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Players on Steam, last 48 hours| Poll | Players |
|---|---|
| 10:21 UTC | 537 |
| 06:20 UTC | 671 |
| 02:19 UTC | 1,156 |
| 30 Oct, 22:18 UTC | 1,232 |
| 30 Oct, 18:17 UTC | 1,491 |
| 30 Oct, 14:16 UTC | 1,000 |
| 30 Oct, 10:15 UTC | 388 |
| 30 Oct, 06:15 UTC | 348 |
| 30 Oct, 05:19 UTC | 535 |
| 30 Oct, 01:18 UTC | 605 |
| 29 Oct, 21:17 UTC | 1,047 |
| 29 Oct, 17:17 UTC | 1,266 |
| 29 Oct, 13:16 UTC | 751 |
Player counts over time, as we observed them.
Source: Steam Web API, ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers. Full methodology
Player Retention| Month | Avg players | Kept | Compared with other games |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaunchNovember 2024 | 2,577 | — | The busier of its first two months |
| 3 months onFebruary 2025 | 648 | 25% | About average (better than 51% of 9,121 other games) |
| 12 months onNovember 2025 | 470 | 18% | About average (better than 49% of 7,653 other games) |
Nuclear Nightmare kept 25% of the average players it had at its launch in November 2024 after 3 months and 18% after 12 months. Monthly averages, ranked against every game we can score. How we count
Update ImpactNuclear Nightmare V8.1.1 (24 Oct 2026): Players peaked at 8.2× the week before's average. In the week after, players averaged 213% more than the week before. Another update came a day later, so that week is partly its doing.
| Update | Peak After | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nuclear Nightmare V8.1.330 Oct 2026 · week before: 6.9 of 7 days; 1.2 of 7 days so far | 1,491 (3.1×) | +75% |
| Nuclear Nightmare V8.1.225 Oct 2026 · week before: 2.8 of 7 days; 6.1 of 7 days so far; next update 5 days later | 1,491 (5.0×) | +110% |
| Nuclear Nightmare V8.1.124 Oct 2026 · week before: 1.4 of 7 days; next update a day later | 1,491 (8.2×) | +213% |
| NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE V8.123 Oct 2026 · week before: 1.1 of 7 days; 6.9 of 7 days so far; next update a day later | 1,266 (7.4×) | +199% |
Average players over the 7 days before and after each update post, and the most at once in the week after. Updates since we started counting this game’s players. How we count
Players By Month| Month | Average | Change | Change % | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026Oct 2026 (so far) (from 22 Oct) | 540 | +345 | +177.8% | 1,491 |
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 194 | +41 | +27.1% | 908 |
| August 2026Aug 2026 | 153 | −73 | −32.3% | 449 |
| July 2026Jul 2026 | 226 | +75 | +49.8% | 783 |
| June 2026Jun 2026 | 151 | −16 | −9.5% | 507 |
| May 2026May 2026 | 167 | −30 | −15.2% | 748 |
| April 2026Apr 2026 | 196 | −123 | −38.6% | 666 |
| March 2026Mar 2026 | 320 | +181 | +130.1% | 1,172 |
| February 2026Feb 2026 | 139 | −203 | −59.3% | 500 |
| January 2026Jan 2026 | 342 | −178 | −34.3% | 1,136 |
| December 2025Dec 2025 | 520 | +50 | +10.6% | 1,568 |
| November 2025Nov 2025 | 470 | +9 | +1.9% | 3,121 |
| October 2025Oct 2025 | 462 | +92 | +25% | 2,600 |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 370 | +13 | +3.5% | 1,291 |
| August 2025Aug 2025 | 357 | −109 | −23.3% | 1,599 |
| July 2025Jul 2025 | 466 | +153 | +48.9% | 1,481 |
| June 2025Jun 2025 | 313 | +248 | +387.1% | 1,181 |
| May 2025May 2025 | 64 | −13 | −17% | 173 |
| April 2025Apr 2025 | 77 | −89 | −53.5% | 254 |
| March 2025Mar 2025 | 166 | −482 | −74.3% | 652 |
| February 2025Feb 2025 | 648 | −406 | −38.5% | 3,143 |
| January 2025Jan 2025 | 1,054 | −1,522 | −59.1% | 4,373 |
| December 2024Dec 2024 | 2,577 | +2,099 | +439% | 10,375 |
| November 2024Nov 2024 | 478 | +348 | +266.1% | 7,945 |
| October 2024Oct 2024 | 131 | — | — | 363 |
Average and peak concurrent players each month, and the change in average players from the month before. Months before October 2026 are from a licensed historical archive.
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