PC Critic Reviews

A brilliant marriage of mechanics, level design and music that will be played and talked about for years to come.

Nidhogg stands as one of the true kings of competitive gameplay, and that doesn't need to be patched one bit.

Nidhogg is a game to be enjoyed with friends while in the same room together, and it may be the best title you play that way this year.

It’s the most exhilarating competitive game I’ve played in years.

Nidhogg is not about lengthy stage lists, improvable online systems, fussy control mapping or AI. Nidhogg is about the purity of two friends on a couch duking it out as Daedelus’s moody dynamic electronica frames acrobatic displays of wits and reflexes. In that sense, it has no equal.

To put it plainly, Nidhogg is incredibly fun. If you can appreciate the game’s style for what it is and you don’t have an ego as fragile as glass, you’ll delight in testing your mettle against another’s.

Nidhogg is yet more proof that a simple concept with a simple goal can work, and work well. In a way, it reminds me of a Super Smash Brothers Melee tournament; simple combat and pure competition, that’s what makes Nidhogg so amazing.

Even with a grimy netcode and a poor single-player mode, Nidhogg is a perfectly balanced multiplayer experience. Accessible for the average gamer, ideal for the pro and striking for an evening with some friends.

The new levels feel rich and generous, and will absolutely reinvigorate the game for anyone who played it to death at indie gaming events.

Expressed in modest trappings, Nidhogg quietly aims to recast the mold of a competitive fighting game.