Nuclear Throne Reviews

Nuclear Throne is ranked in the 95th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
7.6 / 10.0
Feb 9, 2016

Nuclear Throne is a thrilling rogue-like twin stick shooter that'll keep you coming back for more.

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7.5 / 10.0
Jan 11, 2026

Nuclear Throne is as simple as it is addictive. This game presents us with nothing but a single challenge: to reach the final level and beat it. To this end, it features a series of rounds made up of procedurally generated levels. In these, every game takes on a dynamic quality, forcing us to constantly adapt to each situation

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9.5 / 10.0
Mar 20, 2019

Though it’s pretty clear in places that Nuclear Throne has aged a bit since its original release, its unapologetic degree of challenge and a wide variety of builds still make it one of the best twin-stick shooters on the Switch...

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8 / 10.0
Sep 10, 2021

While an older entry in the genre, Nuclear Throne is still creative and fun and feels totally fresh in the sea of bullet hells. It has just enough to it to keep you going, though, by comparison to more robust roguelikes, it has the potential to dry up after a while if you’re not mastering it fast enough. Nonetheless, it’s well worth a dive into, especially with its appearance on Xbox Game Pass.

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