MADNESS: Project Nexus
BANGER · Multiplayer · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
BUY IT.
A BANGER at $24.99.
- Cost per hour
- $2.00/hr
- ReviewsS
- 97% of 17,650
- Genre rank
- Top 1% Multiplayer
Watch this gameOne alert when it goes on sale.
Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 12.5h
- To 100%
- 261.4h 20.9x the story
- Achievements
- 52
Price and sales
- Sales
- 22 on record
- Typical cut
- 15% off
- Steam low
- $19.99 December 2021
- Sale every
- 84d last September 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 142 now
- Recent reviews
- 96% 30 days
- Cheaper than
- 7% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 99% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
86% start to 4% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 22 discounts in the 5 years tracked, the median cut is 15 percent, about 12 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 5 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 1 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 99 percent. Among the games closest to it, Gladio and Glory (free, scores 70) and Alien Shooter ($4.99, scores 87) both come in lower.
More about MADNESS: Project Nexus
Of the 744 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, 18 come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written September 2021 to November 2026. In its first 30 days on sale, 4 of 113 sampled reviews came from refunders. Inside the two-hour refund window, 86 percent of the 1,044 reviews written there were positive, against 97 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 12.5 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 261, 21 times as much.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 34 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Have you ever wondered why Nevadeans always have that blank face with a lack of emotions? They live in such a messed up world with ancient gods, time-warping machines, and literally zombies. Of course they lost all happiness and hope here in Nevada. Anyone would. In fact, the whole massacre started only after a petty conflict between Hank and the boombox guy as Hank got sick of the loud music and snapped, brutally...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Amazing game. I will say that the teammate AI is ass so if you dont have friends who also have the game it could cause some parts to be a lot harder. I Also hope some of the units and factions from this could someday appear in the animations in some form because a lot of them are so cool.
I'm glad that this game has found success, but a lot of it is carried by nostalgia
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
MADNESS: Project Nexus is a third-person Run n' Gun / Beat'Em Up filled with arcade-style action and button-mashing brutality. Gun your way through droves of bad guys in the Story Campaign, or build your perfect killing machine in the neverending onslaught of Arena Mode.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 512MB memory or better, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
MADNESS: Project Nexus scores 91/100 on the BANG Score (a BANGER) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/488860/madness-project-nexusReviews 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 Oct 14, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.