indiegame.fan
NEUROXUS header art

NEUROXUS

Fight as Earth's last war machine in a relentless sci-fi action roguelite. Master high-speed movement, devastating weapons, and brutal boss battles as you battle Nexis, the AI that annihilated humanity.

Steam Page
Release
January 23, 2026
190 days ago
Steam Reviews
Positive15 reviews80.0%

Does this feel indie?

Vote based on whether this game feels indie to you. You can change your vote at any time. Results earn an IGF score after 10 accepted votes.
No votes yet
Vote on More Games
Game contextLatest: IGF Team
ContextThe evidence factors used to assess whether this game belongs on IndieGame.Fan.Status
Notes
Latest Contributor: IGF TeamEdit notes
Updated: Jul 10, 2026Developer scaleThe operating scale of the game's developer.
Updated: Jul 10, 2026Publisher scaleThe operating scale of the game's publisher.
Updated: Jul 10, 2026Publisher statusHow the game's publishing relationship is classified.
Search Google: How is NEUROXUS and Empyreum Studio funded?FundingThe known source of funding behind the game.
Search Google: Who controls the creative direction and IP for NEUROXUS and Empyreum Studio?Creative controlWho appears to retain creative control of the game.
Updated: Jul 10, 2026Release statusWhether and how the game has been released.

Media

11 items

About the Game

ENTER NEUROXUS PROTOCOL

You awaken with no memory and no purpose — only a final directive left behind by a dead world:

Finish the war.
End Nexis.

You are the last surviving war machine of an extinct species, rebooted to destroy the quantum AI that seized Earth and erased all life.

There will be no rescue.
There will be no rebuilding.
Only termination.

A WORLD FORGED BY MACHINES

You dismantle the Nexis network through six hostile industrial zones: military bunkers, chemical refineries, sewer systems, offshore platforms, dense server complexes, and an orbital facility above a lifeless planet. Each operation fractures another layer of the machine hierarchy, drawing you closer to the Nexis core — and to the realization that nothing remains to reclaim.

EVOLVE INTO A KILLING SYSTEM

Combat is precise, tactical, and unforgiving.
Every system in your chassis has purpose: energy routing, shield control, armament synergy, and movement efficiency.
Victory depends on timing, positioning, and disciplined power use — not spectacle alone.
Defeated bosses unlock new armaments, expanding your combat options and deepening the tactical layer as the campaign advances.

RIP THROUGH HOSTILE MACHINES

Face swarms of autonomous drones, entrenched turrets, advancing humanoid frames, elite combat units, lethal industrial hazards, and the Echoes of Nexis that overwhelm arenas with reinforcements.
Nine warforms stand between you and the core.

Every machine is active.
Every machine is hostile.
Every machine must fall.

ELIMINATE NEXIS

Break the final defenses.
Breach the orbital core.
Shut down the last machine capable of ending you.