New v0.5.3 — HowLongToBeat fix

All your games.
One place.

Nexus unifies your Steam, Epic, GOG, Battle.net, and Amazon libraries — plus repacks and standalone titles — into a single, beautifully designed launcher built for people who actually play games.

Windows 10 / 11 ~15 MB install No account required Local-first
Storefronts unified 00
Native features 0+
Install footprint 0 MB
Accounts required 00

Built for gamers

Everything you need to run your library like a pro.

Forty-plus features designed around how people actually play — not how launchers want you to.

Unified Library

Steam, Epic, GOG, Battle.net, Amazon — auto-imported. Repacks and standalone titles too. One library, every game you own.

Sources 06 / 06 linked

Nexus unified library — Continue Playing row, All Games grid with covers from Steam, Epic, and local sources, sidebar with Level 7 profile

Play Time Tracking

Accurate sessions across every source. Heatmaps, histograms, streaks, and per-game patterns — your habits, made visible.

45h 28m logged

Library Stats dashboard — 45h 28m total hours, 9 games played, play activity line chart, 39-day streak, 90-day heatmap, mastery tiers from Bronze to Diamond

Library Wrapped

A cinematic year-in-review of your gaming life. Top games, genres, streaks, mood — packaged as a shareable poster card.

Poster export 1080 × 1080

Achievements, XP & Mastery Tiers

Earn XP from every session. Climb mastery tiers per game. Unlock dozens of native achievements as you play.

+250 XP Veteran Backlog Slayer First Hour Streak +1

Play Streak

Daily streak counter with freeze protection.

Random Game Picker

Can't decide? Spin the wheel — with optional filters.

Session Analytics

Heatmaps, histograms, return-rate charts, and patterns by month or day of week.

Smart Collections

Auto-updating collections from rules — status, genre, play time, tags, ratings.

Quick Plays Forgotten Gems Highly Rated · Unplayed

Twitch Integration

Live streams, followed channels, trending games, drops, and pulse badges on cards — woven through the library.

Live · 14k Followed Trending Drops

Google Drive Backup

Optional encrypted backups on your own schedule.

SteamGridDB Art

Swap covers, icons, and hero art from the community.

HowLongToBeat

Estimated completion times and time-remaining based on your actual play.

Main · 24h + Extras · 41h Left · 11h
Full feature set Browse by category

Every feature, sorted.

Auto-import librarySteam, Epic, GOG, Battle.net, Amazon — detected automatically.
Rich metadataCover art, descriptions, genres, ratings — pulled from IGDB.
Instant launchClick. The right storefront launches silently in the background.
Ratings & reviewsPersonal scores plus critic ratings, all in one place.
Personal game notesTips, strategies, thoughts. Searchable across your library.
Custom tagsColour-coded labels. Co-op, short, comfort, anything.
Archive viewTrack games even after they're uninstalled.
Play time trackingAccurate session capture across every source.
Session analyticsHeatmaps, histograms, and per-game pattern breakdowns.
Progress & milestonesCustom milestones, completion percentages, progress bars on cards.
Session play logPer-session notes — where you left off, what to do next.
Library WrappedPersonalised year-in-review with shareable poster.
Mastery tiersNovice → Adept → Veteran → Master → Legend per game.
Achievements & XPNative achievements and a launcher-wide XP/level system.
Daily play streakStreak counter with freeze protection and milestone toasts.
Retirement ceremonyCinematic send-off when you complete or drop a game.
CollectionsHand-curated. Drag to reorder. Pick an emoji icon.
Smart collectionsRule-driven, auto-updating with AND/OR filter logic.
Search, filters & sortFind any game instantly. Filter by anything.
Play Next queueOrdered queue of what to launch next. Drag to reorder.
Continue PlayingRecently played row at the top of your library.
Random game pickerSpin the wheel with optional category filters.
Trophy roomDedicated view for completed games with spotlight stats.
TwitchLive streams, followed, trending, drops, and pulse badges.
SteamGridDBCustom covers, icons, and hero artwork.
IGDB metadataGenres, descriptions, release dates, critic ratings.
HowLongToBeatCompletion estimates and time-remaining tracking.
Google Drive backupOptional encrypted backups on your schedule.
Hardware detectionCPU + GPU brand identification right in the sidebar.
Lightweight & fastBuilt with Tauri + Rust. Native Windows performance.
Local-firstNo account. All data stays on your machine by default.
System trayMinimise to tray. Launch games from the tray icon.
CustomisableAccent colours, grid density, card styles — make it yours.
Command paletteJump anywhere instantly with keyboard shortcuts.
Works offlineNo internet required. Cached fallbacks when you're disconnected.

In motion

See Nexus in action.

Three signature moments from the launcher.

01

Track every minute. Spot every pattern.

Your sessions flow into a dashboard built for inspection — heatmaps, histograms, return rate, and per-game breakdowns by month or weekday.

  • Daily, weekly, and all-time totals across every storefront
  • Activity heatmap and play-time-by-day-of-week charts
  • Session length distribution with mean, median, and p75
  • Per-game pattern view with return-rate and gap analysis
STATS — Library
Library Stats dashboard — 45h 28m total hours, 9 games played, play activity line chart, 39-day streak, 90-day heatmap, mastery tiers from Bronze to Diamond

02

Your year, wrapped — and shareable.

A cinematic year-in-review built right into your library. Top games, genres, mood, hidden gems, and a 1080×1080 poster to drop in any feed.

  • Top-3 podium for your most-played games
  • Genre breakdown, mood tagline, and hidden-gem spotlight
  • Custom date ranges — month, year, or anything between
  • Export shareable poster card straight to clipboard
WRAPPED — 2026

03

See what's trending. Catch streamers live.

Twitch is woven through the launcher — pulse badges on game cards, live streams in the sidebar, trending titles you already own, and go-live toasts.

  • Live and offline view of every channel you follow
  • Trending in your library — your games, ranked by viewers
  • Pulse badges on game cards, click to jump straight to a stream
  • Favourites pinning + go-live toast notifications
TWITCH — Trending
Twitch integration in Nexus — Trending in Your Library row with viewer counts, Live Now grid of streamers, follow status, and 67 offline channels collapsed

Under the hood

Built for people who care how things work.

A native Rust core wrapped in a React UI. Tiny install, instant launch, and your data on your disk — exactly where it belongs.

Tauri 2 Rust React 18 TypeScript SQLite WebView2 Local-first Open changelog
0MB Install footprint
<0s Cold start
~0MB Idle memory
0trackers Telemetry
nexus@localhost — why read-only
> Why it's fast: the core runs as a native Rust binary, not Electron.
> Why it's small: Windows ships WebView2 — Nexus reuses it instead of bundling Chromium.
> Why it's private: no servers, no accounts, no analytics in the desktop app. Your library lives in a single SQLite file you control.
> Why it's open: every release is documented in a public changelog with versioned MSI downloads.
>
Latest release Patch notes

Version

v0.5.3

Aug 26, 2026 Live now

HowLongToBeat is back. HLTB moved its search API again, which silently broke completion-time lookups for every game. Nexus now follows the new endpoint — and finds the next one on its own if HLTB moves it again, so this shouldn't need another app update.

  • Automatic and manual HowLongToBeat lookups work again
  • Self-healing HLTB client re-discovers the API path if it moves
Read full changelog

◆ Insert disk to continue ◆

Ready to unify your library?

Free. No account. Local-first with optional cloud backup. Installs in seconds and gets out of your way.

Windows 10 / 11 x64 MSI ~15 MB Code-signed