Nuclear Throne

Buy96%

Overwhelmingly Positive · 20k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Vlambeer · Action Roguelike · Dec 5, 2015

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Price
$11.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
59
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
15
Full audio1 of 15
Subtitles0 of 15

Should I buy Nuclear Throne?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 15 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 20k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise50% are divided0% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Never gets old, always challenging, rewarding, well balanced, amazing weapons, amazing replayability, amazing sound effects, amazing weapons, and amazing enemies.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I am not sure about the replayability aspect yet, however, considering the difficulty and the addictiveness of the game, expect to be spending a lot of hours on this game.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Was a pleasant surprise to find out that the banger OST for this game was composed by THE Jukio Kallio (The guy responsible for the Fall Guys OST, and Evil Factory OST, if anyone even remembers that game).
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
10 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The art style fits the theme well, the enemies and the bosses are fun and seem fair (except for the Lil' Hunter), the weapons switch the game formula up enough to not feel overwhelmed and still offer enough variety to keep you interested in consecutive runs.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
A comfy aesthetic, intriguing character design, flowing gameplay, mixed with respectable trolling (in nuclear throne at least).

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay23 reviews
Difficulty16 reviews
Audio15 reviews
Combat10 reviews
Characters8 reviews
Divided opinion
Co-op
83% still recommend
Steam Deck
100% still recommend
Story
100% still recommend
Performance
100% still recommend
Graphics
100% still recommend
Players complain

No recurring complaints in this sample.

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Co-op
  • Multi-player
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Adjustable Difficulty
  • Camera Comfort
  • Color Alternatives
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Remote Play Together
  • Remote Play on TV

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$11.99

The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $11.99

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