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Nitro Express is a 2D side-view gun action game where cute pixel-art girls shoot assault weapons with 360° free aiming in the streets of Japan!

Nitro Express is a side scroller, 2d platformer and shooter game developed by Grayfax Software and published by PLAYISM.
Released on May 18th 2025 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.

It has received 685 reviews of which 515 were positive and 170 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.2 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Nitro Express into these genres:

Side Scroller 2D Platformer Shooter Runner Beat 'em up Arcade Platformer Female Protagonist 2D Cute Mechs Tanks Action Pixel Graphics Anime Military Atmospheric Singleplayer Indie

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System requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: 64-bit Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660
  • Storage: 500 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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May 2025
A solid run-n-gun. Nitro Express is a methodical game, where proper control, positioning and choice of weapon is the key over trying to run through with guns blazing. The game's intentional pacing thus requires patience and experimentation. The screen will be filled with explosions and bullets, thus requiring player to be aware of where they've thrown explosives, where exploding elements like cars are and how damaged they are, what enemies can be taken down with said explosions while avoiding walking turret's massive amount of fire. Weapons unlock via money you gain during Story mode and Missions. Using a weapon will level it up, increasing the reload speed. Thus, some grinding is required to unlock and level weapons up, but this is part of the experimentation for different loadouts for different missions. All this makes a certain kind of satisfactory, cohesive chaos. Sound is equally busy because of this. Sound effects play a good part in avoiding things. Soundtrack is well composed and hits the stage's setups well. Animation is lovely and lively, with extra care in the main character's motions. The game runs at 30fps. The physics is tied to the framerate, so if you're using that Korean 60fps patch, you're breaking e.g. jumping height. Certainly a very stylistic game, and the play rules aren't for everyone. A solid recommendation.
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May 2025
First thing first, I hope the dev would read this and consider adding: 1. Steam Achievement 2. Steam Badge 3. 60 FPS support! 4. other things that improve the game said by other reviewers Second, this game ain't Metal Slug, it's its own thing just same on aspect of 2D side-scrolling and run & gun... so if you expect it's play like Metal Slug, you will be disappointed... Game is fun and stylish enough worth the price imo. I do wish too see they improving the game formula and their next product!
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May 2025
It's pretty fun, and I've slapped it on my deck for some short plays in the future. Kinda reminds me of how a DS or PSP game can be built for really quick play, if that makes sense. Boot up, play a mission or two, that kind of thing. The story's short but sweet and I enjoyed it. Aiming feels smooth (and can be adjusted fairly easily to fit your preferences, with the option to change the sensitivity of the x axis, y axis, stick threshold...) and movement is quite nice. I have a preference for gamepad in this specific instance. Graphically, the art style is charming, and there's a plethora of small details to appreciate in every screen I've come across. Each story sequence was very well done, both the large picture cutscenes and the smaller sprite-driven ones. It's got charm in spades and is just fun to look at. There's a sensible number of mission-specific gimmicks that don't overstay their welcome but do very nicely at adding variety, and I was quite nicely surprised by the vehicle section . The variety of weapons is fantastic, with each one so far feeling fairly unique even between two things as similar as the starting assault carbine and assault rifle. Special mention goes to the anti-tank mine and its incredible destructive power, and the flamethrower is fun to goof around with, as is the shield. The music is wonderful and properly carries the action of the scene it's set to, as well. I'm glad I followed the development. The wait was well worth it. Highly recommended. I look forward to finishing it, having THOROUGHLY played through it, I very much look forward to future games by GRAYFAX!
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May 2025
The game feels like finding a random 10-episode anime made by studio Trigger back in 2012 and that shit is the bomb. We need more "Trigger-likes" aesthetics!
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May 2025
Feels like Metal Slug or a game by Treasure. 2D side scrolling style gameplay with a persistent weapon unlockable system. Bursting with pixelated charm and personality.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Nitro Express is currently priced at 12.79€ on Steam.

Nitro Express is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.79€ on Steam.

Nitro Express received 515 positive votes out of a total of 685 achieving a rating of 7.17.
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Nitro Express was developed by Grayfax Software and published by PLAYISM.

Nitro Express is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Nitro Express is not playable on MacOS.

Nitro Express is not playable on Linux.

Nitro Express is a single-player game.

Nitro Express does not currently offer any DLC.

Nitro Express does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Nitro Express does not support Steam Remote Play.

Nitro Express 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.

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Nitro Express
12.79€
7.2
515
170
Game modes
Features
Online players
7
Developer
Grayfax Software
Publisher
PLAYISM
Release 18 May 2025
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