Neon White (v1.0r1.3)

Heaven becomes a surreal speedrunning arena where demons spill through pristine clouds, neon temples, and floating city blocks. Neon White is an FPS built around split-second decisions rather than cautious room-clearing, casting you as a dead assassin from Hell competing for a permanent place above. Each mission is a compact assault course with enemies, vertical routes, lethal drops, and a clock constantly daring you to improve. Its mood mixes slick anime style, irreverent character banter, and a surprisingly personal mystery about the killers White may have known before death.

Runs begin with a small hand of Soul Cards, which function as firearms ranging from pistols and rifles to shotguns and explosive launchers. Firing a card handles demon extermination, but discarding it triggers a special movement technique such as an air dash, double jump, stomp, or powerful leap, forcing you to weigh ammunition against mobility every second. Reaching the goal earns a medal based on your time, while better routes, missed pickups, and clever card combinations turn familiar stages into puzzles worth replaying. Between missions, White talks with rival assassins, gives them gifts, and unlocks optional memories and side challenges that add context to the central investigation.

What separates Neon White from most retro-styled shooters is how thoroughly it treats movement as the real weapon: the ideal run feels less like surviving a firefight and more like executing a planned trick-shot route at impossible speed. Levels are short enough to retry without frustration, yet dense enough that leaderboard chasing can consume hours as players uncover skips and shave off tiny fractions of a second. The bold cel-shaded presentation and card-driven controls give it a personality far removed from Doom’s heavy-metal brutality, even if the relentless forward momentum will appeal to Doom Eternal and Ghostrunner fans. It suits newcomers willing to learn from mistakes, but score-focused FPS veterans and speedrunners get the deepest reward from mastering every route.