Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus (known as Ratchet & Clank: Nexus in Europe) is a 2013 platform video game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It is…

69 6 November 2013

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Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus is an adventure developed by Insomniac Games, released 6 November 2013 on PlayStation 3.

Verified 16 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus is

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus is an adventure game developed by Insomniac Games and released in 2013. It was published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After one of the most infamous manhunts in galactic history results in the capture of Vendra Prog, Ratchet and Clank offer to escort the dangerous criminal to the Vartax Detention Center. After a daring orbital jailbreak at the forgotten edge of the galaxy, Ratchet and Clank find themselves lost in an abandoned sector. There, in deepest space, they uncover an inter-dimensional event that threatens the universe—and forces Ratchet to decide what’s really important

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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Ratchet & Clank series

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus is the 22nd of 32 entries we hold in the Ratchet & Clank series. The next entry was Ratchet & Clank: Before the Nexus in 2013. Its critic score of 69 is 7 points below the series average of 76. The highest-rated entry is Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction at 92.

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How it was received

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus holds a critic score of 69 out of 100. That places it above 32% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year. Player ratings track closely with critics at 74, across 77 votes.

What it launched against

Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus launched on 6 November 2013, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut, The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

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Screenshots

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