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. Fight your way through the wastelands with powerful weaponry, collecting radiation to mutate some new limbs and abilities.
- Price:$11.99
- Release Date:12/5/2015
- Developer:Vlambeer
- Publisher:Vlambeer
- Last Updated:8/29/2024
- Steam App Id:242680
Nuclear Throne
- Windows
- Mac
- Linux
- Steam Deck (Playable)
Steam Charts, Stats, and Live Player Count
At the moment, Nuclear Throne has 109 concurrent players online and in-game. This is 51% lower than its previous all-time peak of 223 players achieved on 10/8/2023.
Review History Chart
Track historical review trends and overall ratings for Nuclear Throne. It has received a total of 17,516 reviews on the Steam store and achieved a Player Score of 94 (Overwhelmingly Positive).
Community Hub Members & Followers Chart
Explore the cumulative breakdown of Steam community hub members for Nuclear Throne and its growth over time. It currently has 52,594 followers on its community page.
Nuclear Throne Price
Nuclear Throne costs $11.99 in the Steam store as of 8/29/2024. It can be purchased as a standlone game or through a bundle like The Terri, Dose, Kitty, and JW Collection which offer a discount off the game's base price.
Explore the price history chart below to track historical price changes and other pricing stats for Nuclear Throne.
About Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne is a RPG, Indie, and Action game developed by Vlambeer. On 12/5/2015, it was released on the Steam Store by Vlambeer.
Players have rated Nuclear Throne as "Overwhelmingly Positive" out of 17,516 total reviews on the Steam Store. These are split between 16,848 positive reviews and 668 negative reviews — an overall 96% positive review rating. Additionally, Nuclear Throne has earned a metascore of 89 on Metacritic.
It can be played and ran on Windows, Mac, and Linux systems. At the moment, it is possible to play Nuclear Throne on the Steam Deck but some functionaliy may not be fully supported.
According to Steam’s category system, Nuclear Throne supports the following features:
- Family Sharing
- Full controller support
- Steam Cloud
- Stats
- Steam Leaderboards
- Steam Achievements
- Remote Play Together
- Single-player
- Multi-player
- Shared/Split Screen
- Remote Play on TV
From the Steam community, Nuclear Throne has been tagged with the following user tags:
- Action Roguelike
- Roguelike
- Difficult
- Great Soundtrack
- Roguelite
- Pixel Graphics
- RPG
- Shooter
- Perma Death
- Twin Stick Shooter
- Bullet Hell
- Top-Down Shooter
- Local Multiplayer
- Top-Down
- Post-apocalyptic
- Indie
- Local Co-Op
- Action
- Singleplayer
- 2D
Media & Sceenshots
Watch the featured video for Nuclear Throne and see the latest screenshots from the Steam Store.
DLC & Related Apps
Nuclear Throne is referenced by 1 other related app in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Type | Release Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Nuclear Throne - Original Soundtrack by Jukio Kallio | Music | 12/14/2015 | View |
Related Bundles
Nuclear Throne is included in 1 bundle in the Steam Store.
| Image | Name | Apps | Packages | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | The Terri, Dose, Kitty, and JW Collection | 5 | 5 | $41.60 | View |
Related Packages
Nuclear Throne is referenced by 1 package in the Steam Store.
| Name | Price | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Throne | $11.99 | View |
Frequently Asked Questions
Soures & References
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Nuclear Throne data has been sourced from:
- Valve Corporation. (2024, August 29). Nuclear Throne on Steam. Steam Store. https://store.steampowered.com/app/242680
- Valve Corporation. (2024, August 29). Nuclear Throne. Steam Community Hub. https://steamcommunity.com/app/242680
- Metacritic. (2024, August 29). Nuclear Throne for PC Reviews. Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/nuclear-throne
- Vlambeer. (2023, July 8). Nuclear Throne. Nuclear Throne. http://nuclearthrone.com/