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.
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Very Positive (98 reviews) - 94% of the 98 user reviews in the last 30 days are positive.
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Overwhelmingly Positive (6,381 reviews) - 97% of the 6,381 user reviews for this game are positive.
Release Date: 5 Dec, 2015

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“Strip away all the punkish ingenuity piled on Nuclear Throne and you're left with this: a skin-fidgeting, hair-tingling battle of textures. Hard meets sticky. Bang meets squelch.”
Eurogamer

“It’s an anarchic thrash of a roguelike where everything goes boom or splat—or, more frequently, boom and splat.”
PC Gamer

“It’s a rapid-fire, deliciously crunchy randomized romp starring a cavalcade of characters from Vlambeer’s past.”
Rock, Paper, Shotgun

About This 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. Fight your way through the wastelands with powerful weaponry, collecting radiation to mutate some new limbs and abilities. All these things and more you could do if only you were good at this game. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?

System Requirements

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    Minimum:
    • OS: Windows XP
    • Processor: 1.2Ghz+
    • Memory: 1024 MB RAM
    • Graphics: 256MB
    • Storage: 200 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: This game is locked to 30 frames per second.
    Recommended:
    • OS: Windows XP
    • Processor: 2Ghz
    • Memory: 2048 MB RAM
    • Graphics: 1GB
    • Storage: 500 MB available space
    • Additional Notes: This game is locked to 30 frames per second.
    Minimum:
    • Additional Notes: This game is locked to 30 frames per second.
    Recommended:
    • Additional Notes: This game is locked to 30 frames per second.
    Minimum:
    • Additional Notes: This game is locked to 30 frames per second.
    Recommended:
    • Additional Notes: This game is locked to 30 frames per second.
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4 of 4 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
138.5 hrs on record
Posted: 7 October
Nuclear Throne is a work of art. The superb way every attack forces you to dodge perfectly, the many varied guns with hunderds of unique designs, everything comes together to make what is certainly the greatest indie game, bullet hell game, and roguelike of 2015
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5 of 7 people (71%) found this review helpful
Recommended
9.3 hrs on record
Posted: 24 September
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fun

I am very ♥♥♥♥ at this game though. I should try to get better at it.

If you refuse to get a chest or a rad container, in the next level the reward will be higher.
Risk vs reward or delayed gratification vs immediate benefit. Fun.
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2 of 2 people (100%) found this review helpful
3 of 4 people (75%) found this review helpful
Recommended
215.6 hrs on record
Posted: 5 October
Overwhelmingly fun.

An online multiplayer mod exists which lets you play with your friends: https://yellowafterlife.itch.io/nuclear-throne-together

An extremely silly and creative mod which feels like a directors cut/lost levels version of Nuclear Throne: https://erdeppol.itch.io/nuclear-throne-ultra-mod

And last but not least, a mod where you can create weapons, characters, and play in 3D! https://9joao6.itch.io/custom-throne
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3 of 4 people (75%) found this review helpful
Recommended
6.8 hrs on record
Posted: 29 September
If you like Binding of Isaac, you're probably going to like this - simple as that.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
16.7 hrs on record
Posted: 23 September
Randomly generated, skill driven, and one of the few frustrating games that you keep on coming back to as you die.

Requires much faster reflexes than a game like Binding of Isaac (Way more bullet hell), but feels so much more satisfying when you clear a hoard of a level.

I find myself just coming back to it over and over again.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
161.7 hrs on record
Posted: 29 September
An amazing game. One of those games where you pick up your desk and throw it out the nearby window for dying to a maggot.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
Recommended
42.2 hrs on record
Posted: 29 September
Grenade Shotgun.
Boiling Veins.
Eagle Eyes.
Ez.
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1 of 1 people (100%) found this review helpful
1 person found this review funny
Recommended
147.9 hrs on record
Posted: 9 October
The struggle to unlock Rogue B continues

Still not bored after 134 hours
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Mooel
4.1 hrs
Posted: 22 October
Yes.
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'gandhi has 9999 aggression'
279.5 hrs
Posted: 22 October
Never before has a game broken my heart, shattered my hopes and dreams, made me contemplate becoming religious and will me to expell multiple body fluids at once in a quell of rage AND made me want to come back for more.

Shy away mere mortal, you are not ready to challenge the throne.
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Fingolfin
22.7 hrs
Posted: 22 October
Interesting game, i really like Rogue-Like, but i have to say that after ~20h i'm getting more an more disappointed and frustruated. I played The Binding of Isaac a lot, and compared to Nuclear Throne, i can simply say : it's WAY more fun.
Nuclear Throne really is not fun. It's way too hard and i have my share of hard games!
I can't pass lvl 5-X, i mean after 20 hours you'd think you'ds get better and maybe at least once reach the final boss ? But not in Nuclear Throne! You'll have to learn how to play with 1 character, have the best combination of abilities (and they have nothing fun about compared to TBoI where you have a hole-lot of powers and weird possibilities to beat your foes ; here, you have to be so, so careful (even about your own weapons and abilities) that they will eventually kill you.

I know the standard of this game IS that it's hardcore and skill-oriented, but i think as a pretty good player in most games but a not patient one, this game is really not worth playing 1XX hours or more, because it's just not funny and it's just trying desperately to beat the game while playing 100% of the time as hard as you can instead of enjoying it.
Furthermore, there's not much to unlock (as i see it) since i've unlocked only 2 characters and 1 useless skin after 20 hours while in TBoI i'd have already unlock maybe 20-30 items or so..

I play this game to pass time because the parties are pretty short (let's say between 5 and 30min) but i can't say i'm enjoying myself in this short duration.

I don't know if the devs plan to decrease the difficulty a bit or not, but if not i think i can say that i lost my money here.
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GrentLoe
373.8 hrs
Posted: 21 October
It's not fair, it's not right
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Beef Supreme
39.9 hrs
Posted: 21 October
Lol you think Dark Souls is hard?

...

Git gud boi
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Kolymsky
56.0 hrs
Posted: 21 October
It is of the good game
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draperza
55.6 hrs
Posted: 20 October
I found this game surprisingly compelling. I certainly did not plan to put as many hours into it as I did. It is fun, difficult, and surprisingly deep.
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Frightening Garfield.
48.9 hrs
Posted: 20 October
Hotline Miami's procedurally generated brother.
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NuclearArmpits
3.6 hrs
Posted: 20 October
Simple controls, excellent atmosphere and music, and a lot of fun humor. Did I mention the copious amounts of shooting and mayhem? I can't make it past the third levels, but I keep coming back for more because the game does everything well.
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stanman tanman
7.6 hrs
Posted: 20 October
pop pop
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