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Nexus - The Jupiter Incident cover art

Nexus - The Jupiter Incident

Mithis Games · THQ Nordic Mobile · 2007-07-03

SteamGOG

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Nov 05, 2004 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ambitious megacorporations monopolize the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system. At the very edge of the solar system, the companies make a discovery that will shift the technological advantage and upset the balance. And so a new conflict is born: "The Jupiter Incident."

2
playing now
86%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is a science fiction themed real-time tactics computer game developed by the Hungary-based Mithis Entertainment and published by HD Interactive. The game focuses on tactics and ship management instead of resource collection and base construction.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 50 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–87k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,082 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$1.72-83%
Gamesplanet$1.77-82%
GOG$1.99-80%
IndieGala$1.99-80%
WinGameStore$1.99-80%
GamersGate$2.00-80%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.78 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-04-29) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 88 of 123 observed days · $0.94 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

802026-08-11 17:00 — 6 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 5 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 4 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 6 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.832015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-11-25 — best price $2.492016-05-17 — best price $9.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-07-03 — best price $2.492017-12-29 — best price $9.992018-07-16 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-05-18 — best price $1.892019-08-29 — best price $1.992019-12-21 — best price $1.902020-02-16 — best price $9.742020-05-18 — best price $1.482020-08-04 — best price $9.992020-09-29 — best price $8.892020-11-23 — best price $1.502021-02-09 — best price $9.992021-03-30 — best price $9.992021-05-19 — best price $8.382021-07-27 — best price $3.002021-10-29 — best price $1.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-03-21 — best price $0.992022-07-06 — best price $7.532022-10-09 — best price $1.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-04-20 — best price $0.832023-09-04 — best price $9.992024-02-08 — best price $1.992024-05-25 — best price $9.992024-09-27 — best price $1.962024-12-20 — best price $1.992025-04-14 — best price $8.092025-08-02 — best price $1.762025-10-28 — best price $1.992026-02-17 — best price $1.632026-06-06 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $1.72
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian

Player tags

RTSIndieSpaceSci-fiClassicModdableStrategyTacticalSimulationSpaceships

Census log

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

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