Nexus Mods Reviews 274

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

1.5

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Review summary

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Most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Many people were dissatisfied with the website, describing it as poorly managed and difficult to navigate. Customers frequently reported issues with the subscription model, noting that it often felt like a "cash grab" and that free users experienced significant limitations, such as extremely slow download speeds and forced 2FA. The overall user experience was also a major point of frustration, with many encountering problems like constant crashes, difficulty installing mods, and unexpected account lockouts. Some people were dissatisfied with the app, citing frequent crashes and unresponsiveness. Conversely, a few other people also felt that the product itself was good, with some reviewers praising the site as a reliable source for game mods and appreciating the integration with mod management tools.

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Product

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Application

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User experience

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Based on these reviews

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Purchased premium because it said I can one click download a whole list of mods. Didn't work so I requested an immediate refund. Was told via email supoport that they won't refund me because I've gone... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Account gone (no support), no more life time premium, bias in regards to mods that only serve to fix and remove ideological agendas in games, lying about why they remove content to look good, almost... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They don't know how to manage this website. They hire developers and community managers that come out of nowhere because of DEI. I'm not even a political person, just someone in the "center" but these... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The app crashes time and time again. Sometimes, it's just a black void before it crashes without warning, and other times, it opens, appears to be working, but the moment I enable/disable or install... See more


Company details

  1. Video Game Shop
  2. Gaming services
  3. Software company

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Established in 2001, Nexus Mods has expanded and adapted to become one of the world's largest repositories for video game mods, with over 200,000 mods for over 400 games.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

We went to Cuba and our pickup time…

We went to Cuba and our pickup time from the resort was @ 7 pm August 9-2025, but an hour later the bus came. No one knew what is happening as NO EMAIL was sent to update us of what is happening or even a call through the resort.
My mom was with us, and she is an old lady who needs to take medicine with food, and we could not go to the buffet as we did not want to leave the lobby.
You as a respectful company supposed to contact your customer for an update if any changes in pick up time

9 August 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A highly politically motivated website

A highly politically motivated website. Owner himself has admitted in removing content that did not violate TOS but was removed because he felt like it.

Also modders face a lot of restrictions, including violation of their ownership rights.

When it comes to safety, it is relatively safe, but corporate disguised political activism should not be tolerated no matter where it comes from. Overmore, their modding software is rather bad.

30 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Next time i go to nexus I hope I see a domain for sale sign.

Have been using nexus for years for all kind of games. went to mod again as I've done hundreds of times and found out that I cant mod some of my games unless I pay for the premium. I've been using this for years since its a well made community based modding form not like steam or anything. but between barely being able to install any mods through there super slow intentionally restricted download system, I have to pay for premium to mod half my games, and some of the most intentionally crappy basic necessities for modding unless of course you subscribe to there premium. nexus started off crappy and now it genuinely is unusable if you don't pay. Have already deleted and never intend to use again. good ridden nexus.

23 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

good mods

makes transphobes mad lol
great site for modding though their modding software is kinda lame.

6 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Simple and intuitive site

Easy place to find and download mods. It does everything it says on the tin. The only problem is the slow download speeds, but if having a free site means having to wait longer, it's perfectly reasonable.

3 June 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Cannot download any mods anonymously

I can't even download anything without having to sign away my email address (which is already completely cluttered) and apparently there's no workaround that doesn't involve stealing someone else's premium API key. While Nexus themselves says that it's to prevent mod theft and plagiarism, it clearly didn't work because Nexus themselves said that theft is rampant on their site in a post addressing the issue. Making security more annoying will only deter righteous people from signing up.

Rampant censorship is pretty much the norm, even though said mods only actually affect people who actually downloaded it on a local level. Want to do away with pronoun nonsense? Nope, banned. Want to slip in and download a mod that merely adds more fish to Stardew Valley before slipping out? Nope, you have to log in and sign away your personal data.

While I never used the download (because I CAN'T use it; it's behind a login wall), I've heard that it's capped at a measly 3 mb/s, which is as slow as a snail. If an adblocker is used like the Brave Browser, it is capped at a 1.5mb/s which is even worse. And I've heard that premium only lets you download at 8 mb/s which is practically a scam, especially if you have 50mb/s as a default.

31 May 2025
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Heavy Censoring + Agenda

They don't know how to manage this website. They hire developers and community managers that come out of nowhere because of DEI. I'm not even a political person, just someone in the "center" but these people are pushing me to go to the right and that's how they threat their users. We need an alternative, a free place for modding. I am all for it. Some modders have personal websites, some are on non-english modding sites (often with barriers to registration or downloading), some are even on Twitter/Discord only

28 November 2024
Unprompted review

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