Action · June 20, 2017
Nex Machina (2017)
Nex Machina is an intense arcade style twin-stick shooter from Housemarque. Taking hints from both Robotron and Smash TV, Nex Machina focuses on pure action, voxel destruction and competition in the distant, cablepunk themed future. In the world of Nex Machina, humans have become so dependent on technology that they cannot avert their eyes from portable devices anymore. Around them, machines have reached consciusness and surpassed human intelligence tenfold. No reasons to be servants now – robots are clearly the superior lifeform. And to make their point, they start eradicating all human life... Housemarque, the creators of Resogun, and Eugene Jarvis invite you on a trip back to the age of arcades and play Nex Machina, the twinstick shooter of this generation. Destroy the evil robots, free the humans and defeat your friends' high scores along with their dreams of success. Do you have what it takes to make it to the top? - Explosive twin-stick arcade shooter gaming at its finest - Over 100+ challenging levels in 6 different intense worlds - Secret paths, levels and humans - Local cooperative multiplayer - Deep scoring system, rich metagame and replayability - Specially tailored feats and achievements - Community and friend leaderboards - Unlockables and player profiles - Next gen signed distance field (SDF) ray-tracing and morphing tech - Voxel driven, significantly reworked version of the Housemarque engine
Action releases from 2017
180 Action titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Twin Stick Shooter · 93
- Bullet Hell · 76
- Action · 75
- Arcade · 71
- Great Soundtrack · 65
- Indie · 54
- Shoot 'Em Up · 50
- Cyberpunk · 43
- Difficult · 42
- Local Co-Op · 42
- Shooter · 35
- Top-Down · 35
- Sci-fi · 33
- Controller · 33
- Singleplayer · 31
Peer Action titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 2.1k Steam reviews | Top 96% in Action |
| Positive rating | 87% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 49% |
| Metacritic | 84/100 | Genre average 77 — top 22% of Action titles |
| Engagement hours | 2 h average | Top 94% for session depth among Action |
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (12)
- English volume_up
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish - Spain
- Japanese
- Korean
- Polish
- Portuguese - Brazil
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
Full audio (2)
- English
- Hungarian
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen Co-op
- Shared/Split Screen
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Cloud
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Remote Play on TV
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
Other
- Single-player
Reception Metrics
Steam community
87%Very Positive · 2.1k reviews
1.8k positive · 276 negative
Metacritic
84/100 critic aggregate
Curator recommendations
1.4k
Press Quotes
“What a trip.” 5/5 – The Guardian “Housemarque has just made the game of its career.” Essential – Eurogamer “Nex Machina is a game that confidently meets expectations. It's difficult, intensely satisfying, and packed with enough secrets and lofty secondary objectives to keep you enraptured for hours.” 9/10 – Gamespot
Release & Availability
| Release date | Jun 20, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Housemarque |
| Base price | $19.99 |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 100k–1M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
2h
brief (under 5 hours)
Median
2h
Typical completion time
Achievements
39
Steam unlocks available
Editions & Packages
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