Released Dec 5, 2015 $10.79 Overwhelmingly Positive Counts toward your Steam games

Nuclear Throne

By Vlambeer

Action Roguelike Roguelike Pixel Graphics Indie Difficult Bullet Hell Action Roguelite Top-Down ShooterGreat SoundtrackPost-apocalypticLocal Co-Op

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Reviews 15,100 Overwhelmingly Positive

Players yesterday 103 at the busiest moment

Owners 500K–1M estimated

Nuclear Throne is a game tagged Action Roguelike, Roguelike and Pixel Graphics by Vlambeer, released Dec 5, 2015. It has 15,100 Steam reviews (Overwhelmingly Positive). It has an estimated 500K–1M owners on Steam. The Steam games most like it include Danger Gazers, Hector The Cat - Treasure Hunter and Doomed to Hell.

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?

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Danger Gazers 95% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
Hector The Cat - Treasure Hunter 92% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
Doomed to Hell 88% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
Straimium Immortaly 88% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
Vile 87% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
Woodpunk 86% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
The Dark Realm 85% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
Overkill Squad 85% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
Core Trials 84% match · Action Roguelike, Roguelike, Pixel Graphics
Planetary Dustoff 83% match · Action Roguelike, Pixel Graphics, Indie

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

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Overview

App ID242680

Release dateDec 5, 2015

Last change number38821422

Last record update20 hours ago

App type: Game
Developer: Vlambeer
Publisher: Vlambeer
Steam profile: Counts toward game count and achievement totals · checked Nov 1, 2025
Metacritic: 89
Website: nuclearthrone.com
Links: Twitch X Website

Language	Interface	Full audio
English	Yes	Yes
French	Yes
Italian	Yes
German	Yes
Spanish - Spain	Yes
Dutch	Yes
Japanese	Yes
Korean	Yes

All 15 languages

Language	Interface	Full audio	Subtitles
Polish	Yes
Portuguese - Brazil	Yes
Russian	Yes
Simplified Chinese	Yes
Traditional Chinese	Yes
Turkish	Yes
Ukrainian	Yes

Windows macOS Linux

Steam Deck: Verified
Controller: Full support

Single-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/split screen co-opShared/split screenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVRemote Play TogetherFamily SharingFull controller supportPlayStation controllersPlayStation controller Bluetooth

Prices

Price · US$11.99

On sale0 of 41regions right now

Lowest seen · US$11.99Oct 24, 2026

Checked15 hours agoin 41 regions

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Patches

Build	Branch	Updated
684347	mods	Oct 24, 2026
535730	nostalgia	Oct 24, 2026
25273021	openbeta_win64	Sep 12, 2026
21384247	public	Jan 5, 2026
21355019	ntt_development	Dec 31, 2025
19341171	ntt_u99	Dec 31, 2025
17912782	win7_temp_branch	Mar 30, 2025
7193732	modbranch_2021	Aug 15, 2021
7193675	openbeta	Aug 15, 2021
1117707	ideaot	May 9, 2016

Packages & DLC

ID	Name	Games	Price (US)
89503 Bundle	Neon Abyss 2 + Nuclear Throne	1	$10.79
56927	Nuclear Throne	1	$11.99
61053 Bundle	Nuclear Throne + Original Soundtrack	1	$17.98
81646 Bundle	Nuclear Throne x Funguys Swarm	2	$19.78
89343 Bundle	Nuclear Throne x Blood Dungeon	2	$19.78
73003 Bundle	Nuclear Gungeon	2	$22.93
16567 Bundle	The Terri, Dose, Kitty, and JW Collection	5	$48.40
54713 Bundle	Iconic Roguelites	5	$51.97

Depots

ID	Name	Systems	Size	Download	Manifest
242681	—	Windows	221.8 MB	163.0 MB	5159735592331702172
242683	—	Linux	232.3 MB	165.5 MB	5040482271021916544
242684	—	macOS	267.4 MB	175.7 MB	5990599619694026230

Branch	Build	Updated	Access
public	21384247	Jan 5, 2026	Open
openbeta_win64 Open Beta for 2025 Testing (quicker builds, Windows only)	25273021	Sep 12, 2026	Open
ntt_development NTT test build	21355019	Dec 31, 2025	Open
ntt_u99 100.033, the last u99 NTT version	19341171	Dec 31, 2025	Open
win7_temp_branch v99r2b18, if you get a MFPlat error on start	17912782	Mar 30, 2025	Open
modbranch_2021 v99r2b3 for Modding	7193732	Aug 15, 2021	Open
openbeta Open Beta for 2021 Testing	7193675	Aug 15, 2021	Open
ideaot	1117707	May 9, 2016	Open
mods (Build #19 - allows for mods, no official support for stability or updates)	684347	—	Open
nostalgia (1st Early Access build, October 2013 - Windows only)	535730	—	Open