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Nuclear Nightmare

BG Productions · 2024-10-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 20, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Venture forth as part of a specialized team of fellow players tasked with retrieving classified materials, evading the black goo virus, and the nightmarish entities it has spawned. With time running out before the US government initiates a devastating nuclear strike to contain the spreading menace.

327
playing now
81%
positive of 19k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
0
twitch viewers (latest)
69/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.99
steam price (US)

327 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 327 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 458 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~57/week).
  • · Review velocity up 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,092 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 380k–855k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,999 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.04 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.9k1.9k20242026Week of 2024-10-21: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-10-21: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-28: 154 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-04: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 1,066 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 138 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 1,851 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 241 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 518 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 465 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 658 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 89 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 513 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 277 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 183 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 368 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 88 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 120 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 98 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 56 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-07: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-14: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 140 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 165 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 108 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 129 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-10-13: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-20: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-27: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 110 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 78 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-24: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

327372026-08-07 00:00 — 151 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 111 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 193 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 77 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 151 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 179 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 105 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 175 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 223 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 49 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 131 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 208 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 68 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 161 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 164 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 49 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 144 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 195 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 51 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 73 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 103 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 134 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 114 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 122 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 96 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 85 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 221 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 327 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$1.042024-10-212026-07-272024-10-21 — best price $5.942024-11-03 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $1.392024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $2.792025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-01-27 — best price $3.492025-02-03 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $3.492025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-06-02 — best price $3.492025-06-09 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $1.742025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-07-15 — best price $2.442025-07-29 — best price $6.992025-09-01 — best price $2.442025-09-08 — best price $6.992025-09-29 — best price $1.392025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-10-27 — best price $1.042025-11-03 — best price $6.992025-12-08 — best price $1.392025-12-15 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $1.392026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-01-19 — best price $3.492026-01-26 — best price $6.992026-03-02 — best price $1.392026-03-09 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $1.742026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-04-13 — best price $2.792026-04-20 — best price $6.992026-05-25 — best price $1.742026-06-01 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $1.042026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-07-20 — best price $2.792026-07-27 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

8802026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 88 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 85 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 87 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 33 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 21 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "Repair Man"
27.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)12,0754%15

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

PvECo-opFunnyAliensHorrorSci-fiAdventureOpen WorldAtmosphericExploration

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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