Choose No Time To Explain Remastered
Choose No Time To Explain Remastered if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it's currently about 80% cheaper on the Steam Store. No Time To Explain Remastered launched in 2015.
No Time To Explain Remastered vs Nidhogg 2
No Time To Explain Remastered and Nidhogg 2 both land in Action, Indie, Casual on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Indie, Casual on Steam. No Time To Explain Remastered (2015) is 2 years older than Nidhogg 2 (2017). No Time To Explain Remastered scores higher on Steam reviews (80.6% positive) than Nidhogg 2 (79.5% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Nidhogg 2
Choose Nidhogg 2 if you want the Online PvP side of the pairing. Nidhogg 2 launched in 2017.
Both No Time To Explain Remastered and Nidhogg 2 sit in Action, Indie, and Casual on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Shared/Split Screen PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (80.6% vs 79.5% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 No Time To Explain Remastered |  Nidhogg 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2017 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, Adventure, Casual | Action, Indie, Casual |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | 2.99 USD | 14.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 80.6% positive (763 reviews) | 79.5% positive (657 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player |
| Developers | tinyBuild | Messhof |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Indie, Casual on Steam.
- No Time To Explain Remastered (2015) is 2 years older than Nidhogg 2 (2017).
- No Time To Explain Remastered scores higher on Steam reviews (80.6% positive) than Nidhogg 2 (79.5% positive).
- No Time To Explain Remastered is currently ~80% cheaper on Steam than Nidhogg 2 (2.99 USD vs. 14.99 USD).
- Both are Deck Playable.
No Time To Explain Remastered vs Nidhogg 2 — FAQ
- Which is better, No Time To Explain Remastered or Nidhogg 2?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: No Time To Explain Remastered sits at 80.6% positive (763 reviews), Nidhogg 2 at 79.5% (657). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play No Time To Explain Remastered or Nidhogg 2 first?
- If you want chronology, No Time To Explain Remastered (2015) came out before Nidhogg 2 (2017). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are No Time To Explain Remastered and Nidhogg 2 similar?
- They overlap on Action, Indie, Casual on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.