NIDUS

NIDUS

Steam Deck Playable

Caleb Wood · Psychedelic · Feb 19, 2024

Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.

At $8.99. It has been as low as $2.69.

94%
Very Positive
235 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Graphics: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 39 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 20 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 193 sampled reviews

Based on 235 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 193 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
visuals and the vision..
41 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Balancing the needs of both organisms creates an intense gameplay loop where every movement matters.
39 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Lots of organic feeling synthwork compliments lots of textural sound effects that tickle the eardrums.
20 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
going back on the support system, the game kind of leaves a few of the nuances of the upgrades and flower projectiles out of the tutorial, so the game kinda leaves you to figure out how to manage your Essence (the blue energy pellets shown in the videos) on your own... but in short, you can make a weapon out of the Flower with Essence by holding the power button and aiming with either WASD or a thumbstick on your controller. personally, i like to play with the aim accuracy of the thumbstick with the precision clicking of a mouse.. which the game DOES allow you to do. pretty neat.
12 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Co-op
Players who bring up Co-op mostly praise it.
The whole thing is wonderful, if theres anything i can hope for in the future, its better co-op support.
9 of 193 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Problem is if I press the steam button the steam menu brightness is fine.
4 of 193 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Graphics41 reviews
Gameplay39 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Controls12 reviews
Co-op9 reviews
Interface4 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty19 reviews
95%
Story and characters14 reviews
100%
Combat10 reviews
90%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $8.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.69.

3 points recordedtoday · $8.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
27
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.