Nuclear Throne

    Two players fight through a post-apocalyptic wasteland together on one screen as mutants.

    Vlambeer

    Playing together

    Local co-op
    Confirmed
    Free to play
    1 source
    Not known yet
    Online co-op, Online versus, Online multiplayer, Players in online co-op, Players online, Best with, How co-op works, Crossplay, Multiplayer through mods, One copy is enough, Plays in browser, Demo, Playtest, Early access

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    How you talk

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    Plays without voice or typing, Wordless tools, Public matchmaking, Friendly with strangers

    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?
    From Steam

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    Why we rate it this way

    • 96% positive from 19,884 Steam reviews.
    • Critics rate it 84/100 from 4 reviews.
    Steam, checked 1 Nov 2026Num reviews: 1Review score: 9Review score desc: Overwhelmingly PositiveTotal positive: 19092Total negative: 792Total reviews: 19884{"num_reviews":1,"review_score":9,"review_score_desc":"Overwhelmingly Positive","total_positive":19092,"total_negative":792,"total_reviews":19884}IGDB, checked 1 Nov 2026Id: 3227Name: Nuclear ThroneUrl: https://www.igdb.com/games/nuclear-throneCreated at: 1386718913First release date: 1449273600Total rating: 78.2476524902151Total rating count: 112Aggregated rating: 84Aggregated rating count: 4Hypes: 2Release dates: [{"id":309898,"date":1631145600,"human":"Sep 09, 2021"},{"id":43447,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":43445,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":200770,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":43446,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":200769,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":166710,"date":1553040000,"human":"Mar 20, 2019"}]Game type: {"id":0,"type":"Main Game"}Involved companies: [{"company":{"id":1653,"name":"Vlambeer"},"developer":true,"publisher":true}]{"id":3227,"name":"Nuclear Throne","url":"https://www.igdb.com/games/nuclear-throne","created_at":1386718913,"first_release_date":1449273600,"total_rating":78.2476524902151,"total_rating_count":112,"aggregated_rating":84,"aggregated_rating_count":4,"hypes":2,"release_dates":[{"id":309898,"date":1631145600,"human":"Sep 09, 2021"},{"id":43447,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":43445,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":200770,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":43446,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":200769,"date":1449273600,"human":"Dec 05, 2015"},{"id":166710,"date":1553040000,"human":"Mar 20, 2019"}],"game_type":{"id":0,"type":"Main Game"},"involved_companies":[{"company":{"id":1653,"name":"Vlambeer"},"developer":true,"publisher":true}]}

    Sources

    First listed 1 Nov 2026. Updated 3 Nov 2026.