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MADNESS: Project Nexus cover art

MADNESS: Project Nexus

GIBBING TREE, LLC · 2021-09-29

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Sep 30, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

160
playing now
97%
positive of 18k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

160 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 160 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,104 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~138/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,589 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 351k–789k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,526 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2021-12-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 3 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.5k3.5k20212026Week of 2021-09-01: 969 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3,463 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1,560 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 493 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 308 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1931222026-08-06 22:00 — 153 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 138 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 174 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 148 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 145 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 177 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 192 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 188 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 191 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 174 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 130 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 173 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 165 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 135 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 164 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 154 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 131 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 172 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 179 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 126 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 157 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 134 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 147 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 150 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 142 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 152 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 122 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 147 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 149 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 160 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$19.992021-09-302026-07-092021-09-30 — best price $22.492021-12-01 — best price $24.992021-12-23 — best price $19.992022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-01-28 — best price $22.492022-02-03 — best price $24.992022-02-28 — best price $22.492022-03-07 — best price $24.992022-06-24 — best price $19.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-11-22 — best price $22.492022-11-29 — best price $24.992022-12-22 — best price $21.242023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-09-25 — best price $22.492023-10-02 — best price $24.992023-11-21 — best price $22.492023-11-28 — best price $24.992023-12-21 — best price $22.492024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-03-14 — best price $22.492024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-06-27 — best price $21.242024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-09-30 — best price $19.992024-10-05 — best price $24.992024-12-20 — best price $22.492025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-13 — best price $22.492025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-06-27 — best price $19.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-10-01 — best price $21.242025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $21.242026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-20 — best price $22.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
86.2%
earned "Slaughter Rank: Bloodied"
25.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,6911%52

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DGoreBloodFunnyActionCombatShooterViolentBeat 'em upThird Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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