Nuclear Throne

Nuclear Throne

Steam Deck Verified

Vlambeer · Action Roguelike · Dec 5, 2015

Yes, worth buying.

At $11.99. It has been as low as $8.99.

96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
20k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 23 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 13 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 20k player reviews · updated 20 hours ago

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
60% of themes are praise20% are divided20% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The characters speak their own official language as well which is hilarious.
23 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
as Nuclear Throne is older than Gungeon, but if you're wondering on my opinions, I prefer Nuclear Throne by a significant margin, specific gameplay differences are things like how taking damage is a lot more forgiving as you can get heals more frequently, but it's equally as punishing, such as many things in the game being able to deal half your HP worth of damage, or even outright one-shot you, it's just the kind of style I'd much prefer, because I don't have to stress over whether or not I should restart because I already took a hit early on.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise 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).
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love3 themes
Story and characters23 reviews
Gameplay19 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty9 reviews
78%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat14 reviews
79%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 5 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $11.99. The lowest we've tracked is $8.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $11.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
96%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
59
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.