed up on screen, then a loading screen, then I was in a different room with a different character running in circles if this sounds baffling to you then yeah this is a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a pretty cool runner that has some dope visual design and slick environmental storytelling. The developer obviously has a passion for games and I hope to see more from them in the future. I really hope that whoever made this makes another title that's bigger and badder than this one. The only negative I can think of is It feels a bit like a itch.io title at times in terms of polish but the creative vision is there. Lots of little nods to anime, cartoons, and comics throughout. Developer…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stylish music and art style with simple controls that anyone can pick up and have fun. Some of the levels are a little too long and there are a lot of filler levels between boss levels. Boss levels are fun though, and they bring a lot that breaks the monotony of the game. Some UX elements can also be better designed (The color association for Dash should be green to differ from Slide, readability of some of the UI elements is also not very clear). Other than that, a solid game that is worth the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredible endless runner that also tells a story about a cyberpunk Detroit. I appreciate the various difficulty levels for people who has less experience with the genre and the soundtrack and art are great too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I... Did you never see Aerial_Knight's Never Yield?????
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neutral · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☐ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☑ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have never been a fan of autorunners. They seemed pretty boring and pretty frustrating to me. However this game completely changed my mind. The game's vibrant comic book aesthetic and playful color palette are instantly captivating. The story is simple and questioning at same time but It creates fun and exciting atmosphere for the gameplay. Despite that most of levels seem mostly same It changes in last 2 levels. In Level 12 you change perspective from horizontal to vertical which made my…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never Yield: A Steam Deck Odyssey I embarked on an exhilarating journey through this game entirely on my Steam Deck OLED. Despite my usual disinterest in endless runners, this one managed to captivate me. A kind soul gifted me a code, prompting me to revisit the game and purchase it once more to support the developers and enjoy the captivating soundtrack.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quite strange to have so many ergonomic issues from the get go in a runner game. I'm sure other reviewers will list them conveniently for the developer.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I found this game to be incredibly annoying, and I perfected bit trip runner 1,2,3
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is a side scroller runner game, where you are running away with an important evidence, which can change your city. I really like the soundtrack. It's a some kind of hip-hop in general, but fits for the game well. You only need to use 4 buttons to play this game, which is really simple in general. Most of the time I found the visuals pretty good, however there were time which was to minimalist for me on certain levels. However I do have difficulties with this game,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Aerial_Knight's Never Yield is AMAZING please play it... i will be playing the rest of these post haste
positive · AI labelView post →This game is pretty fun, but has some serious problems. The UI popup for when you die has continue on the left and quit on the right. However, there is a mechanic in the game where you are required to press right to go through certain obstacles, in addition to having the option to hold right whenever to "sprint" and move faster. If you are holding right when you die, this input can be read on the death screen, so when you automatically press A to continue, you instead exit to the main menu and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A short, monotonous runner that doesn’t live up to its futuristic Motor City backdrop.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I had to let the game stew for like 4 years. But I can't recommend this game. I pre-ordered it when it first came out. The only good thing I can say is the music. But other than that, it's a no. You can't get one of the achievements due to a bug in the game. Even on Hard, this game is incredibly easy. The only way to increase the difficulty past that is by holding down "Run," but that leads to some issues. Due to camera pans or obstacle spacing, some obstacles become unreactable or can't be…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This simple-to-learn runner provides a healthy balance of fun and challenge. The bebop soundtrack is an excellent fit with the art style and gameplay. Enough to keep me engaged and always saying "just one more mission." I had some small performance hiccups in the later levels on a Steam Deck OLED, so there might be some performance tuning required. The game has a mechanic where time slows down as you near an obstacle, requiring a certain button press. Some of the obstacles took me a while to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's certainly not my favorite style of game. It's basically a timed event press button game. I hate this type of games. But this one is kind of different, the good things first: -the art style looks amazing -if you can time a series of events right in rapid sucession it becomes fun. and the bad: -sound/music is a bit anoying to be honest and doesn't help on bit -repetition of the obstacules, i would like more variety and less copy paste There is no story, but you also don't need one for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome platformer. AMAZING soundtrack.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Real talk, I purchased this game purely out of support of a black developer. I most likely discovered it through a list of video games by black developers or Aerial_Knight’s personal Twitter. At any rate, I do not have many positives to say about the game. Though Aerial_Knight has gone on tour, on several Twitch, YouTube, and various podcast broadcasts explaining the difficulty of his development process, Never Yield is a Temple Run clone. Its soundtrack is worth a listen, and the art design…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun little runner game. right when you start thinking it's a bit too easy you get humbled. fun modes and worth the 6$
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You're out here running through a neon soaked, futuristic Detroit with the police on your tail, deeply important evidence in his pocket, and absolutely zero time to explain the plot, which is fine, because I did not sign up for this game to understand anything. I signed up to press four buttons very fast to the beat of an unreasonably good soundtrack, and on that front, this game delivered spectacularly.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There are many places where game behaves differently than you expect. You will survive at spots where you should die and you will die at spots where you shouldn't die. There is glass obstacle that you will come across frequently, your camera moves past the glass, so you will assume that you have cleared the obstacle but nope, you will just die despite "clearing" the obstacle. There are just 13 levels and few bonus levels.so you can clear the levels within hour or two. Apart from how short and…
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