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Nex Machina cover art

Nex Machina

Housemarque · 2017-06-20

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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.

Nex Machina is an Action, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (87% of 2194 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
91/100
critic score (16 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
4.67★
PlayStation Store rating (3,289 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 20 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 55k–132k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,201 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 46 observed days · $15.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
353520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
502Mar 2017May 2026Mar 2017 — avg 3 · peak 16Jun 2017 — avg 44 · peak 326Sep 2017 — avg 10 · peak 41Dec 2017 — avg 50 · peak 197Mar 2018 — avg 13 · peak 44Jun 2018 — avg 13 · peak 54Sep 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Dec 2018 — avg 7 · peak 30Mar 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2019 — avg 4 · peak 16Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 4 · peak 17Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2021 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 11 · peak 42Jun 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2022 — avg 3 · peak 13Dec 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14Mar 2023 — avg 3 · peak 11Jun 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992017-06-072026-10-142017-06-07 — best price $15.992017-08-14 — best price $15.992017-09-18 — best price $10.992017-11-22 — best price $9.992017-12-13 — best price $7.002018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-06-21 — best price $5.992018-08-13 — best price $9.992018-11-15 — best price $7.992019-01-10 — best price $4.992019-05-10 — best price $4.992019-07-29 — best price $7.992019-09-21 — best price $19.992019-11-28 — best price $7.992020-01-22 — best price $7.992020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-06-15 — best price $19.992020-09-10 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $7.992021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-03-22 — best price $7.992021-10-27 — best price $7.992021-11-29 — best price $19.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-04-04 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $5.992022-11-04 — best price $7.992023-01-03 — best price $19.992026-09-01 — best price $19.992026-09-07 — best price $19.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-09-19 — best price $19.992026-09-25 — best price $19.992026-10-01 — best price $19.992026-10-07 — best price $19.992026-10-13 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

113242026-06-01 — 66 pageviews2026-06-05 — 39 pageviews2026-06-09 — 62 pageviews2026-06-13 — 107 pageviews2026-06-17 — 113 pageviews2026-06-21 — 67 pageviews2026-06-25 — 54 pageviews2026-06-29 — 59 pageviews2026-07-03 — 87 pageviews2026-07-07 — 49 pageviews2026-07-11 — 60 pageviews2026-07-15 — 34 pageviews2026-07-19 — 29 pageviews2026-07-23 — 46 pageviews2026-07-27 — 43 pageviews2026-07-31 — 26 pageviews2026-08-04 — 31 pageviews2026-08-08 — 37 pageviews2026-08-12 — 59 pageviews2026-08-16 — 27 pageviews2026-08-20 — 40 pageviews2026-08-24 — 54 pageviews2026-08-28 — 53 pageviews2026-09-01 — 98 pageviews2026-09-05 — 51 pageviews2026-09-09 — 43 pageviews2026-09-13 — 46 pageviews2026-09-17 — 44 pageviews2026-09-21 — 43 pageviews2026-09-25 — 56 pageviews2026-09-29 — 46 pageviews2026-10-03 — 39 pageviews2026-10-07 — 34 pageviews2026-10-11 — 37 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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