Released Oct 15, 2023 Early Access $19.99 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Nuclear Option

By Shockfront Studios

Flight Simulation Military Action War Wargame Physics PvP 3DFirst-PersonPvELevel Editor

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Reviews 10,706 Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 438 at the busiest moment

Owners 100K–200K estimated

Nuclear Option is a game tagged Flight, Simulation and Military by Shockfront Studios, released Oct 15, 2023. It has 10,706 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 100K–200K owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Paper Wars, ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN and FlyFuture.

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.

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Paper Wars 70% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN 68% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
FlyFuture 65% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
Airplane Arena 64% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
Project Wingman 63% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
Outrange Strike 62% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
Fox Two Protocol 62% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
THE GUARDIANS 62% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
VTOL VR 62% match · Flight, Simulation, Military
Vertical Strike Endless Challenge 62% match · Flight, Simulation, Military

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Everything Steam lists for Nuclear Option · record updated 20 hours ago

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Overview

App ID2168680

Release dateOct 15, 2023

Last change number40225994

Last record update20 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Shockfront Studios
Publisher: Shockfront Studios
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Website: linktr.ee/shockfrontstudios

Windows 64-bit

Steam Deck: Playable
Controller: Partial support

Single-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline co-opIncludes level editorSteam WorkshopPartial controller supportPlayStation controllersXbox controllersPlayStation controller BluetoothFamily Sharing

Prices

Price · US$19.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$19.99Oct 25, 2026

Checked1 day agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
24724372	public	Aug 14, 2026

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
2168681	—	All	2.25 GB	1.22 GB	7530348372445626730

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	24724372	Aug 14, 2026	Open

Configuration

Install foldersteamapps/common/Nuclear Option

Executable	Arguments	Systems	Description
NuclearOption.exe		All · 64-bit	Nuclear Option (DirectX 11)
NuclearOption.exe	-force-d3d12	All · 64-bit	Nuclear Option (DirectX 12)
NuclearOption.exe	-force-vulkan	All · 64-bit	Nuclear Option (Vulkan)

Space per player5.59 GB

Filesup to 10,000

Save locations0

Update history

Oct 25, 2026 · 23:13 #40225994
- appid removed
- common.ReleaseState added released
- common.releasestate removed

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Nuclear Option

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Americas 10

Europe 5

CIS 4

Asia-Pacific 15

Middle East & Africa 7

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