Nitro Express

Nitro Express

Steam Deck Verified

Grayfax Software · Side Scroller · May 19, 2025

Worth it for the right player.

At $12.99. It has been as low as $7.79.

77%
Mostly Positive
1k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 94 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 73 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Accessibility: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 1k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
37% of themes are praise36% are divided27% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story missions have light plot and worldbuilding that is fun for what it is.
94 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The gameplay of this including the visuals is really gorgeous.
48 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
With this, I would like to point out what I like: Artstyle is great, I want developer to release an artbook and soundtrack.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Expect short but replayable story runs plus mission mode for that one-more-try grind on Steam Deck or desktop.
6 of 300 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 love4 themes
Story and characters94 reviews
Graphics48 reviews
Audio34 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay72 reviews
83%
Performance70 reviews
69%
Controls37 reviews
84%
Interface17 reviews
76%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat73 reviews
79%
Difficulty28 reviews
79%
Accessibility7 reviews
43%

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $12.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.79.

3 points recordedtoday · $12.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
77%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
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Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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