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MADNESS: Project Nexus
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MADNESS: Project Nexus

Sep 29, 2021 Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Hooks you almost right away

Gets good by 2h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 3h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 30% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 97% positive of 17,657

What the data shows

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 17,801 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 294 reviews: 20h for positive, 5.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (86.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

  1. Started playing 100%
  2. No Mercy: Mag Bandit 1 Defeat the Mag Bandit. Most players quit here 78% −22
  3. No Mercy: The Gunner Twins Defeat Church and Jorge. 67% −11
  4. No Mercy: The Sheriff Defeat the Sheriff. 61% −6
  5. No Mercy: Burger Gil Defeat Gil. 52% −9
  6. No Mercy: Mag Bandit 2 Defeat the Mag Bandit again. 49% −2
  7. No Mercy: The Gunner Twins 2 Defeat Church and Jorge again. 49% −1
  8. No Mercy: Dr. Christoff Defeat Dr. Christoff. 46% −3
  9. No Mercy: Tricky Defeat Tricky the Clown. 42% −4
  10. No Mercy: Gestalt Defeat Gestalt...for now. 40% −2
  11. No Mercy: The Gunner Twins 3 Defeat Church and Jorge yet again. 37% −3
  12. No Mercy: Dr. Crackpot Defeat Dr. Crackpot. 35% −2
  13. No Mercy: Ghoul Defeat Ghoul. 34% −1
  14. No Mercy: Blackguard Defeat the Blackguard. 33% −2
  15. No Mercy: The Hive Defeat the Hive. 31% −2
  16. Story Victory You've beaten the Story Campaign! Well done! 30% −1

story milestone ending biggest drop-off

Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.

All achievements (52)

story milestone ending side

  • Slaughter Rank: Bloodied You've made 50 people disappear. Nice! 100%
  • Slaughter Rank: Impaler You've fed 200 people to the crows. The crows send you their thanks. 92%
  • No Mercy: Mag Bandit 1 Defeat the Mag Bandit. 78%
  • Slaughter Rank: Psychopath You've cut 500 lives short. I want to be your friend. 75%
  • No Mercy: The Gunner Twins Defeat Church and Jorge. 67%
  • Victory: Sleepwalker Program You've completed the Sleepwalker Program. 65%
  • No Mercy: The Sheriff Defeat the Sheriff. 61%
  • No Mercy: Burger Gil Defeat Gil. 52%
  • Slaughter Rank: Seas of Blood You've put 2000 bodies into the ground. Some of them may come back later as Zeds, but we won't let that impact your score. 50%
  • Victory: Pit Stop You've completed Pit Stop. 50%
  • No Mercy: Mag Bandit 2 Defeat the Mag Bandit again. 49%
  • No Mercy: The Gunner Twins 2 Defeat Church and Jorge again. 49%
  • No Mercy: Dr. Christoff Defeat Dr. Christoff. 46%
  • Victory: Foundry You've completed The Foundry. 45%
  • No Mercy: Tricky Defeat Tricky the Clown. 42%
  • No Mercy: Gestalt Defeat Gestalt...for now. 40%
  • Victory: Fast Track You've completed Fast Track. 39%
  • No Mercy: The Gunner Twins 3 Defeat Church and Jorge yet again. 37%
  • Victory: Slaughter Time ™ You've completed Slaughter Time ™. 36%
  • Victory: Haunting You've completed The Haunting at Nevada House. 36%
  • No Mercy: Dr. Crackpot Defeat Dr. Crackpot. 35%
  • No Mercy: Ghoul Defeat Ghoul. 34%
  • No Mercy: Blackguard Defeat the Blackguard. 33%
  • Slaughter Rank: Wargod Well, that's 5000 fewer mouths to feed. What do you mean, "What mouths?" 33%
  • Dye Trying Swap those grey duds for a colorful new getup at the colorizer. 32%
  • No Mercy: The Hive Defeat the Hive. 31%
  • Story Victory You've beaten the Story Campaign! Well done! 30%
  • Victory: Murder Room You've completed The Murder Room. 30%
  • No Mercy: Gestalt 2 Defeat Gestalt once and for all. 29%
  • No Mercy: Phobos Defeat Director Phobos. 29%
  • Victory: Hard Sell You've completed Hard Sell. 28%
  • Wave Completion You've beaten all Arena Combat Waves! Nice. 26%
  • Victory: Facility You've completed The Facility. 25%
  • No Mercy: The Machine Defeat The Machine. 25%
  • Slaughter Rank: Pale Rider And behold, a white horse! And their name who sat upon it was...wait, what's your name again? 21%
  • Nothing Good On Found something more important to do than save all of Nevada. 20%
  • New You Give yourself a bangin' new look at the loft mirror. 19%
  • Hello? Doc, are you there? 15%
  • I've Seen it All Complete the Arena campaign three times, and collect three Imprints. 15%
  • B*O*N*K Two besties put their heads together in an attempt to defeat you. 11%
  • Make it Reign Complete a Heist mission at Madness difficulty and let those sweet, sweet tokens spill. 10%
  • Wave Completion: Madness You've beaten all Arena Combat waves on Madness Difficulty. Outstanding! 8.6%
  • Lever Alone Discovered both ends of the hidden sewer passage. 7.9%
  • Bloodsucker You've been cursed by the undead! 7.5%
  • Maximum Headquarters Fully upgraded all your base. 7.1%
  • Iron(ic) Defeat Finished off Project Gestalt with a taste of his own medicine. 6.3%
  • Slaughter Rank: Genocider Well, you've done it. It probably cost you a lifetime of back pain, but you've wiped out the entire population of a medium sized town. Those 53,594 brave souls will have a light lunch waiting for you in Valhalla. 5.8%
  • Nerdgun Deck out a Magiturge wand with an attachment in every location. 5.2%
  • Take a Load Off It's a really big load. 5.2%
  • Story Victory: Madness You've beaten the entire Story Campaign on Madness Difficulty. Incredible! 4.9%
  • Origin Collector You've imprinted your Arena character with every available origin! 3.2%
  • Burger Detective Found all of Burger Gil's special deliveries. 2.7%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.

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