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2015PEGI 7PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified96 % positive12.25 €

A blisteringly fast top-down roguelike shooter where you blast through an irradiated wasteland with random weapons and mutations on your way to the throne. Runs are short, frantic and unforgiving, yet endlessly replayable.

  • Post-apocalyptic setting
  • Runs that play out differently every time
  • Pixel art
  • Loot and gear
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In short: Games like Nuclear Throne

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Nuclear Throne special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Up to three areas count more, the rest steps back.

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Enter the Gungeon

93 %Match

2016USK 12PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, Steam Deck verified95 % positive14.79 €

Brings what grabs you about Nuclear Throne: runs that differ every time, pixel art as well as hunting for loot and gear.

A tough, pun-filled bullet-hell roguelike where you dodge-roll and flip tables through procedural floors with hundreds of wildly creative guns. Every run plays differently, and mastering the dense projectile patterns is deeply rewarding.

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Post-apocalyptic setting

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Risk of Rain

Loot and gear

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Loot and gear

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Atomicrops

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Risk of Rain Returns

Loot and gear

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Post-apocalyptic setting

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Butcher

Post-apocalyptic setting

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