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Nitro Kid
Synthwave roguelike deckbuilder set in the neon 80's. Pick your agent. Build your deck. Hit card combos and fight through the floors of INFINITY tower. Featuring 30+ fresh Synthwave tracks by LudoWic, Tonebox and Jules Reves.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“One run turned into five before I noticed. At some point my deck suddenly started working exactly the way I hoped. Cards chaining into each other, enemies getting pushed around the room, and every turn feeling just a little stronger than the last. That’s the moment Nitro Kid…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“fun. quality over quantity with this one.”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Approved. Deckbuilding, tactics, tight positioning, cool 80s visuals and soundtrack.”
— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
1.1.4 balance update is live!
Hello, agents! How are those runs going? We hope you have reached security level 10 and given hell to INFINITY! We've released a new update to fix some bugs and balance agents J4X and K31 ! Read the p
Cassette tape OST collectible now available!
Hey, agents! We have exciting news for you, retro synthwave lovers and collectors! If you enjoy Nitro Kid's Original Soundtrack, you're in for a treat. Nitro Kid has a physical version of its original
Nominate Nitro Kid for the Best Soundtrack for the Steam Awards 2022!
Dear agents, We've received a lot of love for Nitro Kid 's sweet synthwave soundtrack, and now we need your support to nominate it for the Best Soundtrack category for the Steam Awards 2022 ! You can
Nitro Kid is part of the Steam Autumn Sale!
Hey, agents! As you may have noticed, Nitro Kid is on sale for the first time during the Steam Autumn Sale until November 29th ! This is an excellent opportunity to get the game and the soundtrack wit
Nitro Kid is now fully compatible with Steam Deck!
Greetings agents! If you are a Steam Deck owner, you'll be happy to know that Nitro Kid is now fully verified for Steam Deck! Now you can sit down and relax while playing Nitro Kid from your favorite
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Indie · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Isometric · 1980s · Martial Arts · Deckbuilding · Sci-fi · Turn-Based · Atmospheric · Card Battler · Turn-Based Combat · Rogue-like (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian, Japanese |
| Achievements | 46 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.nitrokid.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.0 Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Storage: 1 GB available space