Nerd Survivors

Horde survival action with pizza grenades and enchanted fidget spinners

Heartbit Interactive · Released Feb 12, 2024

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 97
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update on Steam: 2 years ago; Jun 12, 2024
Minimum PC: 1050; 8 GB RAM · 1 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Nerd Survivors?

This top-down action roguelite follows four friends pulled from game night into a fantasy realm. You fend off monster hordes in 20-minute runs, gather resources and blueprints, and craft or customize weapons at the Forge of Destiny.

For you if...

+you enjoy pixel art and silly fantasy humor
+you prefer familiar horde-survival mechanics over major formula changes

Not for you if...

−you want cooperative play with friends

What players say

91% of 97 reviews are positive

Players praise the unlockable characters and upgrades that make later attempts easier. Older negative reviews describe the game as unfinished, while a recent reviewer criticizes resource grinding and crowded fights that make dodging difficult.

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Nerd Survivors system requirements

Minimum: 1050, 8 GB RAM, 1 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS: Windows 7 Sp1/10 (64bit only)
Processor: X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support (Intel Core i3 or better)
Graphics: NVidia 1050 or better, AMD or Intel equivalent or better
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 1 GB available space

Does Nerd Survivors have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Nerd Survivors run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

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

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 19
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English, Italian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Does Nerd Survivors use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam