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NIDUS

Caleb Wood · 2024-02-19

Steam

ActionIndie

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

Releases: Feb 19, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A symbiotic Flower and Wasp struggle to complete their lifecycle, in a challengingly twisted arcade experience. Control both characters at once in mind-bending Single Player, or team up with a friend in hectic Local Co-Op. Master the symbiotic duet, devour the swarm, and ascend the leaderboard.

94%
positive of 235 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

A symbiotic Flower and Wasp struggle to complete their lifecycle, in a challengingly twisted arcade experience. Control both characters at once in mind-bending Single Player, or team up with a friend in hectic Local Co-Op. Master the symbiotic duet, devour the swarm, and ascend the leaderboard.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 23 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (94 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 20,243 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 235 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.69 at Steam (2025-09-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $8.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
939320242026Week of 2024-02-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$8.99$2.692024-02-192026-07-092024-02-19 — best price $7.192024-02-26 — best price $8.992024-06-27 — best price $5.392024-07-20 — best price $8.992024-11-27 — best price $4.492024-12-04 — best price $8.992024-12-19 — best price $4.492025-01-02 — best price $8.992025-02-10 — best price $4.492025-02-17 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-03-20 — best price $8.992025-06-26 — best price $3.142025-07-10 — best price $8.992025-09-29 — best price $2.692025-10-06 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $2.692026-01-05 — best price $8.992026-06-25 — best price $2.692026-07-09 — best price $8.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
52.4%
earned "Calyx"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1750%27

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

Player tags

2DActionArcadeCombatSurrealTop-DownControllerHand-drawnBullet HellPsychedelic

Census log

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

Players also track

SwarmlakeHyper EchelonDoughlings: InvasionREMOTE LIFEUBERMOSH:OMEGAGo Mecha Ball

Similarity via IGDB.

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