Nexus - The Jupiter Incident

The graphics may be a little old compared to Battlefleet Gothic Armada, but are still better than even homeworld remastered in my opinion. The single player campaign is probably the best story campaign Ive ever played in a spaceship game. Homeworld was a little disappointing compared to the hype, but Nexus: the Jupiter Incident hit it out of the park. I mean its no Warcraft 3 or Starcraft, but compared to the almost storyless 4X conquest campaign of Battlefleet Gothic Armada, or the basic faceless war against all odds story of homeworld, Nexus: the Jupiter Incident's good old dose of hard scifi'ing mixed with competant ship outfitting and controlling and beautiful space backgrounds and amazing music and sound design make this a definite MUST PLAY for any spaceship fan even in 2026

What a gem. Requires patience if you mess up in a mission and some controls are never explained such as setting your own nav points. Although the story with great pacing, mission layouts that truly make you crave more and spectacular space battles truly make this game something special that nothing else out at the time of this review can really emulate. This is truly a one of a kind.

Good game. I typed a whole in-depth review out, but when I switched windows, Steam lost it, along with the hour or so of my life I gave to type it, so this is all you're getting now. Control scheme is wacky, but you'll get used to it. There is a MASSIVE bug that increases the difficulty of the game tremendously, the only way to fix it is to restart your campaign. The game is good enough to justify doing so, though. Create custom waypoints at your camera location with N + click. Try using Energy Bombs, they are fun, but be aware of eye damage. See that little hand icon in the lower left hand corner next to your selected unit panel? Click it, 90% of the game happens in there. Even without the bug, the game is difficult. Don't be afraid to save-scum. Brutus, my beloved.

IT'S FKING AWESOME

Very unique game, it's something you only find from early 2000s. It's definitely worth a try.

Very fun game, but very hard game. I played on beginner and got stuck on missions often. This is one of those games where you're expected to roll back and change loadouts after failing-- and you will fail a lot. The combat is well thought out, although the pathing for units is very unreliable. Graphically the game is very good for its era. One of the most remarkable things about this game is that they have fully fleshed out and simulated star systems that you can look around at, and the planets/moons/asteroids and whatnot will actually move along their orbit. Its not all on a flat plane either, everything is done in good faith. I genuinely enjoyed this game despite my frustrations. I also enjoyed the story itself, I felt like it was interesting. Its a damn shame we never got a sequel, but also its a damn shame we never got Imperium Galactica 3.

peak, classic, space combat game

Visually dated and kinda unfinished but one of the best capital ships controls and navigation I've ever played, not autistic hard nor braindead wasd.

OK, this game has come to a certain age where not everything you see is looking like as if is up to date. But I like the kind of strategy in the game and the storyline as well. If you were a fan of The Expanse, you're gonna like this game.