NIMRODS

Alien survival roguelite with custom guns for companion drones

Fiveamp · Released Oct 28, 2024 · Early Access

Action Adventure Casual Indie RPG Early Access

Reviews: Very Positive; 85% of 1,841
Recent reviews: Mostly Positive; 76% of 13 in 30 days
Playing now: 21; peak 24h 36
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 6 months ago; Mar 3, 2026

What is NIMRODS?

This single-player survival roguelite shooter casts you as an expendable clone testing weapons on an alien world. Each run, you fight alien hordes, collect parts from airdrops to build guns, and explore biomes. Guns from past runs can arm a supporting drone, while DNA modifications affect future clones.

For you if...

+you enjoy experimenting with weapon parts during survival runs
+you like discovering new enemies and bosses across biomes
+you want earlier runs to help you survive later ones

Not for you if...

−you prefer a campaign to repeated survival runs
−you want steady progress without farming resources
−you expect every weapon choice to work equally well

What players say

85% of 1,841 reviews are positive · 76% of 13 in the last 30 days

Players praise the variety of gun builds and the ability to put past builds on a drone. Common complaints focus on slow progression, uneven weapon balance, and reliance on lucky upgrade drops.

Screenshots and trailer

NIMRODS system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 64bit
Processor: x64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics: Capable of DX11 or higher
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Storage: 600 MB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS
Achievements: 20
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English. Text only: Dutch, Simplified Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian.