Skip to main content

Nuclear Throne boxart

Nuclear Throne

Platforms

Mac
PC
PlayStation Vita
PS3
PS4
Xbox One

Initial release Dec. 5, 2015

Developers

Vlambeer

Genres

Action Adventure
Arcade
Indie
RPG
Shooter

Publishers

Vlambeer

Spotted a mistake? Tell us!

Nuclear Throne Feed

Nuclear Throne developer Vlambeer returns, now solely owned by co-founder Jan Willem Nijman

News

Nuclear Throne developer Vlambeer returns, now solely owned by co-founder Jan Willem Nijman

Ultrabugs will finally release

April 4, 2024 Graham Smith

Artwork from Sekiro, Hades and Nier Automata form our Best Action Games header

Feature

The 25 best action games on PC

Punching above their weight

Jan. 1, 2023 Katharine Castle

Liyla And The Shadows Of War - A silhouetted character stands in front of a destroyed building, beside a cart with a symbol above it indicating taking shelter.

News

Indie Bundle for Palestinian Aid on Itch offers over 1,000 games for UN relief

All profits benefit the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

June 4, 2021 Lauren Morton

After 10 years, Dutch indie duo Vlambeer call it quits

News

After 10 years, Dutch indie duo Vlambeer call it quits

Shaken their last screen

Sept. 1, 2020 Natalie Clayton

Top-down blasters Ruiner and Nuclear Throne are this week's Epic Games Store freebies

News

Top-down blasters Ruiner and Nuclear Throne are this week's Epic Games Store freebies

Free as in Vlambeer

Nov. 7, 2019 Craig Pearson

Nuclear Throne fan expansion adds new areas and parrots

News

Nuclear Throne fan expansion adds new areas and parrots

A throne embigginned

Nov. 4, 2019 Matt Cox

Costume Quest and Soma are this week's Epic Games Store freebies

News

Costume Quest and Soma are this week's Epic Games Store freebies

Treats!

Nov. 1, 2019 Craig Pearson

Vlambeer return to their roots with a yet-unnamed arcade puzzle shooter

News

Vlambeer return to their roots with a yet-unnamed arcade puzzle shooter

Hatching a plan

Sept. 3, 2018 Dominic Tarason

Rami Ismail on what indies & AAA can teach each other

News

Rami Ismail on what indies & AAA can teach each other

Hard times for soft ware

July 2, 2018 Dominic Tarason

Have You Played... Nuclear Throne?

Feature

Have You Played... Nuclear Throne?

Humanity is doomed

Nov. 10, 2017 Matt Cox

Nuclear Throne gets one last big update

News

Nuclear Throne gets one last big update

It's rad

Nov. 7, 2017 Alice O'Connor

Humble Indie Bundle 17: Lethal League, Nuclear Throne

News

Humble Indie Bundle 17: Lethal League, Nuclear Throne

A good haul

Aug. 16, 2016 Alice O'Connor

Nuclear Throne Mod Adds Online Co-op

News

Nuclear Throne Mod Adds Online Co-op

Impressive!

June 25, 2016 Alice O'Connor

Wot I Think: Nuclear Throne

Review

Wot I Think: Nuclear Throne

The Wasteland King

Dec. 8, 2015 John Walker

RPS Asks... What's The Game You're The Worst At That You Most Enjoy?

News

RPS Asks... What's The Game You're The Worst At That You Most Enjoy?

Bad to the bone

Dec. 7, 2015 John Walker

Nuclear Throne's Vlambeer: "If The Customer Was Always Right I Wouldn't Have A Job"

Feature

Nuclear Throne's Vlambeer: "If The Customer Was Always Right I Wouldn't Have A Job"

Rockstars, not having the answers, a brutal games industry and acknowledging mistakes

July 23, 2015 Alec Meer

Swimming Upstream: Twitch Sells, Funds Indie Games

News

Swimming Upstream: Twitch Sells, Funds Indie Games

Nuclear Throne and Choice Chamber benefit

April 17, 2014 Nathan Grayson

Wot I Think: Luftrausers

Review

Wot I Think: Luftrausers

Ridiculous Dogfighting

March 18, 2014 Alec Meer

I Wrote Some Beat Poetry About Nuclear Throne...

Feature

I Wrote Some Beat Poetry About Nuclear Throne...

They should have sent a

Nov. 21, 2013 Alec Meer

Interview: Jan Willem Nijman On Nuclear Throne's "Feel"

Feature

Interview: Jan Willem Nijman On Nuclear Throne's "Feel"

Feeling Vlambeer

Oct. 21, 2013 Graham Smith

Vlambeer's Nuclear Throne Sits Atop Steam Early Access

News

Vlambeer's Nuclear Throne Sits Atop Steam Early Access

I am the fishman, I am the walrus

Oct. 11, 2013 Nathan Grayson

Wasteland Kings Is Now Nuclear Throne

News

Wasteland Kings Is Now Nuclear Throne

Name game

Sept. 30, 2013 Jim Rossignol

Nuclear Throne Gallery

1 of 6

Caption

Attribution