N.E.R.D

 Xbox Series X
Metascore
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No score yet - based on 3 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. TheXboxHub
    Jul 1, 2026
    70
    N.E.R.D. is a short adventure, but the story is familiar and engaging, while the puzzles are consistently excellent.
  2. Xbox Tavern
    Jul 6, 2026
    55
    N.E.R.D does deliver a thick creepy atmosphere. You’ve been captured and punished into play a survival game in a style of the Saw movies with impending doom. You get locked in to the drama and want to solve the puzzles. But clunky repetitive FMV clips begin to chip away at the atmosphere and overly tricky puzzles with little logic and more trial and error may leave you feeling that death by gas is happy ending after all.
  3. Movies Games and Tech
    Jul 6, 2026
    50
    If you’re a hardcore escape room fan or just like a good puzzle, you’ll probably find something to enjoy with N.E.R.D – it’s far from terrible, and there are glimmers of what could have been a really good game here. Unfortunately, it’s dragged down by comical narrative choices and puzzles that work until you realise you’re either completing chores or banging your head against a wall hoping the next key you need will fall out as a reward.