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Nuclear Option

SteamEurope and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.
  • Co-op

Fly near-future aircraft with immersive physics across dynamic battlefields, facing land, air, and sea threats.

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Steam clientPC: Windows. Needs a free Steam account.
Activates in
Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom.Activates on accounts registered in the EU, EEA, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.Will not activate on accounts registered in North America, Asia, Latin America or Oceania.
You get
A digital activation keyStandard edition. No disc, no box.
Delivery
To your account and by emailDelivered to your account and by email once it is ready. Some orders get a short manual check first.

Trailers and screenshots

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Nuclear Option

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About this game

Nuclear Option is a combat flight game set on a dynamic and realistic battlefield of the near future. Use an array of advanced weapons to change the course of battles as you intercept bombers, duel fighters, fly under the radar, or unleash the fury of nuclear weapons on enemy formations.

Each aircraft comes with an immersive cockpit featuring a situational awareness HUD, identifying nearby targets and threats. Aircraft can be flown with various controllers or with a mouse-controlled "virtual joystick", requiring no special hardware.

Experience realistic flight dynamics, with stalls, spins and g-force effects fully implemented, as each aircraft is composed of up to 50 individually simulated physics parts . A highly detailed damage model means that the condition of each part affects the way your aircraft flies.

Build your own missions using the included mission editor, and then fly your mission solo or with friends in PVP or PVE multiplayer combat.

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  • Thirteen playable aircraft, each with scenarios highlighting their capabilities

  • Realistic flight physics, simulated across dozens of aerodynamic surfaces per aircraft

  • Detailed damage model with 30-50 detachable parts per aircraft

  • Player hosted multiplayer with a public lobby browser, supporting cooperative or competitive play

  • Various AI controlled ground vehicles and AI aircraft engaging in large, dynamic battles

  • Persistent battlefields with lingering wreckage and smoke

  • Targeting HUD and Target view screen in cockpits

  • Flight HUD with detailed aircraft parameters including angle of attack, velocity vector, climb rate, G force and radar altitude

  • Many guided and unguided weapons, including guns, air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, bombs, cruise and ballistic missiles

  • Accurately simulated blast effects for explosions

  • Accurately simulated nuclear weapons with shockwave propagation

  • A 100km-wide map including various biomes and terrain types

  • A new, larger naval-themed map situated in an archipelago of occupied islands

  • Custom Mission Editor

  • Night missions with night-vision cockpit functionality

  • Countermeasures including IR flares and radar jammer

Description, images and details are taken from this product's Steam page.

Details

Developer
Shockfront Studios
Publisher
Shockfront Studios
Released
15 Oct, 2023
Genres
Action, Simulation, Indie
Runs on
Windows
Activates on
Steam client, Europe and UK
Interface
English
Full audio
English
  • Single-player
  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • Steam Workshop
  • Color Alternatives
  • Custom Volume Controls
  • #category_playable_at_your_own_pace
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualSense Controller Support
  • Partial Controller Support
  • Includes level editor
  • Family Sharing

System requirements

Windows

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Nuclear Option system requirements on Windows
ComponentMinimumRecommended
OSWindows 10Windows 10 / 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8400 / AMD Ryzen 5 2600 (or equivalent)Intel Core i5-12400F / AMD Ryzen 5 5600X (or equivalent)
Memory8 GB RAM16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1050 Ti / Radeon RX 560 / Intel Arc A380GeForce RTX 3050 (8GB) / Radeon RX 6600 / Intel Arc A580
DirectXVersion 11Version 12
Storage4 GB available space4 GB available space

Activating it on Steam client

  1. Open the Steam client and sign in.
  2. Choose Games in the top menu, then Activate a Product on Steam.
  3. Paste the key and confirm. It appears in your library.

The key is listed for the Europe and UK. Activates on accounts registered in 32 countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom. region. Read how regions work before you buy.

Nuclear Option€21.93