Questions, answered straight

Press the big STOP button, or press Ctrl + Shift + F12 from anywhere, even inside the game. Nexus lets go of the mouse and keyboard straight away. STOP always beats anything else Nexus is doing, and it won't start again until you press Start.

No. Before every move Nexus checks that the game window you picked is still the one in front. If it isn't, the move is skipped. It never clicks or records login, password or payment windows.

Yes. Choose Practice run and Nexus shows each move it would make without touching your mouse or keyboard. Play sessions also have a time limit (30 minutes unless you change it).

Real control is off until you turn it on. Go to Settings, then Play, and switch on "Let Nexus control my mouse and keyboard". Read the warning, confirm, then restart Nexus for it to take effect. Even then, every real session asks you to confirm Live before it starts, and STOP always wins. Turning the switch off works straight away.

The installer isn't signed with a paid certificate yet, so Windows doesn't know who made it and shows a warning. That's normal for new apps. Only run a copy you downloaded from this site. When the Download page lists a SHA-256 code, you can also check your file matches it. See what to click.

No. The AI runs on your own PC. Nexus reads the game window in memory and doesn't upload it anywhere. The online switch is off unless you turn it on.

Only if you use "Watch me play", and even then it keeps your clicks and small cut-outs around each one, never full screenshots or anything you type. Recordings stay on your PC.

Both are optional and off until you choose them. Crash reports only go out if you say yes. Send logs only sends when you click Send, after showing you a preview of what will go: the app version, your Windows version and recent log lines with file paths, keys and passwords removed. Neither ever includes screenshots, game pictures or window titles. Export logs just saves a file on your PC.

No. There are no cookies, no analytics, no ads and no scripts on this site.

Nexus can watch any single-player Windows game that runs in a normal window, and you can teach it simple routines. Practice runs, where it shows each move it would make without touching anything, work for games it has been taught to play. Right now that's Cookie Clicker and Soda Dungeon, and more are added as we teach them.

Games we're teaching first. To play a game well, Nexus needs practice on it. We're teaching it these, one at a time, in this order:

1. Cookie Clicker
2. The Farmer Was Replaced
3. Soda Dungeon
4. Slay the Spire
5. The Guild 3
6. Prison Architect
7. RISK
8. Civilization VI
9. Frostpunk 2
10. Dawn of War: Dark Crusade (solo skirmish)
11. Grim Dawn
12. Project Zomboid (solo)
13. Sekiro

Honest status: Cookie Clicker is the furthest along, and Soda Dungeon can also be practised. The others range from early work to not started. A game only counts as done once Nexus has played it well on a real PC, and none have reached that yet. The changelog shows progress.

Nexus can watch it and you can teach it simple routines, but it can't Practice or play a game until it has been taught that game. If you'd like a game added, ask on the Discord.

Nexus won't control online games or games with anti-cheat. On-screen tips for some online games are planned, but even then Nexus will never press anything for you.

Nexus is built to stay out of that trouble. It refuses to control online and anti-cheat games, and has a built-in list of games it will never touch, such as Counter-Strike 2, Rust, Rainbow Six Siege and GTA Online. It never changes game files, injects code, edits game memory or tries to hide from anti-cheat.

For single-player offline games there's usually no anti-cheat to worry about. Still, every game has its own rules, so don't use Nexus for leaderboards, achievements you care about or anything competitive. If you're unsure, check the game's terms first.

We don't recommend it. Online control is off and stays off unless you go out of your way to allow it, and it comes with a clear ban warning. Anti-cheat games stay blocked either way.

It's free while in early access testing. Later Nexus will be a subscription, and we plan to keep the watch-only overlay helper free. Prices aren't set yet.

The AI needs some of your PC's power. Nexus watches your free memory while you play, keeps room for the game, and moves its AI out of the way when things get tight. Game mode and Low power make it lighter still.

No graphics card is required, but 16 GB of RAM or a card with 6 GB of memory helps a lot. See the full requirements.

Only once, to download the AI the first time you open Nexus. After that it works offline.