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Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
Developer Mithis Games
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is a science fiction themed real-time tactics computer game developed by the Hungary-based Mithis Entertainment and published by HD Interactive. The game focuses on tactics and ship management instead of resource collection and base construction. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
199 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 22, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
84
LovedLoved
150 positive · 28 negative
95% range 78–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 150 | 28 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
595 of 691 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 151 yes, 28 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 179 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (938 of 1,095 positive).
Players praise the game's tactical depth and immersive story. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the controls and UI frustrating. [4][5][6] The game is considered a hidden gem by many. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
This game may have been good in its day, but in 2026 it is pretty poor. I have been gaming since the late 80's and have played many a space strategy game, including all of the Homeworld Series, the Star Trek Armada's, the Battlefleet Gothic's, Eve Online - etc etc. I had not tried this game, but thought being an old-schooler like I am I would give it a go, and I would have requested a refund if I had not bought the …
- [2]
One of those games that, despite being 20 years old, does many things better than today's games. It's not just that it has a tactical complexity that could easily make this the father of any current tactical space combat game; it's its attention to the smallest details that makes it special. Even something "secondary" like the briefing phase before each mission is incredibly detailed and original, but there are …
- [3]
What can I say? This is the game that started my love affair with space games. Yes, it's old, but man, this is without a doubt one of the most satisfying "capital ship" fleet engagement games I have ever played. No, I take that back. It IS the most satisfying fleet RTS game I have EVER played. A lot of people want to compare this to Homeworld. IT IS NOT! Homeworld has you spending a lot of your time building and …
- [4]
I recommend this game with the caveat that it's only worth playing if it's something you were already interested in. The game is brutally punishing, omitting key details and not explaining critical mechanics which will leave you frustrated and restarting simple missions over and over. The controls and UI are an astonishingly poorly designed absolute mess. You might play 20+ hours before realizing you can manually …
- [1]
What a sci-fi adventure!!! Legendary .. what the hell happened to these games? Why aren't there more like this??? AAA games .. what a joke .. THIS is how big boys make video games!!!
Summarised from 34 of the 200 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
84% of the 179 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Nexus - The Jupiter Incident. The complaint that keeps coming up: clunky and poorly explained controls. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. It was praised particularly for its visual effects, but criticized for its steep learning curve, trial-and-error gameplay, and poorly designed stealth missions. According to NPD Group, Nexus sold 11,500 copies by June 2005.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 199 · most liked firstWhat a sci-fi adventure!!! Legendary .. what the hell happened to these games? Why aren't there more like this??? AAA games .. what a joke .. THIS is how big boys make video games!!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game may have been good in its day, but in 2026 it is pretty poor. I have been gaming since the late 80's and have played many a space strategy game, including all of the Homeworld Series, the Star Trek Armada's, the Battlefleet Gothic's, Eve Online - etc etc. I had not tried this game, but thought being an old-schooler like I am I would give it a go, and I would have requested a refund if I had not bought the game on sale for a mere £2.50. I have played for 7 hours and essentially given…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of those games that, despite being 20 years old, does many things better than today's games. It's not just that it has a tactical complexity that could easily make this the father of any current tactical space combat game; it's its attention to the smallest details that makes it special. Even something "secondary" like the briefing phase before each mission is incredibly detailed and original, but there are plenty of little things that draw you into the game, like the fact that there's a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The graphics may be a little old compared to Battlefleet Gothic Armada, but are still better than even homeworld remastered in my opinion. The single player campaign is probably the best story campaign Ive ever played in a spaceship game. Homeworld was a little disappointing compared to the hype, but Nexus: the Jupiter Incident hit it out of the park. I mean its no Warcraft 3 or Starcraft, but compared to the almost storyless 4X conquest campaign of Battlefleet Gothic Armada, or the basic…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is older than many people who will read this review. I played it the year it launched - before I even had a steam account (idek if steam had a store then). I bought it on steam because I wanted to support the devs yet again, and also play it again. I have played and finishes it multiple times over more than a decade. I love this game. That's all I really need to tell you
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What can I say? This is the game that started my love affair with space games. Yes, it's old, but man, this is without a doubt one of the most satisfying "capital ship" fleet engagement games I have ever played. No, I take that back. It IS the most satisfying fleet RTS game I have EVER played. A lot of people want to compare this to Homeworld. IT IS NOT! Homeworld has you spending a lot of your time building and resource gathering. Sort of like Star Craft or the original War Craft, but with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Literally the best space RTS I've ever played. I'm waiting for something better to come along.....looks like I'll be waiting forever! Nothing but good memories of playing this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best 3d strategies ever created, it's terribly sad that no one wants to continue the title!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a gem. Requires patience if you mess up in a mission and some controls are never explained such as setting your own nav points. Although the story with great pacing, mission layouts that truly make you crave more and spectacular space battles truly make this game something special that nothing else out at the time of this review can really emulate. This is truly a one of a kind.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As a hungarian I'm proud of this game. This game is a legend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a total gem. Too bad they never made the Imperium Galactica sequel, but I'm glad they could reuse a lot of things, like the system maps for the mission plan cutscenes of this game. It's a 10/10 on par with Homeworld 1 or 2, but more in-detail scope on smaller wolfpacks of ships. You rarely have more than a dozen or so ships but can control them in much more detail than in Homeworld. I'd say compared to modern games it's a more forgiving Nebulous Fleet Command or the ship management…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I originally bought this game when I was like 12-13? So nearly over two decades ago. Was freaking amazing. Me and my brother both loved it. Now that is out of the way I will say that the game is fun, has a good campaign with well balanced missions. It is a little dated, but holds up decently well. Considering I have seen it on sell(right now in fact) for only $0.99, it is a great steal.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just watch a video of the game play this isn't a playable game where you can make choices and try new things. this is a game where there is one way to play each mission and to find out what that way is you have to fail the mission then go back and re pick your devices to counter each mission. it would be way better as a movie and not a game as 99% of the stuff you can chose from is absolutely useless.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've heard quite a lot of good things about this game, but three hours in I'm not very hooked. The action can be described as glacial at best, which means that tactical depth that every seems to be raving about doesn't really get a chance to show itself. The most recent mission I completed had me disable the engines of an enemy ship and then got me to fight 3 shielded escort craft. It took a very, very long time for my ship to whittle away at their shields (despite my ship being equipped with…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a fantastic space combat game. I have been looking for a capital ship/3D sandbox style game for ages, seems I am 20 years late to the party but its still really good, nice immersive story, great ships and game-play, its the best thing out of its kind. I am eager for something new and similar but on a huge scale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is the WAY! One of my all time favorites. I had the original on disc, yes, this game is that old, but also that good. Don't miss out!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Schedule reminder! Mon. 7/13: No Stream Tue. 7/14: Starcraft 2 WoL Wed. 7/15: No Stream Thu. 7/16: Nexus The Jupiter Incident Fri. 7/17: Stream (game undetermined) Be there or be square! Watch at www.twitch.tv/comradenora #Twitch #Vtuber #NoraVT #Streamer
neutral · AI labelView post →Good game. I typed a whole in-depth review out, but when I switched windows, Steam lost it, along with the hour or so of my life I gave to type it, so this is all you're getting now. Control scheme is wacky, but you'll get used to it. There is a MASSIVE bug that increases the difficulty of the game tremendously, the only way to fix it is to restart your campaign. The game is good enough to justify doing so, though. Create custom waypoints at your camera location with N + click. Try using…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Best RTT in space! Support Nexus 2!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So a few days back I was sharing some gifs from old prototypes in the WK discord, and found this one. One day I will go back and make this a real game, I love the vibe! (And yes, the Terrapin is a direct ripoff of my favorite ship from Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. Go play that game!) #indiedev
positive · AI labelView post →very underrated awesome game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →IT'S FKING AWESOME
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hi there. the game itself is brilliant !!! the gameplay excellent.... BUT the support sucks hard. there is still no fix for the mission "the chance" at professional level. the game still crashes every time at the end of the mission. if you sell a product then make it work ! very frustrating ! it is such a pitty .... :(
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really wanted to like this game and I can see that it has a lot of positive reviews but for me this is a hard pass - became almost immediately frustrated with it. Positives I like the concept. Space battles. Yay. Negatives It feels like for a beginner it's hard to figure out what everything does. There's some hints etc at the start but there is a lot more like ship configuration that I just have absolutely no idea about and no idea if it is something I actually need to worry about. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best story driven space ship commander game ever made if you look at all different aspects combined together. It has decent graphics even by today's standards. It has real voice acting! The story is well written. You have some limited possibility between missions to alter the weapons and systems configuration of your ship or ships (some missions will give you command over up to 6 ships if I remember correctly). Navigation is not free roaming, but instead based on the predefined mission…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll be honest, at the start I wasn't feeling it much. The Ui is pretty overwhelming and a bit messy, the tutorial is all right, but could have been better. The overall combat is very trials and error and the story wasn't very interesting. But once the Space Opera part of the game starts and the hard sci fi is replaced with Soft-sci fi, it starts getting much better. (Look I love the Expanse and Hard Sci-fi, but I find alien ships, technology and grander plots far more interesting ). Once…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🌕"Nexus: The Jupiter Incident"🌕 is FREE on GOG for next 72 hours! Link:⬇️ gog.com/en/game/nexu... #GOG #FreeGame
neutral · AI labelView post →Very unique game, it's something you only find from early 2000s. It's definitely worth a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s definitely not the easiest game to jump into, but if you’re patient, the payoff is huge. Beneath that clunky surface is a seriously smart and satisfying strategy experience.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →one of my all time favs
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Underrated game. Deserved more back in the day.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →it is challenging fun and has a good story line. really good even exceptional for a game that came out in the 90s
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a game from way back, ahead of it's time now all caught up. All motion is relative within 3D space. Some old school camera navigation mechanics as the Z Axis takes a bit to get. Yet still solid game all around, and I'm sure there's a few Mods to up the graphics to some degree. However, even without mods the vanilla game is sill good. Some surprising ship models and lighting. It was one of the first space game to give me a sense of scale. (Although come to think of it, you may need to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sometimes..... you just so happen to come across a real gem. A game you find interesting enough to try out like you done so many times before, but unlike all the others, this one blows your mind!! Like....omg WOW! Almost stunned about why you never heard of this game before. Nexus - The Jupiter Incident was for me one of those very few games. A real gem.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game with great story, insane graphics and sound effects for the time it when it was released. This is a must play for any space ship lover. Game requires thinking and careful planning on what to equip and upgrade as things can escalate quickly. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I recommend this game with the caveat that it's only worth playing if it's something you were already interested in. The game is brutally punishing, omitting key details and not explaining critical mechanics which will leave you frustrated and restarting simple missions over and over. The controls and UI are an astonishingly poorly designed absolute mess. You might play 20+ hours before realizing you can manually order your ships around in space (hold shift, drag the blue disc to set…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game, but very hard game. I played on beginner and got stuck on missions often. This is one of those games where you're expected to roll back and change loadouts after failing-- and you will fail a lot. The combat is well thought out, although the pathing for units is very unreliable. Graphically the game is very good for its era. One of the most remarkable things about this game is that they have fully fleshed out and simulated star systems that you can look around at, and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the greates space strategy dames of all time. Superb story, Gameplay and music. It doesn't matted that is old. They added ui Scaling and Greater resolutions, you can now play it ad 4k, the old issues with resolutions are gone :) I played it when i was 20 , now it is still one of my favorite games 22 years later. For the price you get content and story which in current times will be around 59 USD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly one of the best command and strategy gems of its era
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Glad I came upon this game in an Expanse YT video, and at this price too. Underrated and sweet game!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Old, but fantastic game that has not been beaten in the genre.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the hardest games I've played. The final battle was a beast. I must have restarted it 50 times before I got lucky and got it right. The mod support is pretty impressive. BSG and Star Trek mods are epic. Definitely recommend if you are into RTS and space sims.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Guess I'd describe it as real-time tactical space combat. Played it years ago and the graphics still hold up in 2023.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Janky as hell 2004 game, but I still rate it positively after picking it up cheap. The ships often feel unresponsive, like you're giving suggestions on what to do, rather than the more precise control of a fleet you have in homeworld. There is a "direct control" mode that helps a lot, but regardless if you tell a ship to go to a navpoint, it'll go to the approximate area of the point. There are also some times where you tell a ship to fire with a specific weapon at a specific vessel, then issue…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GOG is also doing a giveaway as part of it Summer Sale: https://www.gog.com/en/game/nexus_the_jupiter_incident #Nexus #NexusTheJupiterIncident #DRMfree #DRMFreeGaming #FreeGame #GOG
neutral · AI labelView post →peak, classic, space combat game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What a niche game. I finished the campaign and I'm glad I did. Unfortunately It left me with the feeling that this game could've been so much more. I know there will never be a 2nd entry, but i hope future developers will look at this game and take away on what it did good and implement those things.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Nexus requires patience, and can be frustrating. There is much not explained in-game. You may need to do some research - read the manual, forums, guides, to learn enough to navigate the missions. And even then it wouldn't hurt to replay the missions to experiment and try different strategies. It may take time, there is a learning curve, but underneath is a neat space game to be appreciated.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Create your own ship, fit it with the most destructive weapon known to mankind slap it to campaign and see how the new ship steamroll any foes thrown at it. absolute banger 10/10.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unforgiving An unforgiving space story, if you don't upgrade correctly or you lose a ship you will know about it. A great game that holds up even with todays choices.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →First off, the premise is good, the graphics are pretty decent for the games age, the story is good, has a few funny moments, and make some sense. The variation of weapons is good, and of ship types. The combat looks very cinematic, with large capital ships trading lasers, missiles and energy blasts in space. So why do I not recommend? It's very frustrating, and many of the battles are a bit dull. It never really explains what you need before each battle, so if you go in missing a piece of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →best newtonian space game out there
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My favourite space RTS, I never understood why they never kept developing content or making a sequel because it's a really original take on the genre.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Path finding is poor. Watching your ships rotate themselves out of being able to fire, watching the enemy shields pop back up meaning another few minutes of beating on the same ship, having nothing much to do while waiting for combat, none of it is fun. I look at the positive reviews and get a little sad. I don't see the same fun others seem to. It's not strategic. It's not tactical. It's just slow.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AWFUL!!! Poorly made, missions don't work, very frustrating. Save yourself the headache and DON'T buy this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Visually dated and kinda unfinished but one of the best capital ships controls and navigation I've ever played, not autistic hard nor braindead wasd.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games I played. Brings so much nostalgia and memories. I believe the story is well crafted, the music and characters really help bring you into the lore. I recommend to everyone interested into classics, note that the game is quite old and carries few issues from the past like bugs and crashes sometimes. Over all - the game is totally worth it.
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neutral · AI labelView post →GOG.com is handing out free copies of Nexus: The Jupiter Incident, a starship tactics game for Windows set in space, where no one can hear you streatigize. This is yours to keep if you collect over the weekend. More: www.bluesnews.com/s/300091/
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