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Nuclear Throne

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Nuclear Throne
Nuclear Throne cover
Developers
Vlambeer
Engines
GameMaker Studio
Release dates
Windows December 5, 2015[1]
macOS (OS X) December 5, 2015[1]
Linux December 5, 2015[1]
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Nuclear Throne guide on StrategyWiki
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Nuclear Throne on Wikipedia

Key points

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[2] See High frame rate to fix.

General information

Official Website
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions
Nuclear Throne Wiki

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Developer website
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Epic Games Store
DRM-free after installation through Epic Games Launcher (notes may include more details)
 DRM-free when launched directly from executable.[3]
Windows
macOS (OS X)
GOG.com
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Humble Store
DRM-free
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
itch.io
DRM-free
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Steam
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Essential improvements

Nuclear Throne Together

A mod which adds Steam-based online multiplayer, fixes some bugs, and improves the cooperative mode.
Installing NTT[4]
  1. Download Nuclear Throne Together.
  2. Extract the contents to the installation folder.
  3. Run NTT-Assemble.exe to install.
  4. Run NuclearThroneTogether.exe to play.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\nuclearthrone\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/com.vlambeer.nuclearthrone/
Linux ~/.config/nuclearthrone/
This game does not follow the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\nuclearthrone\
macOS (OS X) ~/Library/Application Support/com.vlambeer.nuclearthrone/
Linux ~/.config/nuclearthrone/

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Sync is not cross-platform.[5]

Video settings

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Custom resolution[6]
  1. Install Nuclear Throne Together.
  2. Create and open startup.txt in the installation folder.
  3. Add /gml game_set_size(426, 240) for 16:9 or /gml game_set_size(560, 240) for 21:9.

High frame rate

Frame rate is capped at 30 FPS.[2] Projectiles may bounce differently when changing the cap.
Custom FPS cap[7]
  1. Install Nuclear Throne Together.
  2. Create and open startup.txt in the installation folder.
  3. Add /gml q=60 room_speed=q current_time_scale=30/q where 60 is the cap you want (up to 144).

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

General settings.
General settings.
Stream key is API to get information of the game to use in streams. More info.

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Use Nuclear Throne Together for up to 4 players.
LAN play
Online play
Use Nuclear Throne Together. Requires Steam version of the game.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP
Processor (CPU) 1.2 GHz 2 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB 2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 200 MB 500 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 MB of VRAM 1 GB of VRAM

References