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Nodebuster
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
View on Steam ↗ $2.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
50 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Nodebuster is what I like to call an “active-incremental-game”. The base mechanics works like an incremental game, gaining resources, updating a skill tree, and passively increasing numbers, to help with progression.…”
“Just a nice game to spend some time in. Quick, fun, and overall a good experience. Wish there was more, though.”
“short and fun game, smooth and satisfying animation, upgrades are balanced making progress not too fast but also not too slow, only complaint is after having everything upgraded and unlocked the lab it felt a bit dry…”
19 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Neat incremental game, It's definitely a thumbs up from me. Took 3 hours to %100, I think that was well worth the money considering the enjoyment I got out of it. I really like the idea of shorter incremental games with…”
“There's a reason that so many incremental games are based on this formula now. Its a good game. Short, but good.”
“Pretty short game, but a good way to spend a couple of hours. Would recommend, worth the price”
16 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“There's a reason that so many incremental games are based on this formula now. Its a good game. Short, but good.”
“Pretty short game, but a good way to spend a couple of hours. Would recommend, worth the price”
“short and fun game, smooth and satisfying animation, upgrades are balanced making progress not too fast but also not too slow, only complaint is after having everything upgraded and unlocked the lab it felt a bit dry…”
14 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Fun idler that looks great, is easy to jump right into with minimal tutorials, & has super-chill music to pew-pew to. Overstays its welcome a bit at the very end -- I was starting levels & then walking away from my…”
“Short and fun incremental game that exponentially ramps up towards the end. Clean and smooth animations, and a satisfying talent tree.”
“While the game is visually somewhat appealing with its minimalist style, it could have been 60-90 minutes shorter and be a satisfying experience. I didn't feel sick with the game juice (screen shake, flashes), but it…”
13 of the 101 reviews raise this.
“Satisfying skill tree, good sense of progression and not terribly grindy until the end. Spent way too much time grinding the endgame not realizing I didn't need to and just needed to unlock some higher levels, so could…”
“What a fantastic little game! I saw Alidove play a bit on youtube, figured it'd make for a nice bit of low-stakes distraction for an evening, and that's exactly what it was! It scratches that vampire-survivors sort-of…”
“Short and fun incremental game that exponentially ramps up towards the end. Clean and smooth animations, and a satisfying talent tree.”
10 of the 101 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun idler that looks great, is easy to jump right into with minimal tutorials, & has super-chill music to pew-pew to. Overstays its welcome a bit at the very end -- I was starting levels & then walking away from my…”
“very nice game, very nice design, there are some balance details i really appreciated, my only criticism is towards the end as you're pushing through the lab, a new shape would help break up some of that late game…”
“While the game is visually somewhat appealing with its minimalist style, it could have been 60-90 minutes shorter and be a satisfying experience. I didn't feel sick with the game juice (screen shake, flashes), but it…”
5 of the 101 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“While the game is visually somewhat appealing with its minimalist style, it could have been 60-90 minutes shorter and be a satisfying experience. I didn't feel sick with the game juice (screen shake, flashes), but it…”
“Just a nice game to spend some time in. Quick, fun, and overall a good experience. Wish there was more, though.”
“amazing game, wish it was longer though. you could only get around 4hours of main story progression.”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Very fun game. It's easy to learn, and quite addictive. I spent 6 hours telling myself "Just once more unto the breach." I am not sure this game has a lot of replayability. Once you beat the game it loses its luster.…”
“quick game but worth 3 dollars wish there was more replayability tho thats really my only complaint :)”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Neat incremental game, It's definitely a thumbs up from me. Took 3 hours to %100, I think that was well worth the money considering the enjoyment I got out of it. I really like the idea of shorter incremental games with…”
“Satisfying skill tree, good sense of progression and not terribly grindy until the end. Spent way too much time grinding the endgame not realizing I didn't need to and just needed to unlock some higher levels, so could…”
3 of the 101 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“While the game is visually somewhat appealing with its minimalist style, it could have been 60-90 minutes shorter and be a satisfying experience. I didn't feel sick with the game juice (screen shake, flashes), but it…”
“It's okay, but doesn't deserve overwhelmingly positive. Game drags on and the screen / sound clutter once you have a lot of upgrades is headache-inducing. The endgame is also tedious. I had just about all upgrades…”
“too flashy but I liked the game”
Counted across 101 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 97.8% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“I fell for the oldest trick the the book. >Watch youtuber try out game >Got annoyed with their upgrade choices >Noticed game was $4ish >Ended up beating entire game in one sitting after buying Totally worth the price if you just wanna burn an evening or whatever”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“This is an excellent game. If I have a single complaint it is that I wish it had some form of prestige mechanic so that I could play it repeatedly.”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“I seriously love this game. 10/10 incremental. The price is beyond worth it, the graphics are visually pleasing, and I really liked the music and sounds. If you don’t like the CRT effects in the pics, don’t worry. You can turn that off. My ONLY gripe is playing it on Steam Deck…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Small update
Changed a few things: Added a new upgrade: Chance to auto-collect enemy drops Added a new option for disabling the CRT effect Mouse is now hidden during battle
Accessibility settings
Added a few new options: Added a new option for disabling flashing fx Added a new option for enabling an alternate color palette, which changes how the upgrade tree looks Fixed some bugs Thank you to
Bug fixes and stuff!
Some small fixes/improvements: Added a new option for darkening the screen transition Fixed a bug where you could go past prestige 25 Fixed a bug where a certain upgrade costed more than it should hav
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Casual · Clicker · Strategy · Idler · Simulation · Arcade · Management · 2D · Experimental · Relaxing · Abstract · Minimalist (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 13 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64bit Processor: 2 GHz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Vulkan 1.0 Storage: 100 MB available space