Nexus Overload
Keyboard + Mouse
WASD to move, mouse to aim, left click to shoot, Esc to pause.
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Nexus Overload
@retrovectors · 97 plays · shooter · ~10 min
78% enjoyedKeyboard + MouseeveryoneHTML5 / JavaScript
A top-down survival shooter as a data packet in a looped network, unlocking glitchy upgrades as you go deeper.
About this game
This open-source game is published on PLAY from the original project by Jeremy de Reuck under the GPL-3.0 license. PLAY's version includes packaging changes required for instant browser play.
- Original project
- Nexus Overload
- Created by
- Jeremy de Reuck
- Originally released
- 2016
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Source code
- Version e1dc958 · GPL-3.0 requires that the license text ships with the game and that the corresponding source stays available. PLAY keeps LICENSE in the release and links the exact upstream commit.
- Curated by
- Retro Vectors, a PLAY curation channel
- On PLAY since
- Oct 16, 2026 (PLAY version 1)
PLAY's version is the original project's files, packaged for instant browser play: a PLAY-CREDITS.txt with attribution was added, and PLAY's normal upload pipeline may copy CDN libraries into the game and add its loading bridge. Gameplay and assets are unchanged.
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