Nex Machina

Nex Machina

Housemarque · 2017 · Twin Stick Shooter, Bullet Hell, Action, Arcade, Great Soundtrack

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About Nex Machina

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Blast through procedurally destructible environments in this relentless twin-stick shooter where you gun down robot hordes across 100+ levels while chasing high scores and competing against friends. Housemarque brings arcade action roaring back with voxel destruction, local co-op mayhem, and a deep scoring system that rewards skilled, aggressive play.


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.



In the world of Nex Machina, humans have become so dependent on technology that they cannot avert their eyes from portable devices anymore. Around them, machines have reached consciusness and surpassed human intelligence tenfold. No reasons to be servants now – robots are clearly the superior lifeform. And to make their point, they start eradicating all human life...

Housemarque, the creators of Resogun, and Eugene Jarvis invite you on a trip back to the age of arcades and play Nex Machina, the twinstick shooter of this generation. Destroy the evil robots, free the humans and defeat your friends' high scores along with their dreams of success. Do you have what it takes to make it to the top?

- Explosive twin-stick arcade shooter gaming at its finest
- Over 100+ challenging levels in 6 different intense worlds
- Secret paths, levels and humans
- Local cooperative multiplayer
- Deep scoring system, rich metagame and replayability
- Specially tailored feats and achievements
- Community and friend leaderboards
- Unlockables and player profiles
- Next gen signed distance field (SDF) ray-tracing and morphing tech
- Voxel driven, significantly reworked version of the Housemarque engine

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jun 2, 2026
Absolute banger of a twin stick shooter. Things get really hectic when you try to juggle finding secret humans, extra level entrances and dash bonuses, and you're trying to get your extra weapon of choice on top of everything else on screen trying to kill you and your humans.
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Recommended Jul 15, 2026
If you enjoyed other Housemarque games like Alienation, Resogun, or Matterfall then you will enjoy this game. It is the same frenetic yet readable arcade based gameplay that you loved in those other games. Usually on sale, this is certainly worth a go.
Recommended Jul 9, 2026
One of the best arcade games ever made. God tier gameplay, addictive, deep scoring mechanics and the most fast fluid movement and shooting of any game. A sensational game in every aspect and Housemarques best game. The blueprint for Returnal and Saros can be found within Nex Machina.
Not recommended Jun 21, 2026
Fun gameplay but you'll play through all the levels in about two hours. So unless you really want to play the same levels over over again (which is fine - some people enjoy high-score chasing), wait until it goes on sales.
Recommended Jun 11, 2026
Zero to Hero to Zero to Hero to Zero... Learn and Burn!
Recommended Jun 2, 2026
Great arcade goodness.

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