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Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
48 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I bougth Nuclear Throne after playing ETG first and I have to admit Im dissapointed... Yes, first two hours were kinda fun novelty, fast, dynamic, eye-catching, so I fell for it, then I got to The Palace and realized Im…”
“As an OG roguelike, Nuclear Throne is by no means easy, but it's a lot of fun. Packed with characters, weapons, and replay value in the form of Looping, it's sure to give you a great challenge.”
“Amazing Roguelike, probably my favorite or atleast one of them. This game is very easy to pickup and get into and has a hard but very fun learning curve. This game has loads of content with crowns and skins and has a…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This game is a masterpiece. Not only is this game one of the first rogue-likes that I know of, it is still one of the best to this day. The art style fits the theme well, the enemies and the bosses are fun and seem fair…”
“I highly recommend Vlambeer's games. A comfy aesthetic, intriguing character design, flowing gameplay, mixed with respectable trolling (in nuclear throne at least). This game (and Super Crate Box) have been the main…”
“Cute little roguelike. Lots of characters, good build opportunities, decent weapon variety. The game itself is pretty difficult but runs are short enough to offset that.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I think I have kept coming back to this game to periodically play for 10 years. It is a perfect time waster. Get lost in the randomness and difficulty!”
“Great rogue-like. Play it. Played in my highschool days, picked it up again recently and still in love with it just as much as before.”
“12 Years later of playing this game, stopping by to say thank you Vlambeer for making one of my favorite games of all time.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“update 100 IS SO GOATED but i really hope it updates more also SUPPPPPPPPPPERRRR fun but if u dont like raging get of this game.REBEL GOOOAAAT . apple :3”
“LOVE NEW UPDATE 100 cuz is busted and game is so fun. I used to play on switch for 3 years but moved onto pc for update”
“Been a fan of NT since the early days, but only played in earnest in the last couple years. The FPS update and quality of life improvements have made it much more fun to play. For a casual like myself, this game is…”
12 of the 103 reviews raise this · 12 of them still recommend the game.
“Great game but super tough have about 40 hours but have only gotten so far”
“A great roguelike. Significantly more punishing than the likes of isaac; your I-frames are minimal, and you can basically always die from full health within a second. One day I'll go back and do all the unlocks.”
“THIS GAME IS SO ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ HARD EVERY TIME I HAVE A GOOD RUN IT WHOOPS MY ASS 10/10”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Kinda like a worse Enter the Gungeon. It LOOKS a lot more fun to play than it actually is. There's some design choices that really throw it off. - The game is really repetitive. The random generation doesn't do enough…”
“I HATE THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ GAME IT SUCKS IT SUCKS”
“this ♥♥♥♥ is wack”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 96.1% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“The aquatic creature is capable of performing a rotating maneuver.”
— a player, Steam review · 131 hrs played“I select Melting. I die as Melting. I select Melting. I die as Melting. I select Melting. I die as Melting.”
— a player, Steam review · 136 hrs played“Do you hate yourself? Do you want to play a game that will cause you to ragequit it everytime you die? Do you like shooting and hiting everything you see? Do you like walking crystals, robots, and funny fish? Welcome aboard, buddy. )”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:14 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
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.
The Nuclear Gungeon bundle has arrived!
For centuries philosophers have asked the big question: Nuclear Throne or Enter the Gungeon? Today, we finally have a definitive answer: BOTH.Announcing the Nuclear Gungeon bundle, adding an additiona
Update #100 - 10 year anniversary - December 5th, 2025
Nuclear Throne launched 10 years ago, can you believe it?And today is the day we bring you Update 100!The gang got back together, with Jan Willem Nijman, Paul Veer, Jukio Kallio, Joonas Turner, and Ju
Nuclear Throne update 100 launch date & a Y.V. plushie!
Today is Vlambeer’s 15th birthday, how about we celebrate with some announcements? 🎉Nuclear Throne update 100Here’s the big one, Nuclear Throne Update 100 is launching for free on Steam on December 5t
Get Nuclear Throne as part of the Iconic Roguelites Bundle!
Hey there, hope you’ve all been enjoying the buttery smooth 120fps beta we posted about last month!If you haven't yet, good news: you can now complete your collection of Spelunky, Isaac, FTL, Crypt of
New Nuclear Throne beta build available now!
Hey all, long time no see!Just wanted to let everybody know that there's a newly updated beta build for Nuclear Throne with many quality of life improvements like 60/120fps support, different aspect r
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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, RPG |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Rogue-like · Pixel Graphics · Indie · Difficult · Bullet Hell · Action · Rogue-lite · Top-Down Shooter · Great Soundtrack · Post-apocalyptic · Shooter (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 59 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://nuclearthrone.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 1.2Ghz+ Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: 256MB Storage: 200 MB available space