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Noob - The Factionless
Developer BlackPixel Studio, Olydri Games
Lead a team of adventurers to the highest rank of all guilds! From the Steam store page
28 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Mastodon, Lemmy, Bluesky) · newest Mar 30, 2026 · last updated Oct 9, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
45
Mixed
10 positive · 12 negative
95% range 27–65%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bluesky * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
25 of 42 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
58% recommend · 23 yes, 17 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 40 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (925 of 1,127 positive).
Several players report bugs, crashes, and a lack of quality-of-life features. [1][2][3][4] Some reviewers criticize the slow combat, poor navigation, and lack of guidance. [5][6][7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [2]
I want to like this game, I enjoy colorful RPGs, turn based combat and MMORPGs have been my mainstay for the past 2 decades. It just doesn't feel the way I hoped. For one its buggy and clunky, every time combat starts it does the break screen and seems like it will crash. I have had one freeze which caused me to lose a lot of progress when i had to force close. When you are in the "mmorpg" you cant save anywhere or …
- [8]
The game looks nice in screenshots and videos, but the actual gameplay isn’t very good. There are many frustrating issues: - The interface doesn’t support mouse controls, forcing you to use awkward keys to navigate through complex menus, especially the skill trees. - You also can’t use the mouse while moving on the map, so you often don’t know where you’re heading or whether an encounter is coming. - Weapons and …
- [1]
I love this game. It is my idea of the PERFECT JRPG!! So I recommend it based on that. Prior to December 2024, the game had a HUGE PROBLEM with a "memory leak" crash that would happen anytime you had a transition screen. Into battle, exiting a battle, moving from one zone to another... it was VERY FRUSTRATING and made the game unplayable in the second half because the effects got worse the farther into the game you …
- [5]
Noob is a charming game with a gorgeous, seemingly endless landscape that’s genuinely fun to explore. I loved being able to pick herbs, fish, and mine along the way — those little side activities make the world feel alive. The music is good (not great), but it fits the vibe well enough. Combat is where things start to wobble. Battles feel slow, and once the fight is over, I don’t need the long pause, the victory …
- [9]
liked the game a lot love the story love the gameplay a lot i watched most of the series and for the fans of the lore from noob for me it's a must the negatives points are mainly the absence of detailed minimaps in the subzones some quest are not well enough detailed so they can be misleading like there's a couple side quests in the mont lassiera zone that i can't find no more i have the necklace thingy but can't …
Summarised from 33 of the 47 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 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Noob - The Factionless sits at 45% positive across 22 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
28 of 28 · most liked firstI want to like this game, I enjoy colorful RPGs, turn based combat and MMORPGs have been my mainstay for the past 2 decades. It just doesn't feel the way I hoped. For one its buggy and clunky, every time combat starts it does the break screen and seems like it will crash. I have had one freeze which caused me to lose a lot of progress when i had to force close. When you are in the "mmorpg" you cant save anywhere or just log out like in a real mmo, you have to find a waypoint to save and heal…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love Noob, but this game is really unbearable and I tried REALLY HARD to love it... WAY too many flaws; 4 years later still tons of bugs, extremely slow pace fights, absurd grind for the jobs as if it were a real MMORPG
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →-English translation is bad. -No d pad. -Directions on what to do next might as well not exist for the usefulness they provide. -very empty including dungeons +Characters personalities +Music This game seemingly has the negatives of an MMO with none of the positives of a single player game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Combat is fast-paced and okay. But after the first 2 hours, you are repeatedly required to find some place or some person to proceed the main story without indication on where they are. I ended up spending most of the time wandering around and gave up at last.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Xbox Games Out This Week - June 25th - July 1st. **STORY OF SEASONS: A Wonderful Life - X:S - Releases June 27, 2023 - Developed by Marvelous Inc.** *Put down roots on your new farm in the peaceful town of Forgotten Valley. Forge precious memories as you weave your own generation-spanning tale of friendship, family, and farming. Bring life to the land by cultivating crops and raising animals, find love among the town's friendly folk, and make lasting memories with a family of your very own in…
neutral · AI labelView post →The game looks nice in screenshots and videos, but the actual gameplay isn’t very good. There are many frustrating issues: - The interface doesn’t support mouse controls, forcing you to use awkward keys to navigate through complex menus, especially the skill trees. - You also can’t use the mouse while moving on the map, so you often don’t know where you’re heading or whether an encounter is coming. - Weapons and skills do not show expected damage, difficult to decide what skill to use -…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game. It is my idea of the PERFECT JRPG!! So I recommend it based on that. Prior to December 2024, the game had a HUGE PROBLEM with a "memory leak" crash that would happen anytime you had a transition screen. Into battle, exiting a battle, moving from one zone to another... it was VERY FRUSTRATING and made the game unplayable in the second half because the effects got worse the farther into the game you got. BUT THEY FIXED IT with a hotfix patch in December 2024!! So now I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →liked the game a lot love the story love the gameplay a lot i watched most of the series and for the fans of the lore from noob for me it's a must the negatives points are mainly the absence of detailed minimaps in the subzones some quest are not well enough detailed so they can be misleading like there's a couple side quests in the mont lassiera zone that i can't find no more i have the necklace thingy but can't find the damn guy anymore at least i had no problem in the main quest oh and a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, just the intermediate freezing after battles needs to be addressed asap.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's fun, I like the story (I am already familiar with the Noob universe from the web series) and the look of the game. There are a few downs though: - No indication as to how much damage your spells and abilities are able to do. You just have to try them and see how well or poorly they perform. It is very annoying as a newbie to RPG, particularly in the beginning. But you get used to your abilities and get to know what makes the most damage. - No infos on other things, like if you get a map…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →cliche compilation: The game If a bland game that goes thru any and all the tropes you have seen in other games, if you like lack of originality, if sugar salt and pepper are too much for you and you find hospital food to tasty for you, This is your game, you will be bored from start to finish with no emotion apart from random spikes of frustration
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really nice JRPG old school. Good gameplay, very good story, characters are endearing. Graphisme are simple, as it should be since its an omen to old JRPG.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finished the main story for Noob: The Factionless. I still have a ton of post game + the true final boss but right now I'm satisfied stopping here for a while. Overall a fun time with a surprising amount of meat to it, especially for an indi game. A handful of frustrating quirks but I'll say a 7/10
positive · AI labelView post →If you are a really big fan of old school RPG you might like this game but otherwise it's difficult to recommend it. The fights can be fun but this game lacks the QOL features of modern RPG and it was made for completionists in mind making it a bit frustrating at least for me. An example would be the mining job. It's not very exciting but it gives you something to do while exploring zones but quickly you will end up under leveled (by 20 levels) which I found very frustrating. Since you don't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it's not worth it
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really good game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Exellent jeu, univers, text, graphisme et gameplay. just WOW
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Noob is a charming game with a gorgeous, seemingly endless landscape that’s genuinely fun to explore. I loved being able to pick herbs, fish, and mine along the way — those little side activities make the world feel alive. The music is good (not great), but it fits the vibe well enough. Combat is where things start to wobble. Battles feel slow, and once the fight is over, I don’t need the long pause, the victory dance, and then the credits. The game gives you a lot of battle options, but if…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Interesting game but the QoL Stuff of JRPGs are not there. Makes most of it tedious and slow. Also the Job leveling is slower than in some MMORPGs.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Noob, les Sans-Factions—also known internationally as *Noob: The Factionless*—is an RPG that embraces the humor, charm, and MMO-inspired world of the long-running French multimedia franchise *Noob*. Developed by BlackPixel Studio and Olydri Games and published by Olydri Studio and Microids, the game blends traditional turn-based mechanics with a narrative framed as an adventure inside a fictional MMORPG. Rather than focusing solely on sweeping heroics or world-saving stakes, it leans into the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →20 hours in and would say I Love this game and it's character progression and lines and how it takes you in and out of the RP Realm, yet keeps you in it! Getting lost in the fun and world type with obvious puns and funnies that take a punch at RPG's and MMORPG's!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game keep crashing at the end of the floor 100....
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Crap game, doesn't load easy, when it does it makes my PC crash. No Mouse control, weird visual bugs. Refunded!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you know the french web serie it's based on there are a lot of nice references. Else it's still a nice JRPG. but wish you could choose your class or have a tracker for the main quest.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →#Switch Review: #NoobTheFactionless - While it has a novel conceit and decent enough mechanics, on the whole Noob feels a bit generic... https://nindiespotlight.com/game_profile.cfm?game=noob-the-factionless-switch
neutral · AI labelView post →#Switch Video: #NoobTheFactionless - While it has a unique visual style and it's own flavor of storytelling the combat remains somewhat understated https://youtu.be/trAeUz1turE
neutral · AI labelView post →Noob: The Factionless gameplay on Nintendo Switch shows the prologue, several quests, the achievements, and more. #NoobTheFactionless https://gamesense.co/game/noob-the-factionless/news/discuss/noob-the-factionless-gameplay/
neutral · AI labelView post →Publisher Microids and developer Olydri Games announced a release date for Noob: The Factionless. #NoobTheFactionless https://gamesense.co/game/noob-the-factionless/news/discuss/noob-the-factionless-gets-release-date-this-summer/
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