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Nex Machina cover art

Nex Machina

Housemarque · 2017-06-20

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 20, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jun 20, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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.

2
playing now
87%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
91/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Nex Machina is a 2017 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Housemarque. The game was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows on 20 June 2017. It received positive reviews from critics.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 25% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 55k–132k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,194 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.59 at Humble Store (2020-05-07) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $15.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-06 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$20.50$4.592017-06-072026-08-302017-06-07 — best price $15.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-09-07 — best price $13.992017-10-26 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992017-12-21 — best price $7.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-05-28 — best price $7.992018-08-03 — best price $9.992018-09-13 — best price $19.992018-11-27 — best price $19.992019-01-21 — best price $9.992019-05-10 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992019-09-05 — best price $19.992019-11-01 — best price $19.992019-12-11 — best price $7.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-05-27 — best price $7.992020-08-01 — best price $19.992020-11-02 — best price $4.992020-11-28 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $19.992021-03-22 — best price $7.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $7.992021-12-22 — best price $7.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-04-22 — best price $7.992022-06-23 — best price $5.992022-10-27 — best price $5.992022-12-12 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
70.7%
earned "Why are you running?!"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)9,8176%39
Steam (Steam)9,0841%39

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

Player tags

IndieActionArcadeSci-fiShooterTop-DownCyberpunkDifficultControllerBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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