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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?
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A lovely blast from the past of 2015, Nuclear Throne from the revived Vlambeer has update #100 out now with some major additions and improvements. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/classic-roguelike-top-down-shooter-nuclear-thro…
Nuclear Throne launched 10 years ago, can you believe it?And today is the day we bring you Update 100!The gang got back together, with Jan Willem Nijman, Paul Veer, Jukio Kallio, Joonas Turner, and Justin Chan, as well as YellowAfterlife (and a secret little f…
Today is Vlambeer’s 15th birthday, how about we celebrate with some announcements? 🎉Nuclear Throne update 100Here’s the big one, Nuclear Throne Update 100 is launching for free on Steam on December 5th, bringing you:C-skins for all 13 characters, all with the…
It was 2015—10 years ago—that we called Nuclear Throne "a crowning achievement for Vlambeer, and one of the finest action-roguelikes ever made" in our 90% review . Seven years later, in 2022, we said it was still the best roguelike around . And now, in 2025, e…
Vlambeer's Nuclear Throne , a "lightning-fast top-down roguelike shooter in which squidgy mutants vie for possession of the eponymous throne," came out a couple of years ago to widespread acclaim. We scored it 90/100 in our review , and it enjoy…
The rad roguelikelike shoot ’em up Nuclear Throne has launched what developers Vlambeer are calling its “final major update”. This comes almost two years after Nuclear Throne launched out of early access. Update 99 brings balance tweaks and b…
Hello gamers,First of all: Nuclear Throne is currently 25% off as part of the Steam autumn sale. That's right, the final push after a 10-year wishlist streak is here.But wait, we have ACTUAL cool news too:YUNG VENUZ, everybody's favorite triangular gun god, is…
For centuries philosophers have asked the big question: Nuclear Throne or Enter the Gungeon? Today, we finally have a definitive answer: BOTH.Announcing the Nuclear Gungeon bundle, adding an additional 15% off for whoever wants to complete their collection of …
Hey there, hope you’ve all been enjoying the buttery smooth 120fps beta we posted about last month!If you haven't yet, good news: you can now complete your collection of Spelunky, Isaac, FTL, Crypt of the NecroDancer, and Nuclear Throne with a permanent 15% di…
Hey all, long time no see!Just wanted to let everybody know that there's a newly updated beta build for Nuclear Throne with many quality of life improvements like 60/120fps support, different aspect ratios, and a new controls menu! Oh, and a new Melting loadin…
In an instant, it all comes back. The immediate sense of danger. The strategy, the weapons, remembering to grab a grenade launcher for the 2-1 bonus round and remembering to avoid opening the gates in 3-2 and 5-2 to keep them safe for the eventual loop. I make…
Indie studio Vlambeer hit an important milestone yesterday, marking 10 years since it was established in 2010 by founders Rami Ismail and Jan Willem Nijman. Yet the studio decided to mark the occasion in a somewhat unusual way, as the developer revealed it's s…
If you're looking to expand that insurmountable gaming backlog still further, then perhaps you might like to glance in the direction of the Epic Games Store, where once again a bony finger beckons through the crack in the curtain with the promise of more free …
Post-apocaltypic roguelike Nuclear Throne was a blast. Knife-edge dodge rolls, chunky shotguns, playable telekinetic eyeball monsters. It had it all – except clearly a team of modders disagreed. Their homebrewed “Territorial Expansion” came o…
After a string of larger games (including the excellent roguelike shooter Nuclear Throne ), Vlambeer are getting back to their roots. At PAX West last weekend, the tiny studio with the big screen-shake effects had an interesting prototype on show – an ar…
Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail ( Nuclear Throne , Ridiculous Fishing ) is one of the nicest people in the industry. When he’s not hammering away at the code-forge, he’s travelling the world, meeting new people and advocating diversity in games. Recen…
Have You Played? is an endless stream of game retrospectives. One a day, every day, perhaps for all time. Nuclear Throne is a bullet hell, twin-stick shooter roguelike set in an apocalyptic wasteland. Like, seriously apocalyptic – playable characters inc…