Neptunia Virtual Stars

Neptunia Virtual Stars – Third Time did the Charm
At first, I wasn’t sure about this game. I actually tried playing it twice before and felt lost and frustrated. I thought it was just mindlessly shooting enemies that barely go down.
But on my third try, things finally clicked. Once I figured out the cube system that powers up your characters, the gameplay opened up a lot. Enemies started going down faster, and I felt like I was actually progressing.
It’s not perfect—some mechanics feel rough, the camera can be tricky, and it doesn’t always explain itself well. But the level design is better than I expected—I only found one spot where you could go out of bounds, which impressed me.
Overall, it’s a good game once you understand how it works. If you didn’t like it at first, give it another shot—you might end up enjoying it like I did.

A Whimsical VTuber Adventure
Neptunia Virtual Stars brings the beloved goddesses of Gamindustri into the vibrant, chaotic world of VTubers, blending the series' signature humor with an eccentric new setting. While it may not revolutionize the franchise, it delivers a fun, lighthearted experience packed with charm, fan service, and plenty of absurdity.
A Playful Parody of Internet Culture
The game’s premise is pure Neptunia—ridiculous yet oddly fitting. Neptune, Noire, Blanc, and Vert are summoned to the digital world of Virtualand to save Planet Emote from the "Antis," a group of content-destroying villains led by the flamboyant Kado. Along the way, they team up with VTubers Me and You (yes, those are their names) and encounter a slew of real-life VTuber cameos.
The story leans hard into internet and streaming culture, poking fun at everything from toxic commenters to the relentless grind of content creation. The writing is as self-aware as ever, packed with fourth-wall breaks and meta-jokes that longtime fans will appreciate. While the plot isn’t deep, it’s entertaining, especially if you enjoy the series' brand of humor.
Gameplay: A Mix of Shooting and Slashing
Virtual Stars ditches traditional turn-based combat for real-time action, splitting gameplay between two styles:
Goddesses (Third-Person Shooting): Each CPU wields a unique gun (Neptune’s rapid-fire, Blanc’s charged sniper shots, etc.), offering varied playstyles.
VTubers (Hack-and-Slash): Melee-focused with combo-based attacks, though they feel less polished than the shooting mechanics.
Switching between characters keeps things fresh, though the combat lacks depth—most encounters can be brute-forced with minimal strategy. Boss fights introduce a fun rhythm-based twist, where phases sync with the background music, but the challenge remains inconsistent.
Presentation: Colorful and Chaotic
The game’s visuals are bright and flashy, with themed levels representing different corners of the internet (food blogs, social media, etc.). The VTuber cameos add a neat touch, popping up in loading screens and mid-battle to cheer you on. However, the UI can feel cluttered, and some mechanics (like the Emote Gauge) aren’t well-explained.
The Japanese voice cast delivers the usual high-energy performances, though the lack of an English dub might disappoint some fans. The soundtrack is a highlight, blending upbeat electronic tracks with vocal themes that fit the idol aesthetic.
Final Verdict: For the Fans
Neptunia Virtual Stars is a goofy, over-the-top spin-off that doesn’t take itself seriously—and that’s okay. While the gameplay is shallow and repetitive, the humor, character interactions, and sheer absurdity make it an enjoyable ride for series devotees. If you’re looking for a deep action RPG, this isn’t it. But if you want to see Neptune and friends dive headfirst into VTuber madness, you’ll have a blast.
Score: 7/10
Pros:
- Hilarious, self-aware writing
- Fun VTuber-themed premise
- Catchy soundtrack
- Colorful, energetic presentation
Cons:
- Combat lacks depth
- Some mechanics feel underdeveloped
- No English dub

This game is honestly better than I expected, it's actually pretty challenging at times, feels like one of the few Neptunia spin-offs that actually makes you grind to not struggle through the story. It would have been great if we could have actually played as more VTubers (especially more real ones, not just the OCs made for this game), and wish the CPU Candidates were playable in this game too. Even though for the most part the story is just there for the game to have a story, at least it feels like there's world affecting stakes to the bad guys winning. (Which is something Gamemaker R:Evolution fails at, the stakes feel very low throughout most of the game, with most issues being resolved immediately, and the real stakes not really popping up until near the end of the game).
The soundtrack of this game is good, but it's a different direction from most Neptunia games soundtracks (I like it though), and actually uses a lot of original tracks, instead of reusing the same tracks from previous games constantly like many other Neptunia games.
I also like the original characters especially Me and You, they definitely feel like Neptunia characters, with the usual charm and humor you would expect from them.
There are actually reasons to use both the CPUs and the VTuber characters, they're better at different things, and you need to play as character and upgrade their skills to unlock more, no matter what level they reach from the shared exp, they will not unlock some skills until you actually grind their other skills levels up. The drawback of the CPUs having less hp (well actually it's a hit-count based hp bar, while the VTubers take numerical amounts of damage) and sharing it with each other isn't so bad with the fact that there's a button to slowly recover hp and speed up mp regen, it actually lets them survive pretty long if you escape to somewhere safe to use it.
The VTubers are pretty squishy but strong if you put enough care into them, they might seem weak at first but they're like the Makers in other Neptunia games, they have low base stats but high potential.

What a clusterfuck, what a trainwreck, what a terrible mess!
I love it. The game is a third person shooter. The gods' health bars are shared and are pip based. Vtubers have their own separate, real bars. You have no real reason to use the vtubers, they are slower than the gods who just are on heelys 24/7 and have fairly easy aiming as a result. The boss fight mechanics are neat, and this is such a weird spinoff for the otherwise turnbased series.

So far the game is scuffed to say the least, my laptop apparently has issues running the game despite is being able to run on a ps4. You are unable to run the game with english voices, the way to see console controls is pretty bad however the ost so far has been very good and the first stage does look pretty same goes for the character models. But I do believe that if you got a pc to actually run it at a normal fps that it can be very fun

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