NUKKLEAR

NUKKLEAR is a German game development studio based in Hamburg, working across PC, console and mobile platforms. Founded as an independent studio in 2011, it combines original game production with co-development and work-for-hire assignments for international publishers and developers. Its development heritage reaches back to 1999, while its current business has built a particular focus on multiplayer systems, vehicle simulation and UI/UX engineering.

The studio works with Unreal Engine and Unity, contributing both complete game components and specialist technical support. Its services span game design, programming, backend architecture, porting and interface production, alongside technical research and development. This range allows NUKKLEAR to participate in projects from early concepts and prototypes through implementation and production reworks.

Development work

NUKKLEAR partnered with Funcom on Dune: Awakening, contributing co-development, vehicle mechanics and UI/UX support to the open-world survival game. For THQ Nordic’s Comanche, it created the multiplayer component, including game design and network architecture, and participated in Early Access development.

Interface work forms another substantial part of its portfolio. The studio delivered UI/UX redesigns or support for Destroy All Humans!, The Guild 3 and Everspace 2. Its mobile work includes porting Super Meat Boy Forever and contributing game design, technical research, interface work and multiplayer backend systems to Project CARS GO. For DR!FT, NUKKLEAR worked on vehicle physics, backend networking and the iOS and Android client application.

Alongside external development, the studio creates its own intellectual property. Its original projects include the retro action-platformer Klaus Lee - Thunderballs, released on PC and consoles in 2025, and Fog & Silver. The combination of internal projects and commissioned development has remained central to its operating model.

Jumpgate AB acquired NUKKLEAR in May 2023. The studio continues to operate as a distinct development company within the group. In March 2026, it moved its statutory seat and physical studio from Hanover to Hamburg, following more than a decade at its founding base.