Nerd Survivors

Nerd Survivors

Released Feb 2024

Use explosive pizzas, enchanted fidget spinners or a katamari of monsters to fight countless enemies hordes! Repair the "Forge of Destiny" and craft the ultimate custom weapon in this comedy action rogue-lite survivor.

92% positive · 103 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Nerd Survivors launched on February 12, 2024 and received a flurry of updates in its first two months: a first major update on February 16, 2024, a second large content drop on February 23, 2024, a third on March 15, 2024, and several feature patches and bug fixes through April 2024. The April 24, 2024 post announced that online co-op was being developed — however, there is no evidence this feature ever shipped, and the studio's subsequent closure post makes clear it did not. On May 20, 2025, Heartbit Interactive published a formal studio closure announcement, confirming they are shutting down due to economic reasons. They explicitly stated that no new games will be developed and no new content will be created. They did note that existing games will remain available on stores and that they will continue to answer player questions as long as possible — but the context makes clear that active game development has ended permanently. The last meaningful content update for Nerd Survivors was the March 15, 2024 major update. Given the studio's confirmed closure as of May 20, 2025, the game is complete with no further content coming. The completion date is set to the last major content release (March 15, 2024), as that represents the final substantive content the game received before development ended.
Evidence
Heartbit Interactive announced the permanent closure of the studio due to economic reasons. No new games or content will be developed. Existing games will remain available on stores.
news post · May 20, 2025 source development ending
high
Major content update adding a new stage, four new playable characters, new archetype forms, and new forge upgrades. This is the last major content update the game received.
news post · Mar 15, 2024 source content shipped
high

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Details

Publisher
Heartbit Interactive
Achievements
19
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Verified
Players
Single-player

About this game

The ordinary gaming night among four friends takes a chaotic turn when they find themselves transported to a preposterous fantasy realm teeming with thousands of wacky monsters!



Equip yourself with pizza frag-grenades, enchanted fidget spinners, unleash preposterous magic spells, or even fling your very own friends into the fray to repel the relentless hordes of monsters determined to obliterate you.



And if that's still not enough, scavenge resources and blueprints, then harness the 'Forge of Destiny' to customize your weapons or craft the ultimate armaments of your nerdy wet dreams! Can you endure for 20 minutes of non-stop madness and make your way back to your gaming night?

Nerd Survivors is a bullet-heaven action rogue-lite survivor adventure, set in the Doom & Destiny Worlds universe.
Last evaluated Jun 20, 2026
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