Games like Nuclear Option

If the competitive and chaotic rhythm of Nuclear Option stuck with you, this helps. Browse these games for your next favorite.

VTOL VR
A combat flight game built for VR, where your hands work the cockpit. Flip switches, grip the stick, feed the throttle and fly multi-role jets into missions that test your flying, your awareness and your nerve. Land on carriers, refuel mid-air, and pull the eject handle when it all goes wrong.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable, Tense
98% of 20,032 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 218$29.99
DCS World Steam Edition
Cockpits are clickable, flight models are detailed, and every start-up, takeoff and landing is earned.
Also in Co-op · Competitive, Replayable, Tense
85% of 41,516 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 1,034Free
Aggressor
Aggressor is a stylized air combat shooter with a physics-based damage model. Fly the greatest planes of the cold war and bring down the enemy with an arsenal of unique weaponry in a spectacular lightshow of force.
Competitive, Chaotic, Replayable
60% of 171 Steam reviews are positive$19.99
Tiny Combat Arena
A combat flight sim that keeps the fun and skips the homework. Fly dogfights, build quick missions, or plan your part in a wider war on a strategic map, all in a crisp retro look inspired by a fictional Cold War. Simple to pick up, with real tactics underneath: launch missiles from altitude to stretch their range.
Competitive, Replayable, Fast-paced
81% of 1,512 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 3$19.99
F-22 Lightning 3
Mass Destruction! Use tactical nuclear weapons to level entire city regions. The most realistic weather environments ever created. Changing weather effects including: rain, snow, hail, and wind. Extreme temperatures affect flight performance. Fly it yourself or let the world's most advanced fighter do it for you!
Tense
68% of 191 Steam reviews are positive$9.99
Project Wingman
An arcade flight action game about flying advanced jets through a scorched alternate Earth: dogfights over the Bering Strait, tank runs through Yellowstone's magma fields, railguns trying to pluck you from the sky. Fast, loud and cinematic, with a campaign, a roguelike Conquest mode, VR support and a soundtrack worth turning up.
Competitive, Replayable, Tense
94% of 18,882 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 130$24.99
ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN
ACE COMBAT 7 puts you in the cockpit of modern jets and future weapons for fast arcade dogfights. Buy and tune aircraft, ride through storms and sun glare, and fight across land, sea, and air in a story of rival nations and unmanned war machines.
Competitive, Tense, Fast-paced
87% of 46,951 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 783$59.99
Vincemus - Air Combat
Fly through the theaters of World War II with fighters planes from across the world. Intercept, Raid, Defend, Survive in theatres of World War II. Vincemus is an arcade semi-realistic air combat shooter, The game is avalable on WindowsOS and MacOS.
Tense, Fast-paced
80% of 118 Steam reviews are positive$14.99
BOMB: Who let the dogfight?
Cool aircraft, big guns, dogfight thrill, single player, multi player, modding support, moustaches and ladies. You'll like it.
Competitive, Chaotic, Tense
61% of 70 Steam reviews are positive$7.99
Combat Air Patrol 2: Military Flight Simulator
Feel the power of flying the AV8B Harrier II. A middle ground flight and naval combat simulator with mission planner & fully dynamic open ended campaign. Showstopping VR.
Tense
47% of 356 Steam reviews are positive$29.99
Vector Thrust
Vector Thrust is a fast-paced single and mulltiplayer combat flight game, using a unique cel shaded art style. The game features 260 fully playable aircraft (through various iterations of over 45 aircraft models).
Competitive, Replayable, Tense
49% of 575 Steam reviews are positive$24.99
Scramble: Battle of Britain
Scramble: Battle of Britain is a tactical dogfighting game set in 1940, featuring intense aerial battles in a 3D airspace. Take control of a squadron of fighters, planning maneuvers, witnessing real-time simulations, and analyzing battle damage with detailed camera tools.
Competitive, Tense
87% of 212 Steam reviews are positivePlayers online now: 4$29.99

Cheaper than Nuclear Option

F-22 Lightning 3

Mass Destruction! Use tactical nuclear weapons to level entire city regions. The most realistic weather environments ever created.

$9.99

Vincemus - Air Combat

Fly through the theaters of World War II with fighters planes from across the world. Intercept, Raid, Defend, Survive in theatres of World War II.

$14.99

BOMB: Who let the dogfight?

Cool aircraft, big guns, dogfight thrill, single player, multi player, modding support, moustaches and ladies. You'll like it.

$7.99

Helicopter Gunship DEX

Fly helicopter gunships in a tactical combat sim inspired by 90s classics.

$17.99

Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE WWII AIR COMBAT GAME! You’ll participate in visceral dogfights, protect cities and fleets, bomb enemy structures and even fly…

$9.99

Air Missions: HIND

Air Missions: HIND is an action combat flight simulator based on the Russian Mi-24 Hind assault helicopter.

$16.99

IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad

Fly WWII fighters and bombers through the battle for Stalingrad, where every duel puts your skill against a living opponent.

$7.49

Wings of Prey: Special Edition

Wings of Prey is based around large-scale aerial combat in World War II.

$9.99

Aviassembly

Design aircraft from scratch, haul cargo across a bright open world, and tinker until even the strangest designs take flight.

$9.99

Combat Wings: Battle of Britain

Destroy the Luftwaffe! There’s something new in the air, and it’s more than the hum of hundreds of aero engines...

$4.99

IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

Fly 229 WWII and hypothetical 1946 aircraft through deep campaigns, tough opponents and dogfights you earn the hard way.

$9.99

Virtual Fighter Maneuvers

Master the art of modern air combat. Fly high performance fighter jets in intense dogfights with realistic flight and weapon physics.

$14.99

Hidden gems like Nuclear Option

SimplePlanes 2

Snap together planes and cars from parts, then take them out to fly, race or see how spectacularly they fall apart.

$19.99

Bush 1022

Explore the moon of a gas giant with a bush plane. Do deliveries and challenges to unlock upgrades and more aircraft.

$7.99

Virtual Fighter Maneuvers

Master the art of modern air combat. Fly high performance fighter jets in intense dogfights with realistic flight and weapon physics.

$14.99

Remote Reaper: FPV Combat Drone Simulator

Pilot FPV combat drones through jammed signals and thin batteries, hunting a tank's weak spot before the signal dies.

$19.99

Firehawk: FPV Drone Shooter

Pilot a gun-toting FPV drone through swarms, races and 10-pilot dogfights, with physics honest enough to blame only yourself.

$19.99

F-22: Air Dominance Fighter

A legendary golden age flight sim. The perfect balance between realism and arcade with retro glidecore graphics.

$19.99

Cleared Hot

Pilot a retro helicopter through fast, chaotic firefights where physics turn every mission into glorious mayhem.

$17.99

Scramble: Battle of Britain

Scramble: Battle of Britain is a tactical dogfighting game set in 1940, featuring intense aerial battles in a 3D airspace.

$29.99

Aviassembly

Design aircraft from scratch, haul cargo across a bright open world, and tinker until even the strangest designs take flight.

$9.99

Korea. IL-2 Series

Fly historically recreated Korean War aircraft in a full flight simulator, from single sorties to commanding an entire regiment, alone or with…

$59.99

Flyout

Design your own aircraft from scratch, test it in flight, and see how well your engineering holds up.

$19.99

Vincemus - Air Combat

Fly through the theaters of World War II with fighters planes from across the world. Intercept, Raid, Defend, Survive in theatres of World War II.

$14.99

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