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Nucleares

Iván Marcelo Pretti · MicroProse Software · 2023-03-13

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 13, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Nucleares is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 1145 reviews).

28
playing now
84%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

28 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 28 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 251 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~31/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–52k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,163 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-06-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
585820202026Week of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3142026-09-15 06:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 16 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 24 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 31 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 9 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 31 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 12 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 7 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 28 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 31 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 28 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
603Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 40 · peak 227Jan 2024 — avg 49 · peak 125Mar 2024 — avg 30 · peak 82May 2024 — avg 26 · peak 62Jul 2024 — avg 26 · peak 60Sep 2024 — avg 14 · peak 38Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 35Jan 2025 — avg 20 · peak 47Mar 2025 — avg 26 · peak 76May 2025 — avg 30 · peak 87Jul 2025 — avg 22 · peak 57Sep 2025 — avg 35 · peak 98Nov 2025 — avg 25 · peak 64Jan 2026 — avg 53 · peak 151Mar 2026 — avg 41 · peak 96May 2026 — avg 35 · peak 79Jul 2026 — avg 28 · peak 68Aug 2026 — avg 27 · peak 64
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.992020-11-102026-09-292020-11-10 — best price $8.492020-12-22 — best price $4.992021-02-11 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $0.992021-10-28 — best price $4.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992021-12-22 — best price $4.992023-03-13 — best price $8.492023-06-01 — best price $8.492023-06-30 — best price $8.992023-09-04 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-04 — best price $14.992024-01-29 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-04-29 — best price $14.992024-06-16 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-02-24 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-06-15 — best price $14.992025-08-01 — best price $12.742025-12-04 — best price $12.742025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-04-07 — best price $11.992026-06-08 — best price $11.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-19 — best price $11.992026-09-29 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
68%
earned "Critical Mass"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing3 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Spanish - Latin America, German, Russian

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-05-25, latest 2026-08-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4400%11

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

Player tags

3DFPSIndieActionSci-fiScienceStrategyRealisticSimulationExperimental

Census log

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

Recent updates

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