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NIDUS

NIDUS

A symbiotic Flower and Wasp struggle to complete their lifecycle, in a challengingly twisted arcade experience. Control both characters at once in mind-bending Single Player, or team up with a friend in hectic Local Co-Op. Master the symbiotic duet, devour the swarm, and ascend the leaderboard.

Released Feb 19, 2024 Developer Caleb Wood Platforms Windows PsychedelicBullet HellArcadeTwin Stick ShooterScore Attack
View on Steam ↗ $8.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

93.6%positive235 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“game is hard as balls. controls and mechanics are very confusing at first but with every retry you learn more about them, only thing i dislike is the arena being too small it rly makes the game harder than it should be”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“NIDUS is an unconventional arcade shooter that confidently breaks away from genre conventions by placing players in control of two interconnected organisms rather than a single character. Developed and published by Caleb Wood, the game revolves around a symbiotic relationship…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
Not recommended · 3 found this helpful

“really poor performance, unplayable for me. not because it is especially difficult, but because i am playing at around 4 FPS. i know the game is very visually intense but i didn't think such a small game would be so resource intensive. i don't think the game is bad but it could…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

27achievements
3.2%median completion
0.0%rarest: Brittle
52.5% of players 50.2% of players 22.3% of players 18.4% of players 18.1% of players 14.9% of players 14.8% of players 12.1% of players 10.5% of players 4.8% of players 4.5% of players 4.4% of players 4.0% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.6% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.3% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.4% of players 0.1% of players 0.1% of players 0.0% of players 52.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
52.5%Calyx — Harvest the Calyx
50.2%Neophyte — Tutorial completed
22.3%Hatchery — Hatch over 100 Nymphs in a single lifetime
Rarest badges of honor
0.0%Brittle — Complete a lifecycle on Brittle
0.1%Prestine — Reach Zenith without Flower being directly harmed
0.1%Fragile — Complete a lifecycle on Fragile

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Feb 28, 2024
Update v1.012, Advanced Leaderboard Data

On a successful new score, your run info will now be submitted alongside your score data. I Won't be resetting the leaderboard, but all previous scores unfortunately don't have this extra data availab

Feb 23, 2024
First Week Wrapped! hotfix v1.009

Hey everyone, the first week of NIDUS has gone really well! Thank you to everyone who gave this game a chance, and thanks for all the wonderful reviews. I've also just uploaded another hotfix that add

Feb 23, 2024
v1.007 update

As requested, the leaderboard can now be accessed from main menu! Cursor lock option is now available in gameplay options. Various small reset bugs fixed. The leaderboards are getting mighty strong, t

Feb 21, 2024
Hotfix v1.006

Hey everyone, hope you are all doing well! Just uploaded a new build that addresses a rare issue that would cause auto wave progress to stall out, ending up in the player having to wait around for the

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsPsychedelic · Bullet Hell · Arcade · Twin Stick Shooter · Score Attack · Top-Down Shooter · Arena Shooter · 2D · Spectacle fighter · Top-Down · Controller · Action (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Gamepad Recommended
LanguagesEnglish
ControllerFull support
Achievements27
Official sitehttps://www.kbibwod.com/nidus
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Memory: 6 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space