Nidhogg

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%2014

$9.99

US Steam price, checked 4 h ago

The verdict

A pure, easy-to-learn 1v1 sword duel that shines in local multiplayer. Skip it if you play solo, want lots of content, or would pay full price.

Great for

Couch players who want quick, tense 1v1 duels with a friend

Main risk

Very little content (4 maps), so the fun fades fast, especially solo or without a friend

What players love

Great local multiplayer with friends

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“The one-button fencing is super easy to pick up, but the mind games and timing make every single match feel incredibly intense.”
Steam review · 14.8 h played ↗

“Twelve-plus years in and it's still the go-to when I get together with a friend I see once a year.”
Steam review · 49.4 h played ↗

“A perfectly balanced, easy-to-control brawl for a group of friends.”
Steam review · translated · 61.3 h played ↗

Simple to learn, deep to master

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“A beautifully simple duel: easy to learn, hard to master, and fun at any skill level.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗

“The fighting mechanics are simple, but the skill-ceiling is very high.”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

Funny, hype and quick matches

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“One of the funniest coop vs games I have ever played. It's so perfect in it's simplicity.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗

“With a friend it's insanely funny and interesting.”
Steam review · translated · 3.4 h played ↗

Great art, music and animation

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews

“The soundtrack is great, the animations perfectly enhance the goofy cartoon way of movement this game has”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

“The beautiful artwork and incredible music put you right into the strange and brutal world of NIDHOGG.”
Steam review · 13.4 h played ↗

Rollback netcode and online update

NEW · LAST 30 DAYS

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“NIDHOGG HAS ROLLBACK NETCODE YOU BETTER HOP ON”
Steam review · 29.1 h played ↗

“what? they added rollback and training mode? and better Steam support?”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

Capable, fun AI opponents

Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews

“How did you make the arcade bots so realistic? they're just like real players”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗

What players complain about

Overpriced for what it offers

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Great little game. Worth maybe $2.50, not worth $9.99”
Steam review · 1.5 h played ↗

“The game is great, but 350 rubles for 1 hour of gameplay at most is too much.”
Steam review · translated · 5.4 h played ↗

Too little content

Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews

“Initially good game mechanics but way too little content (5 biomes, 1 weapon, no interactivity of background).”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗

“The 12 or 16 stages that make up the singleplayer shamelessly reuse the levels, making progress repetitive.”
Steam review · 2.8 h played ↗

“For 300 rubles I got 4 small maps, a great combat system, and broken multiplayer.”
Steam review · translated · 0.7 h played ↗

Broken or laggy online multiplayer

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Online multiplayer is unbearably laggy regardless of internet connection.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

“Whoever is hosting the match gets priority. Good luck being able to jump at all if you're not the host.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

Bugs, crashes and abandoned support

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews

“Literally every time I have tried to play it (about 9 tries, spread across two days), a different bug has rendered the game unplayable”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗

“Game claimed to support Linux at release. Bought it, didn't run.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗

Boring and weak solo mode

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Single player mode is incredibly boring after just a few minutes.”
Steam review · 2 h played ↗

Dead online, no player base

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“the online queue is dead”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗

“no one is playing this online anymore unless you go sit in discord channels and plan the matches with others.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSMicrosoft® Windows® 10

Processor1.2GHz processor

Memory512 MB RAM

GraphicsDirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory

Storage200 MB available space

OSMicrosoft® Windows® 10

Processor1.2GHz processor

Memory512 MB RAM

GraphicsDirectX 8-compatible graphics card with at least 32MB of video memory

Storage200 MB available space

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