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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 a twin stick shooter, bullet hell and action game developed and published by Housemarque.
Released on June 20th 2017 is available only on Windows in 14 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and Hungarian.

It has received 2,123 reviews of which 1,848 were positive and 275 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Nex Machina into these genres:

Twin Stick Shooter Bullet Hell Action Arcade Great Soundtrack Indie Shoot 'Em Up Cyberpunk Difficult Local Co-Op Shooter Top-Down Sci-fi Controller Singleplayer Top-Down Shooter Co-op Replay Value Competitive Rogue-like

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: 64 bit Windows 10 / 8 / 7
Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 or AMD FX-4300
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: 2 GB Video RAM - NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or AMD Radeon R9 270
DirectX: Version 11
Network: Broadband Internet connection
Storage: 1 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Jan. 2026

This game is sick! For whatever reason it didn't really grab me when it first came out, years ago. In late 2025 I decided to give it another shot and was instantly hooked. Warning! For me at least, this game is addictive. And if you put your earbuds in, it is perfect for making a long bus/train ride fly by. I have been playing single worlds on Veteran Level difficulty mostly. As a novice to this game and this genre, it's been brutal, but victory is so satisfying! I'll write more if thoughts change or if I have more to say after playing more.

Nov. 2025

This is exactly what I want to play on Steam Deck. A polished modern arcade game with nonstop action, great music and high production standards. So fun to play and I’m always ready to jump in for another round. Made before Steam Deck existed, so use the following suggestions from Protondb.com: Tinker Steps: Custom Proton: Proton 7.0-6, Set launch options: PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 %command%

Oct. 2025

a solid twin-stick scoring arcade type shooter. really not much to say : what you see is what you get, solid gameplay loop and a decent difficulty curve. worth your time!

July 2025

It's a pretty solid game that I don't like playing at all. There's something about having to chase down the idiot humans every 2 seconds that I can't stand. I seriously hate it. It drives me crazy. The game is super polished. It's very fluid. In all respects it should be something I love, but I just don't. I don't even like it. I would pay some amount of money to not play it, if I were forced to for some reason. I strongly prefer something like Kill Knight. That game is tighter with more interesting weapon dynamics and there are no dumb, dumb, dumb as all hell humans to run around and collect like trophies for half of the gameplay loop.

April 2025

It is a very updated, old fashioned Arcade bullet-heaven game, very cool.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Nex Machina is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

Nex Machina is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.

Nex Machina received 1,848 positive votes out of a total of 2,123 achieving a rating of 8.34.

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Nex Machina was developed and published by Housemarque.

Nex Machina is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Nex Machina is not playable on MacOS.

Nex Machina is not playable on Linux.

Nex Machina offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Nex Machina includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Nex Machina does not currently offer any DLC.

Nex Machina does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Nex Machina supports Remote Play on Phone, Remote Play on Tablet, Remote Play on TV and Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Nex Machina is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Nex Machina.

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