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Nuclear Option
Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats. Wage war against AI or rival pilots using an array of advanced weaponry, including tactical and strategic nuclear weapons capable of annihilating anything in your path.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Want to fly planes but DCS is too complicated and Ace Combat is too simple? Nuclear option occupies the middle ground pretty well. The weapons system is simple, lock on and press the button. The planes have a some weight and mechanic to them, its not perfect but its pretty good.…”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs played“Here were my stages of playing: 1. Did the tutorial 2. Joined a server 3. Spawned in 4. Got annihillated by a sam 5. Got annihillated by a sam 6.Got annihillated by a sam 7.Got annihillated by a sam 8. Finally doged one 9. Got annihillated by a sam 10.Got annihillated by a sam…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“narcan for war thunder addicts. its like that game by gaijin entertainment except it respects your time instead of slowly sucking you into an abusive relationship. unlike my time with war thunder, where I enjoyed about 15% of my 1300 hours, I have enjoyed every second I've spent…”
— a player, Steam review · 405 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 14:01 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Patch 0.33.4
Added Steam and Discord Rich PresenceAdded vote kickingBetter performance tracking for serversFixed Error in GetPlayerList Remote CommandLowered log level for Steam Manager to stop log spamBlocked fam
Hotfix 0.33.3
Fixed pitch oscillations in event content Increased CI-22 Cricket roll authority Fixed Argus Class Frigate missing lighting effects Fixed cases of flickering/discontinuous rocket motor effects in miss
Hotfix 0.33.2
Fixed analogue throttle axis behaviour becoming "crunchy" or "sticky" at high frameratesFixed starting rank not being set for clients on subsequent games being hosted in the same game sessionMission e
Hotfix 0.33.1
Increased damping for KR-67 Ifrit fly-by-wire to reduce low speed oscillations Increased Argus class frigate NL-98 launcher ammo from 80 to 160 Alkyon AB-4 swing wing system now reverts to auto swing
Update 0.33
Content and FeaturesNew aircraft : Alkyon AB-4New ship : Argus class frigateNew ship : Cursor class littoral fight deckNew weapon : GBM-500LR submunition dispensing glide bombNew submunition : GS-25 N
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Simulation, Early Access |
| Player tags | Early Access · Flight · Action · Simulation · Multiplayer · Combat · Military · Sci-fi · War · Wargame · Futuristic · Jet (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Workshop · Custom Volume Controls |
| Languages | English * * |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://linktr.ee/shockfrontstudios |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (or equivalent) Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti / Radeon RX 560 / Intel Arc A380 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 4 GB available space