Nex Machina
Fair · Roguelike · 2017
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 1.6h
- Value
- $12.49/hr
- Reviews
- 87% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB Video RAM - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 270, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
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.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in December 2018. 31 discounts in the 9 years on record. They run about 60 percent off, roughly 8 weeks apart.
On value it sits in the top 30 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 84 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 67 percent. Among the games that feel like it, UBERMOSH Vol.5 ($0.99, scores 80) beats it on value, while it beats Really Big Sky ($4.99, scores 36).
This site sampled 336 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written April 2020 to September 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 79 percent of the 493 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 34 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 1.6 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 16, 10 times as much.
The drop-off
71% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
6 players online when we last checked, on Sep 27, 03:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Bullet hell twin stick shooter that continuously asks you to lock in. One of Housemarque's many amazing games. Wish it had more support on PC with the ability to turn off HDR but otherwise a really good game.
Tightly designed, brutally challenging, neon-infused time attack arcade cocaine. The only problem is that it forces you to be good. The game is merciless with failures, and getting a continue usually means being sent tumbling down a slope with no chance of recovery, unless you already know how to play the game very well. Practice on the easiest difficulty. Climb the ladder. Get completely addicted as you have...
Fun gameplay but you'll play through all the levels in about two hours. So unless you really want to play the same levels over over again (which is fine - some people enjoy high-score chasing), wait until it goes on sales.
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
Cite this score
Nex Machina scores 66/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/404540/nex-machinaReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 23, price as of Oct 1.
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