Indie

Nuclear Throne

96% positive of 15,068 Steam reviews

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Verified
Known on: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass

Made by Vlambeer.

About the game

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 sets it apart

Action Roguelike
Roguelike
Bullet Hell
Top-Down Shooter
Roguelite
Difficult
Pixel Graphics
Post-apocalyptic
Twin Stick Shooter
Local Co-Op
Perma Death
Top-Down

What players say

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Indie

Nuclear Throne

96% positive of 15,068 Steam reviews

See it on Steam

Main story: Unknown
Everything: Unknown
Released: 2015
Steam Deck: Verified
Known on: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass

Made by Vlambeer.

About the game

What sets it apart

Action Roguelike
Roguelike
Bullet Hell
Top-Down Shooter
Roguelite
Difficult
Pixel Graphics
Post-apocalyptic
Twin Stick Shooter
Local Co-Op
Perma Death
Top-Down

What players say

Recommended
It's a classic for a reason, it's difficult, but whenever I die I feel inclined to fall victim to the "just one more run" disease. Easily one of the rogue-likes greats even over ten years later, heavily recommend to those who haven't died to a teleporting yellow crystal.
31 h played when written. 4 found it helpful.
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Recommended
I usually put a lot of thought into my reviews so I can capture the nuance of the game but the cool thing about Nuclear Throne is that it's simply good. You get exactly what you're shown, no wasting your time. I don't know what else to add, it does what it sets out to do perfectly.
24 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
its simply too hard makes it very unenjoyable there should be iframes, good game if it didnt take 30 runs to even get close to the end game i also hate the fact that some levels make it so you cant see half your screen bad design. The only time you have fun is when you get a run with good rng, multiple times im halfway through the run and at the snow part theres a straight path into every enemy right next to each…
8.1 h played when written. 0 found it helpful.
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