Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
At the dawn of the 22nd century, the conquest of space and the colonization of the solar system is being monopolized by several huge and ambitious mega-corporations. Although extremely delicate and vulnerable…
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is an indie developed by Mithis Games, released 5 November 2004 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.72 at GameBillet.
What Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is an indie game developed by Mithis Games and released in 2004. It was published by Nordic Games Publishing. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Black Sun Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO), Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident holds a critic score of 73 out of 100. That places it above 45% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2004 averaged 70, so it scored 3 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz processor and 128 MB RAM. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $1.72 at GameBillet, 83% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident launched on 5 November 2004, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and World of Warcraft. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Half-Life 2, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, World of Warcraft.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Nexus: The Jupiter Incident yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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