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Nuclear Nightmare
Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “scary and entertaining” (63 of 103 reviews) and “fun cooperative experience” (30); the most common complaint is “frequent bugs and rough edges” (22). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
63 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Heater. No bugs so far except the fleshy ones scuttling around at night. Bought it for 2 bucks, saddled up for the night in a weather station with my boy, and then got jumped by two horrors beyond human understanding as…”
“очень веселая. очеень классная. очень страшная игра. рекомендую к игранию👍👍”
“Nuclear Nightmare delivers a surprisingly deep experience wrapped in a deceptively simple gameplay loop. At its core, you’re traveling between locations, completing objectives to gather classified information, and…”
30 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Actually so much fun especially with friends or if you at least use a microphone! Honestly for the price that this game is on sale you cannot go wrong with it it is literally a game based of the movie (The Thing 1982) !…”
“Very fun game for multiplayer, even with just one person. Nights are genuinely creepy with darkness surrounding you and scarce sources of light, with impostors and monsters resembling ones from The Thing movie (which…”
“I cannot glaze this game harder. By far the best £1.50 I have ever spent. Plenty of fun with a group of friends and offers some actual decent high stress situations & laughs without degrading into "friendslop". Going…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Heater. No bugs so far except the fleshy ones scuttling around at night. Bought it for 2 bucks, saddled up for the night in a weather station with my boy, and then got jumped by two horrors beyond human understanding as…”
“Actually so much fun especially with friends or if you at least use a microphone! Honestly for the price that this game is on sale you cannot go wrong with it it is literally a game based of the movie (The Thing 1982) !…”
“I cannot glaze this game harder. By far the best £1.50 I have ever spent. Plenty of fun with a group of friends and offers some actual decent high stress situations & laughs without degrading into "friendslop". Going…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Genuinely a fun game even with its rough edges. Besides that, it's been getting more optimized with updates along with new features, maps, and enemies pretty consistently.”
“W update keep them coming and this game will be amazing”
“My friend found this game cause he knows I am a huge fan of The Thing, and we have been playing at least over a year now. It's nice to see all the improvements and things added to the game and it keeps getting better…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Nuclear Nightmare delivers a surprisingly deep experience wrapped in a deceptively simple gameplay loop. At its core, you’re traveling between locations, completing objectives to gather classified information, and…”
“Its a fun ass game also im reinstalling it rn cuz i miss playing it and runs well on my crappy laptop :D”
“My friend found this game cause he knows I am a huge fan of The Thing, and we have been playing at least over a year now. It's nice to see all the improvements and things added to the game and it keeps getting better…”
22 of the 103 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“Genuinely a fun game even with its rough edges. Besides that, it's been getting more optimized with updates along with new features, maps, and enemies pretty consistently.”
“Needs a lot of bug fixes, after death the radios don't work anymore, monsters know exactly where you are if you aren't holding any light or moving or talking, a slowly moving vehicle kills you instantly, sometimes…”
“Very fun game for multiplayer, even with just one person. Nights are genuinely creepy with darkness surrounding you and scarce sources of light, with impostors and monsters resembling ones from The Thing movie (which…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“Such a terrible co-op game actually. It's not optimized at all. I tried to play this game several times, but no use. The graphics are not great even after remastering, but it's soooo laggy. The gameplay feels so bad.…”
“Actually so much fun especially with friends or if you at least use a microphone! Honestly for the price that this game is on sale you cannot go wrong with it it is literally a game based of the movie (The Thing 1982) !…”
“Pretty fun game. Wish i could get all my friends on at the same time to all play it. Kinda hard to do things with 2 people.”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Such a terrible co-op game actually. It's not optimized at all. I tried to play this game several times, but no use. The graphics are not great even after remastering, but it's soooo laggy. The gameplay feels so bad.…”
“this game clearly utilizes some supernatural force in order to brainwash people into thinking it's fun”
“Terrible game mechanics, frostbite prevents you from starting the generator= death”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this · 7 of them still recommend the game.
“Such a terrible co-op game actually. It's not optimized at all. I tried to play this game several times, but no use. The graphics are not great even after remastering, but it's soooo laggy. The gameplay feels so bad.…”
“Very fun game for multiplayer, even with just one person. Nights are genuinely creepy with darkness surrounding you and scarce sources of light, with impostors and monsters resembling ones from The Thing movie (which…”
“For how the game is right now i don't recommend it. They should work on optimisations and fix a bit of bugs”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I genuinely think there's some serious potential here, but I cannot in good conscience recommend it as it is. Just asked for a refund and listed the cause as "too difficult", but added this message, which makes up a…”
“Terrible game mechanics, frostbite prevents you from starting the generator= death”
“It was scary! :( ^ My cousin told me this is the best review I ever wrote, but I was just joking. Here the real review: When I first played for the first time in October 2025, I was in co-op mode with other players, and…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 81.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Going For a Oil Ring Or Whatever and i just saw a helicopter crash into me and that killed all of us 10/10 would see helicopter crash into me again”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“This is a game which doesn't need to try hard to scare you. It is not a high fidelity game. It is janky and weird, however this does not impact the core experience at all ~ That is to give you a nightmares. During the day you get objectives completed easily, since there are no…”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“fixed the mic then banned people from the discord when they asked for an option to toggle old mic”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Nuclear Nightmare V8.1.2
Patch Notes: - Improved enemy navigation and recovery when routes become blocked or players change direction. - Fixed several cases where enemies reached a player but failed to attack, or stopped movi
Nuclear Nightmare V8.1.1
8.1.1 Patch Notes: - Fixed levers canceling too early - Levers now move at the same time as the hands animation
NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE V8.1
Nuclear Nightmare v8.1 Update Hey everyone, With Halloween coming up, we’ve added something new to watch out for at night: the Bat. Keep an eye on the rooftops and maybe don’t wander off alone... v8.1
NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE V8.0
Nuclear Nightmare v8.0 Update Hey everyone, v8.0 is the start of a series of 8.x updates that will gradually bring Nuclear Nightmare toward its full 1.0 release and out of Early Access. I want to get
Nuclear Nightmare V7.3
Patch Notes V7.3: - Small performance gains - Bullets blocked by UFOs, Playable Enemy, dead or alive Head Spiders fixed (This bug occurred when you killed a enemy, then a Head Spider would spawn in an
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie, Early Access |
| Player tags | Online Co-Op · Survival Horror · Horror · Co-op · First-Person · Psychological Horror · Exploration · Atmospheric · Open World · Sci-fi · Funny · PvE (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian * * |
| Achievements | 15 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 Processor: Intel Core i5-7500 or AMD Ryzen 3 3300X Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1060 GTX or AMD Radeon RX 5700 DirectX: Version 12 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 13 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible